seaplane tender
1Seaplane tender — A seaplane tender (or seaplane carrier ) is a ship that provides facilities for operating seaplanes. These ships were the first aircraft carriers and appeared just before the First World War. The first seaplane tender appears in 1911 with the… …
2Currituck class seaplane tender — Class overview Operators: United States Navy Built: 1942–1944 In commission: 1943–1987 Complete …
3Pocomoke class seaplane tender — The Pocomoke class seaplane tender was a class of U.S. Navy seaplane tenders used during World War II.The Pocomoke class was based on the USS|Pocomoke|AV 9 which was originally the SS|Exchequer built in 1939.ReferencesExternal links*… …
4Casco class seaplane tender — The Casco class ships were built as small seaplane tenders by the US Navy during World War II. They were designed to operate out of small harbors and atolls and had a shallow draft. The fact that the class was very seaworthy, had good… …
5Tender — may mean:FinanceA process by which one can seek prices and terms for a particular project (such as a construction job) to be carried out under a contract. The sealed offers themselves, including company information, a project outline, and a price …
6Seaplane — A seaplane is a fixed wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. Seaplanes can be divided into separate categories such as floatplanes, flying boats, and amphibians. These aircraft are occasionally called hydroplanes, a …
7tender — tender1 [ten′dər] adj. [ME tendre < OFr < L tener, soft, delicate, tender, prob. altered (infl. by tenuis,THIN) < Sabine terenum, soft, akin to Gr terēn, tender < IE * ter , tender, weak, orig., rubbed, worn down < base * ter , to… …
8List of seaplane bases in the United Kingdom — Seaplane bases of the UK is a list of the active and historic seaplane bases, many of which were either used for, or planned to be used for, the defence of the UK.A seaplane base may be anything from a stretch of water where seaplanes were based… …
9Samarai Advanced Seaplane Base — was a US Navy seaplane base at Samarai Island, Papua New Guinea during World War II.The advanced seaplane base was built by a detachment of the 84th Naval Construction Battalion (Seabees) with help from members of USS San Pablo (AVP 30), a… …
10French seaplane carrier Commandant Teste — Commandant Teste Career (France) …
