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1Shipboard helicopter operations — is the use of techniques which allows operation of rotary wing aircraft from naval vessels. In the case of military vessels the operations also include tactics and associated weapons and troops. Landing a helicopter on the flight deck of what is… …
2Lifeboat (shipboard) — A lifeboat is a small craft carried on a ship to provide a means of emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard the ship. Lifeboats may be rigid or inflatable vessels; the inflatable type are sometimes referred to as liferafts . In the …
3List of United States Navy ratings — From left to right: a Special Warfare Operator 1st Class and a Boatswain s Mate 2nd Class. United States Navy ratings are general occupations that consist of specific skills and abilities. Each naval rating has its own specialty badge, which is… …
4USS Hoga (YT-146) — The USS Hoga (YT 146) was a United States Navy yard tug named after the Sioux Indian word for fish. After World War II, the tug was known as the Port of Oakland and then the City of Oakland when it was a fireboat in that city.Built by the… …
5Operation Sandblast — Part of Cold War (1953–1962) …
6United States Merchant Marine — emblem Ships: 465 (>1000 GRT) Deck Officers: 29,000 Marine Engineers:[ …
7Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …
8Radioman — (RM) was a rating for United States Navy and United States Coast Guard enlisted personnel, specializing in communications technology.History of the ratingOriginally created in 1921, the rating merged with the Data Processing Technician (DP)… …
9USS Ajax (AR-6) — was the second Vulcan class repair ship and the fourth ship in the United States Navy to bear the name. 1941 1945 Ajax was laid down on 7 May 1941 at San Pedro, Calif., by the Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., launched on 22 August… …
10Iowa class battleship — The Iowa class battleships were a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940 to escort the Fast Carrier Task Forces that would operate in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Four were completed in the early… …
