to drop astern
51To fall under — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …
52To fall upon — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …
53Undercarriage — This article is about aircraft landing gear. For the Devin the Dude album, see Landing Gear. Undercarriage Undercarriage of a Boeing 777 300 …
54Propeller — A propeller is essentially a type of fan which transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust for propulsion of a vehicle such as an aircraft, ship, or submarine through a mass such as water or air, by rotating two or more twisted… …
55USS Big Horn (AO-45) — USS Big Horn (AO 45/IX 207) was a Q ship of the United States Navy named for the Bighorn River of Wyoming and Montana. Gulf Dawn , a single screw oil tanker, was built in 1936 at Chester, Pennsylvania, by the Sun Shipbuilding Drydock Corp. and… …
56USCGC Ossipee (WPR-50) — World War ICoastal PatrolThe Coast Guard Cutter Ossipee , Captain William H. Munter, commanding, was en route from Portland, ME to Boston, Massachusetts on 6 April 1917, when Congress declared that a state of war existed between the United States …
57HMS Victoria (1887) — HMS Victoria was one of two Victoria class battleships of the Royal Navy. On 22 June 1893 she collided with HMS|Camperdown|1885|6 near Tripoli, Lebanon during manoeuvres and quickly sank, taking 358 crew with her, including the commander of the… …
58Anchor — For other uses, see Anchor (disambiguation). Ploudalmézeau, anchor of Amoco Cadiz An anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or… …
59Steam turbine — A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons… …
60USS Whale (SS-239) — USS Whale (SS 239), a Gato class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the whale, an extremely large, aquatic mammal that is fishlike in form. Her keel was laid down on 28 June 1941 by the Mare Island Naval… …
