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Seventh Fleet
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Fleet ballistic missile weapons systems
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street street in the City of London, England. It was formerly the center of English journalism.... Read more |
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Fleet Prison
Fleet Prison former jail in London, England. Rebuilt after it was destroyed in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, again after the great fire of 1666, and once more after the Gordon riots of 1780, it was finally demolished in 1845-46. After the 17th cent. it was notable as a debtors' prison. Fleet... Read more |
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Fleet Train
Fleet Train, term used to describe the supply and repair ships that supported Allied warships during the Pacific war. convoys would sail from the US west coast to an intermediate port where ships of the Fleet Train would load supplies, ammunition, and fuel and transport them to the ships in... Read more |
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Grand Fleet
Grand Fleet, the name given on two occasions in the naval history of Britain to the principal fleet gathered together for prosecuting the war. The first occasion was during the Revolutionary (1793–1801) and the Napoleonic (1803–15) Wars against France; the second was during the First... Read more |
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Task Force 58
TASK FORCE 58 TASK FORCE 58 was the long-range naval striking arm of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during the offensive against Japan in World War II. It became the major weapon system in the wartime and postwar U.S. Navy, replacing the battleship. During World War II the Navy created numbered fleets... Read more |
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battle of Jutland
battle of Jutland only major engagement between the British and German fleets in World War I . They met c.60 mi (100 km) west of the coast of Jutland. On May 31, 1916, a British squadron under Admiral Beatty was scouting in advance of the British main fleet, in search of the German main fleet... Read more |
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Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. Advanced Development Programs
Skunk Works "Skunk Works" is the nickname for the headquarters of advanced development programs for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company at Palmdale, California, some 80 miles (128 km) north of Los Angeles in the Antelope Valley. Established in 1943 by what was then known as... Read more |
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Alstom to Overhaul MK Caltrans California Car Fleet.
...California car fleet. The Caltrans fleet was...NY - an Alstom facility...distinctive car types - cab...food service cars. The Caltrans fleet of...at the Alstom's new Train...Island, California. This facility...systems overhauls, and ... |
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Caltrans Selects Alstom to Overhaul MK California Car Fleet
...California car fleet. The Caltrans fleet was...NY - an Alstom facility...distinctive car types - cab...food service cars.The Caltrans fleet of...at the Alstom's new Train...Island, California. This facility...systems overhauls, and ... |