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spar deck
spar deck, in its strict maritime meaning a temporary deck laid in any part of a ship, the beams across which it is laid being known as skid beams. But the term was often used to describe the quarterdeck or forecastle deck of a deep-waisted ship, possibly because in the days of sail spare spars... Read more |
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frigate
frigate , originally a long, narrow nautical vessel used on the Mediterranean, propelled by either oars or sail or both. Later, during the 18th and early 19th cent., the term was applied to a very fast, square-rigged sailing vessel carrying 24 to 44 guns on a single flush gun deck. Frigates were... Read more |
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Old Ironsides
Old Ironsides, popular name of the 44‐gun frigate Constitution, launched in 1797, which served in the Tripolitan War and the War of 1812. Under the command of Isaac Hull (1773–1843), the Constitution won the battle with the British vessel Guerrière, off Cape Race, Newfoundland... Read more |
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Chesapeake
Chesapeake U.S. frigate, famous for her role in the Chesapeake affair (June 22, 1807) and for her battle with the H.M.S. Shannon (June 1, 1813). The Chesapeake left Norfolk, Va., for the Mediterranean under the command of James Barron in June, 1807. Just outside U.S. territorial waters the... Read more |
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destroyer
destroyer class of warship very fast relative to its length, generally equipped with torpedos, antisubmarine equipment, and medium-caliber and antiaircraft guns. The newest destroyers are equipped with guided missiles as their chief offensive weapon. The destroyer, originally called the... Read more |
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man-o-war bird
man-o'-war bird or frigate-bird, most aerial of the water birds, found in the tropic seas. The man-o'-war bird's wingspread (7 1/2 ft/228.5 cm) is the largest in proportion to its body (3-4 lb/1.4-1.8 kg) of any bird. It can soar motionless by the hour and has been recorded in flights... Read more |
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Constellation (ship)
Constellation , U.S. frigate, launched in 1797. It was named by President Washington for the constellation of 15 stars in the U.S. flag of that time. The frigate was built to serve against the pirates of the Barbary States, but after the outbreak (1798) of hostilities between the United States and... Read more |
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corvette
corvette small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and early 19th cent., but corvettes... Read more |
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USS Merrimac
Merrimac, USS, a 40-gun warship, one of six naval vessels authorized by the US Congress in 1854 and named after rivers. She displaced 4,650 tons, was 84 metres (275 ft) long, with a 15.5-metre (51-ft) beam, and a draught of just over 7 metres (23 ft). Although often called a steam frigate, she was... Read more |
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Solomon Willard
Solomon Willard 1783-1861, American architect and sculptor, b. Petersham, Mass. Arriving in Boston in 1804, he eventually became a leading architect; he both designed and supervised the erection of the Bunker Hill monument. He carved the architectural detail of many Boston buildings, as well as... Read more |
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Spain in line to win Norwegian frigate order
...Nacional Bazan in the competition to build replacements for Norway's elderly Osloclass frigates. Assuming that the negotiations turn out...s SPY-1 D radar, air- and surface-search radars, and the new Kongsberg NSM antiship... |
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Romania set to purchase Royal Navy broadsword frigates
...Navy Type 22 Batch 2 frigates HMS Coventry and HMS...Marconi Type 967/968 search radars and Type 911...defense missiles and as a replacement has selected the MBDA...911 trackers. The two frigates also are scheduled to...possible that two Type 23 ... |
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Norway Submits $2.9 Billion Defense Budget.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data...
...1.5 billion Aegis frigate program. Norway selected...million for the Aegis frigate program. The ships...of Bazan's F-100 frigate design and equipped...helicopter for its new frigates and a replacement for the Norwegian coast guard's Lynx ... |
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Sunk costs: why, after $24 billion in upgrades, the Coast Guard still deploys...
...neared the Georgian coast, a heavily armed Russian frigate pulled up to "see what we had on our deck," in...crews have been known to call maritime museums in search of replacements.) "These ships are old, and it takes a lot to... |
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BELGIAN MILITARY PROCUREMENT FACES POLITICAL PROBLEMS.
...more interested in buying replacements for the country's aging...the fighter. He added that replacements for Belgium's Lockheed...monitoring the U.S. Army's search for an Interim Armored Vehicle...that a minesweeper and a frigate replacement ... |
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SEA POWER 2000.(new British battle trimarans, RV Tritons, have also caught...
...version of the Triton as a replacement for its 22- and 23-class frigates. DERA showed PM sketches...Triton-class craft as a replacement for Hamilton and Bear class...fisheries protection, search and rescue, disaster relief... |
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AUSTRALIAN GOV'T UNVEILS NEW SHOPPING LIST FOR DEFENCE.
...missile system plus upgrades to Anzac frigates, Hawk jet trainers and Hornet fighters...decade. The refurbishment would involve replacement of the fatigue-prone centre fuselage...A$500 million to enhance the Anzac frigate air search radars and submarine and ... |
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Norway seeks U.S. companies to compete for future weapons.
...s fighters, tanks, frigates and helicopters, according...Norway's upcoming replacement programs came as Norwegian...version of the common replacement helicopter must be capable of conducting search and rescue and surveillance...medical evacuation and ... |
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SEARCH FOR SEA CRASH CHOPPER; Navy aircraft goes missing.(News)
A MAJOR search was continuing today after...Navy ratings on board the frigate HMS Montrose heard cries...Cornwall, and a major search and rescue operation was...several hours searching. Replacement crews took over at first... |
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The maritime helicopter project: ten years after cancelling its predecessor's...
...that, because the Cormorant search and rescue helicopter purchased...of the 12 Halifax-Patrol frigates that will accommodate the aircraft...international peacekeeping support, search and rescue, humanitarian assistance...requirement for new military search ... |
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