A dormitory ship is a vessel whose primary function is to serve as floating living quarters. Such craft serve as conventional land-based dormitories in...
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barracks for sailors or other military personnel. A barracks ship, a military form of a dormitory ship, may also be used as a receiving unit for sailors who...
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A dormitory (originated from the Latin word dormitorium, often abbreviated to dorm), also known as a hall of residence or a residence hall (often abbreviated...
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Seasteading (redirect from City on a ship)
center of the historic independent state of the Republic of Venice. Dormitory ships, but also other structures, such as oil platforms have been housing...
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HMS Gannet (1878) (category Ships built in Sheerness)
Fry, and was stationed in the River Hamble, and became a dormitory ship for the Training Ship Mercury (where she retained her name President). The school...
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Bibby Stockholm (category Dormitory ships)
vessel owned by the shipping and marine operations company Bibby Line. The ship was built in 1976 and is flagged in Barbados.[better source needed] It was...
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GTS Finnjet (category Dormitory ships)
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans as a dormitory ship to provide housing to students, faculty, and staff displaced by Hurricane...
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MS Otto Sverdrup (category Dormitory ships)
(call sign LDBE), formerly known as MS Finnmarken, is a Norwegian coastal ship owned and operated by Hurtigruten ASA. It was built in 2002 at Kværner Kleven...
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SS Stevens (category Dormitory ships)
74444; -74.02278 SS Stevens, a 473-foot (144 m), 14,893-ton ship, served as a floating dormitory from 1968 to 1975 for about 150 students of Stevens Institute...
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USS Long Island (CVE-1) (category Dormitory ships)
and then ACV-1) was lead ship of her class and the first escort carrier of the United States Navy. She was also the second ship to be named after Long Island...
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