defense, research and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity and purpose. Ships have supported exploration...
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Danielson Ships (Irish band), an Irish band Ships (Japanese band), a Japanese boy band "Ship", a song by Level 42 on the album Retroglide "Ships" (song)...
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Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, passenger ships primarily used for transportation across seas...
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The Black Ships (in Japanese: 黒船, romanized: kurofune, Edo period term) were the names given to both Portuguese merchant ships and American warships arriving...
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the construction of screw-driven wooden-hulled ships of the line; a number of purely sail-powered ships were converted to this propulsion mechanism. However...
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current commissioned Royal New Zealand Navy ships. As of 2024, the Navy operates eight commissioned ships. The affiliations are ceremonial only, with...
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States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement...
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List of United States Navy ships is a comprehensive listing of all ships that have been in service to the United States Navy during the history of that...
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Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 388, ISBN 9780710631435...
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of Liberty ships are sortable lists, allowing ships to be looked up by hull number. Liberty ships were a type of mass-produced cargo ship built to meet...
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