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Many past ships have the following dial indications: Flank ahead (1940–present) (US only) Full ahead; Half ahead; Slow ahead; Dead slow ahead; Standby; Stop; Finished with main engines; Dead slow astern; Slow astern; Half astern; Full astern; Emergency astern (1940–present) Any orders could also be accompanied by an RPM order, giving the ...
On 30 June President Woodrow Wilson issued an executive order authorising the USSB to take possession and title of 87 German ships, including Prinz Oskar. [33] By 1919 Prinz Oskar had been renamed Orion. Her US official number was 202863 and her code letters were LMCW. [34] She was one of 103 German ships that the USSB put up for sale on 25 ...
Name Image Type Country Owner Year built Tonnage Notes Status Adriatica Moldova Interglobal Shipping 3001 1981 Formerly Marvel K: Sank in the Mediterranean on 12 December 2010 [1] Antenor United Kingdom Alfred Holt and Company: 1972 16,128 Scrapped in Chittagong in 2001 [2] Apollo Sea China CP Ships: 1973 69,904 Caused a major oil spill [3]
USS United States – Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (A US Navy aircraft carrier was to have had that name, but the ship was cancelled.) America, 2001 USS America – nuclear-powered attack submarine (Three former and one current US Navy ships share that name, none of them a submarine.) Lord Ramage series by Dudley Pope. HMS Calypso; HMS Dido ...
MS Nordic Orion, an Arctic ice-strengthened cargo ship; MV Orion (also known as MS Orion, MY Orion), a National Geographic exploration ship; MV Orion, a Greek ro-ro freight ferry, previously Pentland Ferries' Orcadia and Caledonian MacBrayne's Saturn; Orion, a heavy lift vessel (HLV) operated by DEME Offshore, a subsidiary of the DEME Group. [1]
Before Sphere, Weir will stage his Dead Ahead festival Jan. 9-13 at Riviera Cancun, Mexico, alongside Chimenti, Burbridge and Lane, as well as Brandi Carille, Sturgill Simpson, Don Was, Trampled ...
Hospital ships (AH) were given names related to their function, such as Comfort and Mercy. Landing ship, tank (LST) built for the United States Navy during and immediately after World War II were only given an LST-number hull designation, but on 1 July 1955, county or Louisiana-parish names were assigned to those ships which remained in service ...
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ second season has been an ambitious, wildly entertaining ride so far, and this week’s crossover with the animated series Lower Decks proved it’s one of the ...