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1. A towed or self-propelled flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river, canal or coastal transport of heavy goods. 2. Admiral ' s barge: A boat (or aircraft) at the disposal of an admiral (or other high ranking flag officer) for his or her use as transportation between a larger vessel and the shore, or within a harbor. In Royal Navy service ...
1. (ship's boat) A small, light boat propelled by oars or a sail, used as a tender to larger vessels during the Age of Sail. 2. (full-rigged pinnace) A small "race built" galleon, square-rigged with either two or three masts. 3. In modern usage, any small boat other than a launch or lifeboat associated with a larger vessel. pintle
This section of the list of United States Navy ships contains all ships of the United States Navy with names beginning with L. For a list exclusively of currently commissioned ships, see the List of current ships of the United States Navy. For ships with unique names, "USS Shipname" redirects to the ship article.
This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships , see: List of sailing boat types This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The LCP(L) could be loaded from the boat deck, [12] before launching, "unless otherwise specified by the warning plate in the boat", [13] for its construction as much as its light weight made this speeding up of the launching-load time possible. Other craft, especially those with a ramp like the LCV and LCVP, were structurally weak in the bow ...
The name means literally "bark boat": they were made from non-magnetic mahogany. "Kami-ha-ha" – USS Kamehameha ; humorous malapropism "King of Tomahawks" – USS John Young ; probably after the ship's BGM-109 Tomahawk weapons system, or "The John Bone" humorous malapropisms
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The word ship has meant, depending on the era and the context, either just a large vessel or specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square-rigged. The earliest historical evidence of boats is found in Egypt during the 4th millennium BCE. [ 1 ]