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Operating as the U.S. Navy's headquarters for recruiting in the New York City district, Recruit was a fully rigged battleship, and was operated as a commissioned ship of the U.S. Navy. [1] Under the command of Acting Captain C. F. Pierce and with a complement of thirty-nine bluejackets from the Newport Training Station for crew, Recruit served as a training ship in addition to being a ...
The ship was renamed the USS West Point (AP-23), [4] the second U.S. Navy ship of the name. It entered the Norfolk Ship Yards on 6 June 1941 for conversion and on 15 June 1941, it was commissioned for service under the command of Captain Frank H. Kelley, Jr. [ 9 ]
With the goal of reducing manning requirements, the Point-class patrol boat was designed to accommodate an eight-man crew, a reduction from the 15-man crews of the Cape-class cutter. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Production started in early 1960 at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland and continued through late December 1963, producing 44 boats.
Months at sea may seem ideal, but life aboard a ship is actually much rougher than you thought. Last year, one cruise-goer took to Reddit to inquire about life in the lower cabins.
Villa Vie Odyssey is a cruise ship operated by Villa Vie Residences for its 3 year, residence style cruise concept. Since its construction in 1993, the ship has been variously known as: Braemar, Crown Dynasty, Cunard Crown Dynasty, Crown Majesty, and Norwegian Dynasty.
MV Discovery Sun was the flagship and sole ship of Discovery Cruise Lines, a Miami-based tour operator. She was built at the Orenstein & Koppel shipyard in Lübeck, Germany in 1968 and was renovated in 1995 and then updated in 2000. She was previously named Scandinavian Sun for day cruise operator SeaEscape.
A ship named Voyager is seen docked at Beyel Brothers pier at the Port of Fort Pierce on Wednesday, Sept 4, 2024. The ship holds the prototype sphere Neptune from Space Perspective that will ferry ...
The second-class smoking room was subdivided into a wedding chapel and office space. On the Sun Deck, the elegant Verandah Grill was gutted and converted into a fast-food eatery, while a new upscale dining venue was created directly above it on Sports Deck, in space once used for crew quarters. Sun setting behind the Queen Mary in Long Beach in ...