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Users can submit photographs of the vessels which other users can rate. The basic MarineTraffic service can be used without cost; more advanced functions such as satellite-based tracking are available subject to payment. [3] The site has six million unique visitors on a monthly basis. In April 2015, the service had 600,000 registered users. [4] [5]
At the time, Fort Buchanan served as a citizens training camp and soldier processing station. After World War II the post was gradually reduced to its current size of 746 acres (302 ha). Fort Buchanan remained a command depot with post facilities, a personnel center, and a special training center until closure as an Army post in 1966.
Fort Buchanan is the name of two United States Army forts: Fort Buchanan, Arizona, is a former United States Army base in Arizona to control land purchased in the Gadsden Purchase; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico is the only active U.S. Army installation in the Caribbean, home of the 1st Mission Support Command.
Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) is a general term to describe systems that are used in commercial fishing to allow environmental and fisheries regulatory organizations to track and monitor the activities of fishing vessels. They are a key part of monitoring control and surveillance (MCS) programs at national and international levels.
The two ships of the Esso Atlantic class, Esso Atlantic and Esso Pacific, were two of only seven ships to surpass a half million tons deadweight in maritime history.. When plying the sea, the vessels had a fully laden draft of 25.3 m (83 ft), [1] rendering them unable to navigate the English Channel, the Suez Canal or the Panama Canal when loaded to capacity.
SS Antilles was a US passenger-cargo ship launched in 1906. Chartered by the US Army in 1917 for use as a troop transport, Antilles was sunk by a German U-boat on 17 October 1917, resulting in the loss of 67 lives. At the time of its sinking the Antilles was the largest single largest loss of US lives to that point in World War I.
William Trump 's chase of the vessel spanned 20 hours, and over 300 nautical miles (560 km), before the three-man crew gave up and surrendered. The stolen craft was a 36-foot (11 m) " go-fast " , worth approximately $350,000, was powered by three 300 brake horsepower (220 kW) outboard motors, and was capable of traveling at 75 miles per hour ...
SY Argo is a two-masted Marconi-rigged schooner.She is owned and operated by Seamester Study Abroad Programs as one of three sail training vessels the company operates. Argo is certified and inspected by the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency as a Category “0” vessel, allowing her unrestricted operation in the world's oceans.