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Her prototype boat was of a wooden hull construction. From this boat the Royal Norwegian Navy built a line of 20 Tjeld-class patrol boats. Starting on 1 January 1963, the US Navy took delivery of the first Båtbyggeri boats, with designation Nasty-class patrol boat. A total of 14 Nasty-class patrol boats were built by Båtbyggeri between 1963 ...
The Combatant Craft Medium, Mark1 (CCM) is a United States Navy patrol boat designed for use by the United States Naval Special Warfare Command as a multi-mission surface tactical mobility craft built by Vigor Industrial "to provide small-caliber gunfire support, infiltrate and exfiltrate Special Operation Forces, conduct VBSS (Visit, board, search, and seizure), special reconnaissance ...
Civilian boats and ships were registered during World War I for potential use as section patrol (SP) craft and given "SP" identification numbers in the "ID/SP" numbering series. Main article: Section patrol craft § Section patrol (SP)
She is a Nasty-class patrol boat (PTF-3 to PTF 22) at 80 ft 4 in (24.49 m) long. [3] PTF Boats replace the wooden World War II PT boats . The PTF-3 was armed with two Oerlikon 20 mm cannon , .50 caliber Browning machine gun and 81mm mortar "Piggyback".
A cross country skier in Finland pulling a pulk with outdoor baggage. A rescue toboggan, also known as a rescue sled [1] or emergency rescue sledge, [2] or by the Finnish word ahkio (also transliterated akia, ackja, akija, and akja), [3] is a carrier for transporting a person or goods on snowy or icy surfaces.
A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, ...
Nearly 200 ski patrol and safety workers are on strike over demands for higher pay at Park City Mountain Resort, which is owned by Vail Resorts Inc, demanding an entry-level base wage of $23 an ...
Police boat of the NYPD Harbor Unit in 2006. Police watercraft are boats or other vessels that are used by police agencies to patrol bodies of water. They are usually employed on major rivers, [1] in enclosed harbors near cities or in places where a stronger presence than that offered by the harbormaster or coast guard is needed.