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USS Dextrous (MCM-13) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship in the United States Navy.. She was built by Peterson Shipbuilders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.Mrs. Jacqueline E. Schafer, the Assistant SECNAV for Installations and Environment, served as sponsor of the ship.
USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2), a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship, is the third ship operated by the United States Navy to be named for Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and one of the few United States Navy ships named for women.
This is a list of active Brazilian Navy ships. The Navy has approximately 134 ships in commission, including 39 auxiliary ships. 9 frigates/corvettes, 5 conventional attack submarines and 1 helicopter carrier. This list presents only the major combatant and auxiliary vessels in active service and in construction.
The Russian Navy [a] is part of the Russian Armed Forces.It has existed in various forms since 1696. Its present iteration was formed in January 1992 when it succeeded the Navy of the Commonwealth of Independent States (which had itself succeeded the Soviet Navy following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late December 1991).
USS Devastator (MCM-6) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy. Construction of Devastator began on 9 February 1987 when her keel was laid at Peterson Shipbuilders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Construction was finished and the vessel was launched on 11 June 1988. Devastator was commissioned into the US Navy on 6 ...
USS Coronado (AGF-11) (originally LPD-11) was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of the same name in the U.S. state of California.She was designed as an Austin-class amphibious transport dock (LPD), one of seven fitted with an additional superstructure level for command ship duties.
An aerial photograph of Cork Harbour.The National Maritime College of Ireland campus can be seen below Haulbowline Island.. Whilst formal navigational training of Irish seafarers first began in Dublin in the late 18th century with the creation of the Irish Nautical College (first located in Dublin, later it moved to Dún Laoghaire), informal training in seamanship and navigation has been ...
USS Ramage (DDG-61) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.The ship is named for Vice Admiral Lawson P. Ramage, a notable submarine commander and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II.