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The Type C4-class ship were the largest cargo ships built by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) during World War II. The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM.
In November 1925, the USSB announced the sale of the American South African Line and its five vessels through a public auction. [ 6 ] On December 10, 1925, John M. Franklin, representing the Farrell family and other investors, placed the winning bid of US$784,019.50 (equivalent to about $13,621,409 in 2023), securing the company and its vessels ...
SAS Amatola (F145) is the first of four Valour-class frigates for the South African Navy by the European South African Corvette Consortium.. Amatola, in keeping with a naming convention depicting acts of valour, was named after the Amatola mountain range in the Eastern Cape area where British forces fought the Xhosa nation in late 1852.
40% of each vessel's costs are related to the combat-management system installed on the Valour class, with 75% of the combat suite being developed in South Africa. Capt. Jimmy Schutte, commanding officer of SAS Mendi , gives US Navy commanders a tour of the bridge the South African Navy Valour-class frigate
The text on the superstructure shows that S. A. Agulhas II is dedicated to the South African singer Miriam Makeba.. In November 2009 the South African Department of Water and Environmental Affairs signed a 116 million euro (R 1.3 billion) contract with STX Finland for the construction of a new polar research and supply vessel that would replace the ageing S. A. Agulhas, which was scheduled to ...
The ship was renamed Arthur Middleton (AP-55) on 7 January 1942 for Arthur Middleton, a member of the Continental Congress and one of the 56 signers of the United States Declaration of Independence. [2] The ship underwent initial conversion at Tietjen & Lang Dry Dock Co. yard in Hoboken, N. J. for operation as a civilian-manned convoy-loaded ...
One of many rusting ship hulls along the Skeleton Coast (Dunedin Star) One of the oldest shipwrecks in the Skeleton Coast region is that of the Bom Jesus, near the town of Oranjemund. It ran aground during the 1530s and is known to be one of the oldest discovered shipwrecks of the Iberian Atlantic tradition in Sub-Saharan Africa. [3]
The SY Quest incident [2] occurred in February 2011 when Somali pirates seized the American yacht SY Quest (s/v Quest) and four United States citizens.The United States Navy ordered the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and three other ships to free the hostages.