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USS Roosevelt (DDG-80), U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USCGC Forrest Rednour (WPC-1129), a U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class cutter The United States military has numerous types of watercraft, operated by the Navy, including Naval Special Warfare Command and Military Sealift Command, as well as the Coast Guard, Army and Air Force
In 2017, Comanche set a new Transpac record, covering 484.1 nmi in 24 hours, for an average speed of 20.2 knots (37.4 km/h). [5] In 2019, under navigator Stan Honey , the yacht won the 2225-mile 50th Transpacific Yacht Race , with a time of 5 days 11 hours 14 minutes 05 seconds. [ 6 ]
The Sea-class workboat has been procured for Britain's Royal Navy to undertake a number of roles, including: logistics and transport tasks, inshore and harbour survey work, diver training and support, officer training and providing passenger transfer modules for the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales. An autonomous minehunting variant of the ...
The Legend class is equipped with the same 220 rpm Bofors 57 mm gun as mounted on the U.S. Navy's littoral combat ships and Constellation-class frigates. [35] [36] Guided 57 mm ammunition is being developed for the Mk 110 for the Navy and Coast Guard, including for use on the National Security cutters. [37]
Mine warfare consists of: minelaying, the deployment of explosive naval mines at sea to sink enemy ships or to prevent their access to particular areas; minesweeping, the removal or detonation of naval mines; and degaussing, the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field in a ship's hull to prevent its detection by magnetic mines.
The US Navy's DSRV-1 Mystic docked to a Los Angeles-class attack submarine. A deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) is a type of deep-submergence vehicle used for rescue of personnel from disabled submarines and submersibles.
Pages in category "Classes of World Sailing" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Wilton class (1 ship, launched 18 January 1972) open-water minesweeper and minehunter. Prototype ship built in Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) to same hull design as Ton class and forerunner of Hunt and Sandown classes also constructed in GRP. Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel (13 ships, launched 1978—1988) mine countermeasures vessels