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  2. Mar-a-Lago - Wikipedia

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    December 23, 1980 [ 4 ] Mar-a-Lago (/ ˌmɑːrəˈlɑːɡoʊ / MAR ə LAH-goh, Spanish: [ˈmaɾ a ˈlaɣo]; Spanish for 'Sea-to-Lake') is a resort and National Historic Landmark in Palm Beach, Florida. It spans 126 rooms and 62,500 sq ft (5,810 m 2) [ 1 ] built on 17 acres of land. [ 2 ] Since 1985, it has been owned by former president Donald ...

  3. Floating production storage and offloading - Wikipedia

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    A floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit is a floating vessel used by the offshore oil and gas industry for the production and processing of hydrocarbons, and for the storage of oil. An FPSO vessel is designed to receive hydrocarbons produced by itself or from nearby platforms or subsea template, process them, and store oil ...

  4. Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility - Wikipedia

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    A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), while others have been struck from the register.

  5. Hovercraft - Wikipedia

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    A hovercraft (pl.: hovercraft [1]), also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, [2] is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces. Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull, or air cushion, that is slightly above atmospheric pressure.

  6. Ballast tank - Wikipedia

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    Cross section of a vessel with a single ballast tank at the bottom. A ballast tank is a compartment within a boat, ship or other floating structure that holds water, which is used as ballast to provide hydrostatic stability for a vessel, to reduce or control buoyancy, as in a submarine, to correct trim or list, to provide a more even load distribution along the hull to reduce structural ...

  7. Outboard motor - Wikipedia

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    Outboard motor. An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats, consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom. They are the most common motorised method of propelling small watercraft. As well as providing propulsion, outboards provide ...

  8. Stowage plan for container ships - Wikipedia

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    Stowage plan for container ships. The holds of a container ship. Stowage plan for container ships or bay plan is the plan and method by which different types of container vessels are loaded with containers of specific standard sizes. The plans are used to maximize the economy of shipping and safety on board.

  9. Engine room - Wikipedia

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    On a ship, the engine room (ER) [1] is the compartment where the machinery for marine propulsion is located. The engine room is generally the largest physical compartment of the machinery space. It houses the vessel's prime mover, usually some variations of a heat engine (steam engine, diesel engine, gas or steam turbine).

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