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USCGC Spar docked in Ketchikan. In 2012, Spar was adopted as honorary ship of the Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, the only known cutter to have received such a title. [19] As part of the Coast Guard's community outreach program, Spar made annual “Santa to the Villages” trips to remote communities on Kodiak Island. [20] Village elders later ...
USS Harpers Ferry, a United States Navy dock landing ship Soviet Ivan Rogov-class landing ship A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious vehicles. [1]
The Runnymede-class large landing craft are powered watercraft in the United States Army.They replaced older USN-design landing craft, and are a typical Landing Craft Utility design with a bow ramp and large aft superstructure.
USS LST-325 is a decommissioned tank landing ship of the United States Navy, now docked in Evansville, Indiana, US.Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation (LSTs in service after July 1955 were named after U.S. counties and parishes).
The Army had its own program for small boat construction and directly procured vessels and water craft that were under 200 feet or under 1,000 gross tons. [35] Army F-ships (100-dwt) were little freighters built on the lines of a Dutch wooden shoe and had a capacity of about 100 tons with a maximum speed of 8 knots.
Potomac was sold to Warren G. Toone in April 1960 and ostensibly used as a private ferry boat between Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In reality she was used for offshore gambling.In 1962, there was a failed attempt to attend the World's Fair in Seattle due to engine trouble in Long Beach. [ 9 ]
Bay Shipbuilding Company (BSC) is a shipyard and dry dock company in Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin.As of 2015, Bay Ships was a subsidiary of Fincantieri Marine Group and produces articulated tug and barges, OPA-90 compliant double hull tank ships and offshore support vessels. [1]
Originally built at 108 feet (32.9 m) with the ability to carry 156 pots, the Northwestern was extended to 118 feet (36.0 m) in 1987 to allow for 200 pots. In 1991, when the maximum crab pots a boat could carry was raised to 250, the Hansen's again had the Northwestern lengthened, this time to 125 feet (38 m). [ 5 ]