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  2. Fata Morgana (mirage) - Wikipedia

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    Even when the boat in the mirage does not seem to be suspended in the air, it still looks ghostly, and unusual, and what is even more important, it is ever-changing in its appearance. Sometimes a Fata Morgana causes a ship to appear to float inside the waves, at other times an inverted ship appears to sail above its real companion.

  3. Buoy - Wikipedia

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    Sea marks aid pilotage by marking a maritime channel, hazard or administrative area to allow boats and ships to navigate safely. Some are fitted with wave-activated bells or gongs. Wreck buoys mark a wrecked ship to warn other ships to keep away because of unseen hazards. Light buoys provide demarcation at night.

  4. Heavy-lift ship - Wikipedia

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    A heavy-lift ship is a vessel designed to move very large loads that cannot be transported by normal ships. They are of two types: They are of two types: Semi-submersible ships that take on water ballast to allow the load—usually another vessel—to be floated over the deck, whereupon the ballast is jettisoned and the ship's deck and cargo ...

  5. Lake freighter - Wikipedia

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    Since Great Lakes waves do not achieve the great length or period of ocean waves, particularly compared to the waves' height, ships are in less danger of being suspended between two waves and breaking, so the ratio between the ship's length, beam and its depth can be larger than that of an ocean-going ship.

  6. Seawise Giant - Wikipedia

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    Overall, she is generally considered the largest self-propelled ship ever built. [6] [7] In 2013 her overall length was surpassed by 30 m by the floating liquefied natural gas installation Shell Prelude , a monohull barge design 488 m (1,601 ft) long and 600,000 tonnes displacement. Seawise Giant's engines were powered by Ljungström turbines.

  7. This Massive Indoor Ocean Tests Our Navy’s Ships ... - AOL

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    Located at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Carderock, Maryland, the giant wave pool 'MASK' can recreate almost any kind of wave and ocean condition. This Massive Indoor Ocean Tests Our Navy ...

  8. RP FLIP - Wikipedia

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    R/P FLIP (floating instrument platform) is an open ocean research platform [3] [6] that was owned by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) and operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. [7]

  9. Alien hunter claims Google Earth shows a giant pyramid on ...

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    Aliens do not appear to fall short on such challenges, as they are being credited with the creation of an 8.5-mile-wide pyramid said to be on the ocean floor near Mexico, notes the Daily Mail ...