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Grew Manufacturing was a Canadian company that manufactured boats from 1882 to 2011. It started as Gidley Boat Works on the shores of Georgian Bay. In the late 1920s, Arthur Grew, a master boat maker from Penetangushine, took over the business and changed its name. The company grew and modernized its product line, eventually switching from wood ...
The small boat company provided regular coastal and island service to bases in the Aleutian and Pacific Islands to supply food and equipment transported by small coastal and inter-island vessels and water craft that were under 200 feet or under 1,000 gross tons of the following vessel types.
This is a list of boat types. For sailing ships, see: List of sailing boat types
In 2002, the Swedish Navy ordered an additional 27 boats of a slightly different type, designated Stridsbåt 90 HS – where S refers to Skydd (protected) [2] as the Strb 90 HS is armoured and features CBRN protection (the whole boat can be over-pressurized) – intended for use in international peace-keeping operations. Apart from the addition ...
ASPB on patrol during Operation Coronado IX, November 1967. The ASPB was approximately 50 feet (15 m) long, its hull was constructed of 7 ⁄ 32 inch (5.6 mm) steel, from the gunwale 2 inches (51 mm) up it was 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.2 mm) steel, its superstructure was 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.4 mm) aluminum which provided protection against 57mm recoilless rifle rounds and armor-piercing bullets up to .50 ...
World War II torpedo boats of Germany (5 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Torpedo boats of the Kriegsmarine" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Project 205 ("Osa 1"): Original missile boat, recognisable by the box-shaped missile launchers for the P-15/P-15T Termit missiles. 160 built. Project 205E : Project 205 with 4 KT-62K missile launchers for P-25 missiles and a forward hydroplane, making it capable of reaching up to 50 kn (93 km/h). 1 built.
The first torpedo-boat to serve with the United States Navy was the experimental Stiletto of 31 tons, built in 1885-86 as a yacht by the Herreschoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island. Designated WTB-1 (for "Wooden Torpedo Boat"), she was purchased under the Act of 3 March 1887 for use as a torpedo boat for experimental purposes and ...