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Pages in category "Merchant ships of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 439 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...
Age of Sail merchant ships of the United States include merchant ships designed, built, or operated by the United States during the Age of Sail (approximately 1570 to 1860). Business portal Modern history portal
Military Sealift Command ships as of January 2022 [1]. This is a list of Military Sealift Command ships.The fleet includes about 130 ships in eight programs: Fleet Oiler (PM1), Special Mission (PM2), Strategic Sealift (PM3), Tow, Salvage, Tender, and Hospital Ship (PM4), Sealift (PM5), Combat Logistics Force (PM6), Expeditionary Mobile Base, Amphibious Command Ship, and Cable Layer (PM7) and ...
To USCG as American Mariner, to US Army in 1958 as a missile range ship, to U.S. Navy 1961 as AGM-12, sunk as target 1966 SS Amerigo Vespucci: Amerigo Vespucci: 2767 standard 20 February 1944: 10 March 1944: Scrapped 1962 SS Am-Mer-Mar: American Merchant Marine: 2808 standard 3 August 1944: 14 September 1944: Wrecked 1946, scrapped 1948 SS Ammla
A ship propelled by a steam engine; includes steam frigates. Ship prefix SS for merchant vessels Tartane or tartan A single-masted ship used for fishing and coastal trading in the Mediterranean from the 17th to the late 19th century, usually rigged with a large lateen sail, and a fore-sail to the bowsprit. Trabaccolo
A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft , which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships , which are used for military purposes.
The list of hull classifications comprises an alphabetical list of the hull classification symbols used by the United States Navy to identify the type of a ship.. The combination of symbol and hull number identify a modern Navy ship uniquely.