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2. Patrol torpedo boat PT-657 - Wikipedia

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   PT-657 part of United States Navy order for boats: PT-625 to PT-660. PT-657 was laid down on 16 February 1945, launched on 2 April 1945 and completed on 21 July 1945. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] PT-657 was scheduled for transfer to the Soviet Union on the Lend-Lease act, but the war need before the transfer and the transfer was canceled.

3. Chapman Piloting - Wikipedia

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   The result was Practical Boat Handling, the first edition of which was published in 1917 with 144 pages, 5 × 7 in.. From this, the book evolved through many editions into Piloting, Seamanship & Small Boat Handling. The book title has now been shortened to Chapman Piloting & Seamanship.

4. Seamanship - Wikipedia

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   Lifeboat, rescue boat and survival craft maintenance and operation is an essential part of seamanship. [22] This involves being able to operate survival craft in emergencies, but also to be able to maintain them effectively to operate in accordance with SOLAS requirements. [22]

5. Owner's manual - Wikipedia

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   2007 Toyota Yaris hatchback owner's manual 1919 Ford Motor Company car and truck operating manual. An owner's manual (also called an instruction manual or a user guide) is an instructional book or booklet that is supplied with almost all technologically advanced consumer products such as vehicles, home appliances and computer peripherals.

6. Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization

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   A lack of standardization and training in both aircraft maintenance and flight operations was cited as a causal factor in a large percentage of mishaps. Several standardization programs were initiated in the late 1950s and early 1960s to counter this problem. The first was the Naval Aviation Maintenance Program (NAMP) in 1959.

7. Point-class cutter - Wikipedia

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   The boats that sailed to the Philippines were pressed into service by the Philippine Navy, boats decommissioned in the 1980s, at which time the boats sold for scrap or to the private market. Point Gammon gets a camouflage coat of dark grey paint at Da Nang , October 1965, for its conversion from Coast Guard use to Vietnam War river patrol duties.

8. Aids to Navigation Boat - Wikipedia

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   55-ft Aids to Navigation Boat (ANB) Equipped with a crane that is used for hoisting and securing the various buoys and aids to navigation that the Coast Guard supplies for waterways. The boat is 55 ft long to the transom, and 58 ft 9 in to the end of the swim platform. It is 25 ft tall unfixed and has a navigational draft of 8 ft.

9. Boat building - Wikipedia

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   Boat building is the design and construction of boats (instead of the larger ships) — and their on-board systems. This includes at minimum the construction of a hull , with any necessary propulsion, mechanical, navigation, safety and other service systems as the craft requires.