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  2. Naval boarding - Wikipedia

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    Boarding and capture of the Spanish frigate Esmeralda by Chileans in Callao, 1820. Naval boarding is an offensive tactic used in naval warfare to come up against (or alongside) an enemy watercraft and attack by inserting combatants aboard that vessel.

  3. Boarding net - Wikipedia

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    The boarding net was a rope net that could be raised from a ship's masts so that it encircled the vessel's deck. [1] A ship's captain could order the net deployed during battle if it became apparent that enemy naval infantry might attempt to capture his vessel through a boarding action; it might also be raised at night if the vessel was at anchor in unknown or hostile waters. [1]

  4. Visit, board, search, and seizure - Wikipedia

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    The initial training continuum includes three courses, lasting a total of eight weeks (SRF-B, SRF-A, VBSS), with some team members receiving additional follow-on training.

  5. Corvus (boarding device) - Wikipedia

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    In Chapters 1.22-4-11 of his History, Polybius describes this device as a bridge 1.2 m (4 ft) wide and 10.9 m (36 ft) long, with a small parapet on both sides. The engine was probably used in the prow of the ship, where a pole and a system of pulleys allowed the bridge to be raised and lowered.

  6. Boarding stairs - Wikipedia

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    Boarding stairs with canopy. Boarding stairs must be robust and stable, capable of withstanding adverse weather conditions. They are designed to adapt to the curved shape of the aircraft fuselage to which they must be attached, and to be able to raise and lower them to adjust the upper platform to the height of the aircraft, allowing passengers get on and off from the ground to the aircraft ...

  7. Armed boarding steamer - Wikipedia

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    HMS Suva in 1919. An armed boarding steamer (or "armed boarding ship", or "armed boarding vessel") was a merchantman that the British Royal Navy converted to a warship during the First World War.

  8. Special Boarding Unit - Wikipedia

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    The SBU has use of RHIBs for maritime operations [18] while SH-60J helicopters are used for aerial insertions during shipboarding missions. [19] SBU operators in Somalia were spotted wearing Ops-Core helmets. [29]

  9. Newport News Shipbuilding - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the Newport News shipyard in 1994. Visible in the drydocks are USS Long Beach and USNS Gilliland. Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the sole designer, builder, and refueler of aircraft carriers and one of two providers of submarines for the United States Navy.