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The Sea Cloud II is a square-rigger with fore-mast, main-mast and mizzen-mast. The top of her main-mast is 57 m (187 ft) above deck. The top of her main-mast is 57 m (187 ft) above deck. Her 23 sails have a total area of approximately 3,000 m 2 (32,000 sq ft).
Sea Cloud is a sailing cruise ship owned by Sea Cloud Cruises of Hamburg, Germany.Launched as a private yacht as Hussar V for Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1931, she later served as a weather ship for the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy during World War II, when she became the U.S. military's first racially integrated warship since the American Civil War. [1]
Sea Cloud II: Sea Cloud Cruises: 2001: 3,849: Operating Sea Diamond: Louis Hellenic Cruise Lines: 2006: 22,412: Formerly: Birka Princess. Capsized and sank within the ...
Skinner aboard the USCGC Sea Cloud during a ceremony. As a Coast Guard Lieutenant, Skinner commanded the USCGC Sea Cloud, a weather ship. When the United States entered World War II, the Coast Guard was integrated into the Navy, and the Sea Cloud was sent out on combat service. Leaving Boston, the Sea Cloud participated in sinking one submarine.
Red Cloud: YT-268: 2 May 1942 8 March 1943 scrapped 1987 [9] Port Madison: Sakarissa: YT-269: 14 July 1942 12 April 1943 to MARAD 1974, now at Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum [10] Port Orchard: Santanta: YT-270: 14 July 1942 19 May 1943 sold private 1976, renamed Sea Fox, now Maris Pearl [11] [12] Port Allen: YT-723: YT-723: Canulette ...
Sea of clouds in Mount Pulag, Philippines. A sea of clouds is an overcast layer of stratocumulus clouds, as viewed from above, with a relatively uniform top which shows undulations of very different lengths resembling waves on the sea. [1] A sea of fog is formed from stratus clouds or fog and does not show undulations. [2]
Founded by Australian businesswoman Sarina Bratton in early 2004, Orion Expedition Cruises began cruising operations in March 2005 with the repositioning cruise of the MV Orion from Papeete, Tahiti in French Polynesia to Sydney, Australia via the Cook Islands, Samoa, New Caledonia, Fiji and Lord Howe Island.
This 'cooling' effect is estimated at between 0.5 and 1.5 °C, and is one of the most important unknowns in climate. [2] Marine cloud brightening proposes to generate a similar effect using benign material (e.g. sea salt) delivered to clouds that are most susceptible to these effects (marine stratocumulus).