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2. Go-fast boat - Wikipedia

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   A go-fast boat is a small, fast powerboat designed with a long narrow platform and a planing hull. Depending on definitions used, it is either a speedboat (synonymously) or a certain type of speedboat. During the United States alcohol prohibition era, these boats were used in " rum-running ", transferring illegal liquor from larger vessels ...

3. Super Dvora Mk III-class patrol boat - Wikipedia

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   The Super Dvora Mark III-class patrol boat is the latest generation of the Dvora family of fast patrol boats or fast attack craft (FPB/FAC). Manufactured by IAI Ramta in 2004 [1] these vessels are capable of travelling up to 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) in littoral waters thanks to its state of the art thrust vectoring control Articulated Surface Drives (ASD) while holding various armaments ...

4. Raptor-class patrol boat - Wikipedia

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   Armored panels of classes GOST 5 and 5a, bullet-resistant glass 39 mm (1.5 in) thick. The Raptor-class patrol boat, Russian designation Project 03160, is a series of Russian high-speed coastal patrol boats. Boats of the class belong to the 4th rank [clarification needed] ships in the Russian Navy. This project was developed by the design bureau ...

5. List of World War II vessel types of the United States

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   Any cargo too heavy for the vessel's gear to lift is handled by a 60-ton floating crane. B Barge or Lorcha. BB Balloon Barge. BBP Balloon Barrage Leader. BC Cargo Barge (Med. 110'-130') BCS Cargo Barge (Sm. 45' - 60') BCL Cargo Barge (Large - 210' or more) BD Derrick and Crane Barges. BDP Pontoon Derrick Barge.

6. Komar-class missile boat - Wikipedia

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   Komar-class missile boat. The Soviet Project 183R class, more commonly known as the Komar class, its NATO reporting name, meaning "mosquito", is a class of missile boats, the first of its kind, built in the 1950s and 1960s. Notably, they were the first to sink another ship with anti-ship missiles in 1967.

7. Q-ship - Wikipedia

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   Q-ship. Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks. This gave Q-ships the chance to open fire and sink them. They were used by the British Royal Navy and the German Kaiserliche Marine ...