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TSS T/T Calshot was a tug tender built in 1929 by John I Thornycroft & Co, and completed in 1930 for the Red Funnel Line. Calshot was one of only three surviving classical tender ships which served the great ocean liners, another example is the SS Nomadic, which tendered the ill-fated RMS Titanic on her maiden voyage at Cherbourg, France.
United States Navy tender is a general term for a type of U.S. Navy ship used to support other ships, often of a non-specific or uncommon non-designated type or purpose. Contents Top
United States Navy submarine tenders are U.S. Navy vessels, common throughout World War II, stationed in remote areas of the oceans to service submarines assigned to them. Such service would include providing fuel, food, potable water, spare parts, and some repair of submarine equipment and minor hull components.
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USS Curtiss (AV-4) was the first purpose-built seaplane tender constructed for the United States Navy.She was named for Glenn Curtiss, an American naval aviation pioneer that designed the Curtiss NC-4, the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
SS Nomadic is a former tender of the White Star Line, launched on 25 April 1911 at Belfast, that is now on display in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.She was built to transfer passengers and mail to and from the ocean liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic.
Syria's caretaker government issued tenders to import 4.2 million barrels of crude oil, as well as 100,000 metric tons each of fuel oil and diesel "as soon as possible", according to copies of the ...
USS Currituck (AV-7) was the first of four Currituck class seaplane tenders, and was nicknamed the Wild Goose. She was built during World War II and served during the Cold War . The second US ship to be named for the Currituck Sound , [ 1 ] the Currituck (AV-7), was launched 11 September 1943 by Philadelphia Navy Yard ; sponsored by Mrs. M. F ...