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Bradley declared that the new ship was "the last word in freighter construction." [5] The United States Coast Guard (USCG) described Carl D. Bradley ' s design and construction as: ... [a] typical arrangement for self-unloading type vessels with a forepeak and large cargo area, and having propulsion machinery aft.
Amidships: near the middle part of a ship. [1] Aport: toward the port side of a ship (opposite of "astarboard"). [6] Ashore: on or towards the shore or land. [7] Astarboard: toward the starboard side of a ship (opposite of "aport"). [8] Astern (adjective): toward the rear of a ship (opposite of "forward"). [9] Athwartships: toward the sides of ...
The 20th Flotilla arrived in the Baltic at the end of June 1919, but on 12 July Abdiel and five destroyers were sent back to England in order to escort a flotilla of eight Coastal Motor Boats (CMBs) from their base at Osea Island, Essex to Biorko, Finland. While one of the CMBs sank under tow, the other seven boats successfully reached their ...
The modified Flowers saw the forecastle extended aft past the bridge to the aft end of the funnel, a variation known as the "long forecastle" design. Apart from providing a very useful space where the whole crew could gather out of the weather, the added weight improved the ships' stability and speed and was retroactively applied to a number of ...
The modified Flowers saw the forecastle extended aft past the bridge to the aft end of the funnel, a variation known as the "long forecastle" design. Apart from providing a very useful space where the whole crew could gather out of the weather, the added weight improved the ships' stability and speed and was retroactively applied to a number of ...
Within that large debris field we found the front-end bell of the pressure hull. That was the first indication that there was a catastrophic event. “Shortly thereafter we found a second smaller ...
It covered 61.5% of the ship's length and had a total depth of 6 meters (19 ft 8 in), that reduced to 4 meters (13 ft 1 in) forward and aft where the hull lines became finer. [9] The main turrets had 305 mm faces and backs and 125-millimeter (4.9 in) sides and roofs. Their barbettes were protected with 330 mm of armor.
The rectangular aft deck is a helipad, and below it, at the end of the stern there is a working half-deck cut out in the hull with mooring and anchor capstans. [6] The ship has transom stern. [3] The standard displacement, as of 2006, is 4,754 tonnes (4,679 long tons), and the full displacement is 5,790 tonnes (5,700 long tons). [4]