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The Atlantic flyingfish (Cheilopogon melanurus) is a flying fish in the family Exocoetidae. The flyingfish fauna is made up of 16 total species, 6 of which belong to the genus Cheilopogon, including C. melanurus. [2] The Atlantic flyingfish is also in the order Beloniformes and class Actinopterygii. [3]
USS Flying Fish (SSN-673), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flying fish, any of number of fishes whose long winglike fins make it possible for them to move some distance through the air.
The article says that the fish can "glide" for about 39 feet. When I was on board an aircraft carrier during an Atlantic cruise, I used to stand on the sponsons or aircraft elevators and watch the flying fish alongside the ship. I know, because I saw them, that 1)they "flapped" their fins in a manner similar to birds, so they weren't just ...
Both teams shared their experiences, including being hit by a stream of flying fish. The Sea Donkeys said one team member, Niels Bardoel, was hit five times in one night by the "smelly" creatures.
SS Malolo (later known as Matsonia, Atlantic, and Queen Frederica) was a passenger liner, later cruise ship, built by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, in 1926 for the Matson Line. The largest and most luxurious American passenger ship of her era, [ 3 ] she was the first of a number of ships designed by William Francis Gibbs for the Matson ...
And for ship captains, it’s a challenge that needs to be approached with a healthy dose of fear. The world’s strongest storms The Drake Passage can see waves of up to 49 feet.
Flying Fish's eighth war patrol, the first to be commanded by Lieutenant Commander R. D. Risser, between Taiwan and the China coast from 30 November 1943 to 28 January 1944, found her sinking the passenger/cargo ship Ginyo Maru (8613 tons) laden with 6880 tons of maize, 600 tons of rice, 50 tons of beans, and 195 passengers on 16 December ...
Iraqi occupation of Kuwait: The floating hotel, a former cruise ship, was attacked by Iraqi forces and destroyed at her moorings. She was later scrapped. USS Yancey United States Navy: The decommissioned Andromeda-class attack cargo ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Morehead City, North Carolina, to form an artificial reef.