A surface effect ship (SES) or sidewall hovercraft is a watercraft that has both an air cushion, like a hovercraft, and twin hulls, like a catamaran....
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ground-effect vehicle (GEV), also called a wing-in-ground-effect (WIGE or WIG), ground-effect craft/machine (GEM), wingship, flarecraft, surface effect vehicle...
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The free surface effect is a mechanism which can cause a watercraft to become unstable and capsize. It refers to the tendency of liquids — and of unbound...
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Nongo-class warship (category Ship infoboxes without an image)
vessels. North Koreans implemented the catamaran design, adopting Surface Effect Ship technology. The design is relatively advanced, and adopted by few...
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Hovercraft (redirect from Ground effect machine)
destruction Saab 401 Swedish air-cushion vehicle prototype Ship-to-Shore Connector Surface effect ship Hovercraft Definition and Meaning, collinsdictionary...
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Russian corvette Samum (redirect from Samum (ship))
"small missile ship" (Russian: малый ракетный корабль, МРК). Like the rest of the class, it is a surface effect ship armed with anti-ship missiles. MRK-17...
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that manufactures armored vehicles, turrets, advanced marine craft, surface effect ships, and other weapon systems. It is owned by Textron, and was formed...
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An unmanned surface vehicle, unmanned surface vessel or uncrewed surface vessel (USV), colloquially called a drone boat, drone ship or sea drone, is a...
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acceptance pending for ship-specific installation. The engine was selected by the Navy for use in Rohr Marine's 3,000 ton Surface Effect Ship, and one was to...
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Pegasus-class hydrofoil (section List of ships)
patrol. When in hydrofoil form, the ships would use 1000 gallons of fuel per hour. When in surface ship form, the ships would use 100 gallons of fuel per...
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Air Cushion Landing craft depot ship Merchant cruiser Stealth ship Surface effect ship Submarine Submarine tender Midget submarine Cruiser submarine Hunter-killer...
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the PB Mk IIIs led to an order being placed in 1984 for a stealthy surface effect ship, the Special Warfare Craft, Medium, or SWCM, with a length of about...
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Skjold-class corvette (category Stealth ships)
Patrol Boats, Norway". 2012. Lundquist, Edward H. "Skjold-class Surface Effect Ship HNoMS Steil". Defense Media Network. Retrieved 6 December 2016. "The...
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The Coandă effect (/ˈkwɑːndə/ or /ˈkwæ-/) is the tendency of a fluid jet to stay attached to a surface of any form. Merriam-Webster describes it as "the...
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direction of travel that moves the top surface of the ball in the direction of travel. Under the Magnus effect, topspin produces a downward swerve of...
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used in Vietnam SR.N6 Longer SR.N5 38 passengers Aircraft carrier Surface Effect Ship (SES) With the Royal Aircraft Establishment Black Knight Black Arrow...
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Bora-class corvette (category Ship classes of the Russian Navy)
the NATO class name "Dergach", is one of the few types of military surface effect ship built solely for marine combat purposes, rather than troop landing...
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Lun-class ekranoplan (redirect from Lun-class Wing-In-Groune-Effect craft)
maritime ships by the International Maritime Organization due to their use of the ground effect, in which the craft glides just above the surface of the...
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excluded surface, a chemistry-related term Standard Event System, a guideline to study vertebrate embryos Surface effect ship, a class of ship that has...
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International. Vol. 32. High-Speed Surface Craft Limited. 1993. p. 13. Semo launches surface effect ship A 38m surface effect ship built in Korea by Semo Co....
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List of United States Coast Guard cutters (category Ships of the United States Coast Guard)
USCGC Woodrush (WLB-407) USCGC Evergreen (WAGO-295) Cyclone-class patrol ships on loan from the United States Navy USCGC Tempest (WPC-2) USCGC Monsoon (WPC-4)...
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Hull classification symbol (redirect from Unclassified Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship)
construction LCSs before 2019. LSES: Large Surface Effect Ship M: Monitor (1880s–1920) SES: Surface Effect Ship TB: Torpedo boat Submarines are all self-propelled...
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2025-02-05. Easton, R. (2025-01-06). "Strategic Marine Delivers First Surface Effect Ship, Marking a Milestone in Offshore Innovation". MTB Events. Retrieved...
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small-waterplane-area twin hull (SWATH), surface effect ships and hovercraft, hydrofoil, wing in ground effect craft (WIG). Off shore oil vessels – Platform...
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Warfare Specialist insignia SE – Support Equipment SES – Surface Effect Ship, class/type of ship SEL – Senior Enlisted Leader (also seen as SEA – Senior...
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Patrol Interdiction Craft 1 Paek Ku class patrol gunboat SES-100 surface effect ship VCA-30 hovercraft VCA-36 hovercraft N500 Naviplane Stockholm-class...
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high-speed combat ships and boats, specializing in dynamically supported craft such as hydrofoils, hovercraft, and surface-effect ships. The company has...
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The bank effect (channel effect, bank suction, bank cushion, stern suction, ship-bank interaction) is the tendency of the stern of a ship to swing toward...
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Oksøy-class mine hunter (section Ships)
p. 517. ISBN 0710626231. "Scrapyard Ships". shipspotting.com. Retrieved 15 February 2023. Oksøy and Alta class Alta / Oksoy Surface Effect Ship (SES)...
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around 50% can be obtained at very high speed. Wing-in-ground effect vehicle Surface effect ship Doctors, L. J., “ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF AN EKRANOCAT:...
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