A net laying ship, also known as a net layer, net tender, gate ship or boom defence vessel was a type of naval auxiliary ship. A net layer's primary function...
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The Ailanthus class were a group of 35 wooden-hulled net laying ships of the United States Navy built during World War II as part of the huge building...
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USS Abele (category Ailanthus-class net laying ships of the United States Navy)
USS Abele (AN-58) was a Ailanthus-class net laying ship in the service of the United States Navy, named after Populus alba, commonly called abele, silver...
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anti-submarine net or anti-submarine boom is a boom placed across the mouth of a harbour or a strait for protection against submarines. Net laying ships would...
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an unincorporated community USS Teaberry (AN-34), a World War II net laying ship Connie Teaberry (born 1970), American high jumper Clark's Teaberry...
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- active USA TCG Ağ-4 (P-304) ex-USS Larch (AN-21) Aloe-class net laying ship: USA - Germany AN-103-class TCG Ağ-5 (P-305), ex AN-103 - active...
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An amphibious assault ship is a type of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory during an armed conflict. The design evolved...
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Minesweeper (redirect from Mine warfare ship)
became the predecessor of the mine sweeping forces with specially designed ships and equipment to follow. These reserve Trawler Section fishermen and their...
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to defeat them, as in Operation Chastise. Net cutter (submarine) Net cutter (fisheries patrol) Net laying ship Slat armor Anti-submarine defensesUS Navy...
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support ship (US Navy hull classification symbol: AOE) is a type of replenishment auxiliary ship. Different from traditional logistic ships, the fast...
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USS Whitewood (category Ailanthus-class net laying ships of the United States Navy)
USS Whitewood (YN-84/AN-63/AG-129), a wooden-hulled Ailanthus-class net laying ship of the United States Navy was laid down on 24 October 1942 at Rockland...
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TCG Göksu (F-497) Also received 8-cell Mk-41 VLS for Evolved Sea Sparrow. The first ship from the İstif class frigates was delivered.> ex D'Estienne d'Orves-class...
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Aloe-class net laying ships were a class of thirty-two steel-hulled net laying ships built prior to the US entry into World War II. The lead ship, USS Aloe...
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in the U.S. Gum Tree, Kentucky, a place in the U.S. USS Gum Tree, a net laying ship All pages with titles containing Gum tree This disambiguation page...
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Ballistic missile submarine (redirect from Ship Submersible Ballistic)
number of conventionally powered cruise missile submarines and surface ships fielded by the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s, deploying...
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A naval ship (or naval vessel) is a military ship (or sometimes boat, depending on classification) that is used by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated...
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USS Buckeye (category Aloe-class net laying ships)
USS Buckeye (AN-13/YN-8) was an Aloe-class net laying ship in service with the United States Navy from 1942 to 1947. In the late 1970s and 1980s, she...
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HMS Guardian (1932) (category 1932 ships)
HMS Guardian was a net laying ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1962. She was also equipped for target towing and gunnery photography...
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carriers, converted from Cleveland-class light cruisers, were unsatisfactory ships for aviation with their narrow, short decks and slender, high-sheer hulls;...
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HMS Precise (category World War II net laying ships)
was a net laying ship for the Royal Navy during the Second World War acquired from the United States Navy in December 1944 via Lend-Lease. The ship was...
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USS Hazel (AN-29) (category Aloe-class net laying ships)
The second USS Hazel (AN-29/YN-24) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy during World War II with her protective...
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A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for littoral warfare in near-shore operations by the...
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HMS Protector (A146) (category 1936 ships)
between 1955 and 1968. She was built in 1935 as a net laying ship. Protector was laid down as a fast net layer by Yarrow Shipbuilders at their Scotstoun...
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USS Nutmeg (category Aloe-class net laying ships)
USS Nutmeg (AN-33/YN-33) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve the U.S. Navy during World War II with her protective anti-submarine...
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USS Tonawanda (AN-89) (redirect from Haitian ship Jean-Jacques Dessalines (MH-101))
Tonawanda (YN-115/AN-89) was a Cohoes-class net laying ship which was assigned to protect U.S. Navy ships and harbors during World War II by deploying...
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A fire ship or fireship is a large wooden vessel set on fire to be used against enemy ships during a ramming attack or similar maneuver. Fireships were...
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client Mahogany (horse), Australian racehorse USS Mahogany (AN-23), a net-laying ship in World War II Mahogany Avenue, a road in Tagaytay, Cavite, Philippines...
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USS Teak (category Aloe-class net laying ships)
USS Teak (AN-35/YN-30) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Ocean theatre of operations during World War II...
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A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line...
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USS Ash (category Aloe-class net laying ships)
USS Ash (AN-7/YN-2) was an Aloe-class net laying ship which was assigned to serve U.S. Navy ships and harbors during World War II with her protective...
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