States Navy's Bureau of Ships (BuShips) was established by Congress on 20 June 1940, by a law which consolidated the functions of the Bureau of Construction... 8 KB (1,057 words) - 10:24, 13 October 2023 |
 | "Ever Gifted (189095)". Register of Ships. Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Retrieved 4 August 2020. "Ever Glory (9786839)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved... 26 KB (1,142 words) - 12:28, 4 May 2024 |
 | Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, they typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports of call... 108 KB (5,259 words) - 22:18, 9 May 2024 |
the Bureau's functions with those of the Bureau of Engineering (BuEng), creating the Bureau of Ships (BuShips). The Bureau was staffed by officers of the... 7 KB (936 words) - 12:55, 2 May 2024 |
 | Operation Sailor Hat (category Military projects of the United States) Sailor Hat was a series of explosives effects tests, conducted by the United States Navy Bureau of Ships under the sponsorship of the Defense Atomic Support... 19 KB (2,042 words) - 21:50, 27 December 2023 |
 | Roll-on/roll-off (redirect from RO-RO ship) Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses... 32 KB (4,000 words) - 14:47, 3 May 2024 |
 | meeting, it was decided that the Bureau of Ships would design these vessels. As with the standing agreement, these ships would be built by the US so British... 82 KB (9,938 words) - 15:37, 14 February 2024 |
 | Naval Reactors (redirect from Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion) control of the Navy's effort as Director of the Naval Reactors Branch in the Bureau of Ships. The office was originally a joint activity of the U.S.... 13 KB (1,097 words) - 22:26, 26 February 2024 |
of Shipping has classified nuclear ships, the only classification society to do so. Classification surveyors inspect ships to make sure that the ship... 15 KB (1,535 words) - 09:55, 29 February 2024 |
 | into two types, most crudely described as ships and craft. In general, the ships carry the troops from the port of embarkation to the drop point for the assault... 36 KB (4,865 words) - 16:01, 28 February 2024 |
changes. The Bureau of Ships (BuShips) was established in 1940, through the merger of the Bureau of Construction and Repair and the Bureau of Engineering... 11 KB (1,525 words) - 10:21, 13 October 2023 |
like the shipping containers of a container ship. List of largest cruise ships "Pioneering Spirit (9593505)". LR ships in class. Lloyd's Register. Retrieved... 38 KB (1,678 words) - 07:52, 14 May 2024 |
 | Dazzle camouflage (redirect from Dazzle ships) deciding where a ship was heading and where to aim. Furthermore, the ships painted in dazzle were larger than the uncamouflaged ships, 38% of them being over... 48 KB (5,378 words) - 22:06, 5 May 2024 |
 | 1940 Fleet Problem (exercise), the Bureau of Ships (BuShips) directed in January 1941 that the peacetime color of overall #5 Standard Navy Gray, a light... 51 KB (2,657 words) - 05:04, 23 April 2024 |
 | The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was a U.S. government agency of early post... 59 KB (7,275 words) - 17:54, 8 May 2024 |
 | (1963). "XXII". History of Communications-Electronics in the United States Navy. Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Ships and Office of Naval History. pp. 261–265... 62 KB (7,954 words) - 23:20, 8 May 2024 |
 | Swietenia mahagoni (category Flora of Florida) and Jamaica for building many ships of the Spanish Armada prior to 1588. A number of the largest Spanish ships were built of West Indies mahogany. Spain... 21 KB (2,596 words) - 07:50, 2 May 2024 |
 | theory of circuits, practical work in overhaul, vacuum tube amplification of primary circuit. Velocity power tools, practical work Bureau of Ships Diving... 81 KB (10,927 words) - 23:05, 17 March 2024 |
 | PT boat (category Patrol vessels of the United States Navy) motorboats against capital ships, and he presented his proposal to Rear Admiral David W. Taylor, the chief of the US Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair... 86 KB (11,975 words) - 18:06, 17 April 2024 |
Naval Vessel Register (category Ship registration) the Bureau of Construction and Repair published Ships Data US Naval Vessels, which subsequently became the Ships Data Book in 1952 under the Bureau of Ships... 5 KB (586 words) - 11:46, 9 November 2023 |
 | Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (category Submarines of the United States Navy) immediately focused on designing a new class of submarine, but the Bureau of Ships believed the fleet of existing Gato, Balao, and Tench-class submarines... 20 KB (2,358 words) - 13:56, 26 November 2023 |
 | Midway-class aircraft carrier (category Cold War aircraft carriers of the United States) or 1.25 inches (32 mm) thick (40 or 50-pound weight per square ft). Bureau of Ships, Navy Dept CV13 Damage Report Friedman, Norman (1983). U.S. Aircraft... 18 KB (1,838 words) - 14:12, 14 April 2024 |
 | Hamilton Watch Company (category Watch manufacturing companies of the United States) and the movements of both were marked "U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships". The Model 22 was also used by the U.S. Army, and on the back of some, it is marked... 19 KB (2,144 words) - 17:37, 23 April 2024 |
(BuEng). In 1940 it combined with the Bureau of Construction and Repair (BuC&R) and became the Bureau of Ships (BuShips). "Engineering, both in operating... 7 KB (894 words) - 10:24, 13 October 2023 |
 | Hyman G. Rickover (redirect from Father of the Nuclear Navy) Later in the war, his service as head of the Electrical Section in the Bureau of Ships brought him a Legion of Merit and gave him experience in directing... 82 KB (8,350 words) - 18:03, 18 April 2024 |
U.S. Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair (later Bureau of Ships) standard form of high-percentage nickel steel used on all portions of a warship needing... 4 KB (465 words) - 04:52, 21 May 2023 |
 | USS Arizona (redirect from Arizona battle ship) smokeless powder magazines which were used for the ship's main armament. A 1944 Navy Bureau of Ships report suggests that a hatch leading to the black... 53 KB (6,347 words) - 11:26, 20 April 2024 |
 | ships were built with scrubbers already installed. These scrubbers take up a considerable amount of space and the resulting capacity of these ships is... 9 KB (570 words) - 23:34, 4 May 2024 |
 | Landing craft (section Development of Landing Ships) existence. One of these, advanced by K.C. Barnaby of Thornycroft, was for a double-ended LCT to work with landing ships. The Bureau of Ships quickly set... 48 KB (6,322 words) - 00:19, 27 April 2024 |
 | Edward L. Cochrane (category Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences) including in the Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair, predecessor to the Bureau of Ships. He assumed the post of Chief, BuShips in November 1942, succeeding... 10 KB (812 words) - 23:05, 26 February 2024 |