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unusual facts about watercraft


Syledis

Determination of the position of mobile vehicles, like f.e. vessels, using Syledis is accomplished by measurement of transit time of radio waves between mobiles and radio stations at known points.


Achelous-class repair ship

Achelous class vessels were based on the same hull as LST's (Landing Ship, Tank) which at the time were being produced in large numbers.

B.C. Dutt-class tugboat

B.C. Dutt class of tugboats are series of service watercraft built by Tebma Shipyard Limited (a subsidiary of Bharati Shipyard Ltd), for Indian navy during 1998-99.

Benelli

HSR-Benelli (personal watercraft), an Austrian-Italian manufacturer of personal watercraft

Budd BB-1 Pioneer

The resulting BB-1 was a biplane flying boat, with the lower wing attached near the top of the hull and the upper wing held high above, with a single Kinner C-5 radial engine mounted on the aircraft centerline between the wings.

Carrying Place

Portage or carrying trail, place where watercraft or cargo are carried over land from one body of water to another

Culture of Newport News, Virginia

Located on the grounds of Fort Eustis, The museum reflects the history of the Army, especially of the United States Army Transportation Corps, and includes close to 100 military vehicles such as land vehicles, watercraft and rolling stock, including stock from the Fort Eustis Military Railroad.

Demographics of Saint Petersburg

From September 1941 through April 1942 659,000 civilians were evacuated mainly by watercraft and ice road over the Ladoga lake.

Dragon ship

Dragon boat-a traditional Chinese watercraft now used exclusively in racing

Firearms unit

Potential SFOs are also trained in safe entry into air and watercraft.

HD-4

Baldwin studied the work of the Italian inventor Enrico Forlanini and began testing models based on his designs, which led them to the development of hydrofoil watercraft.

Hooghly-class fuel barge

Hooghly-class of fuel barge are series of service watercraft being built by Hooghly Dock & Port Engineers Ltd, Kolkata (HDPEL) for the Indian Navy.

Kel Carruthers

In 1996, he took a job with the Sea-Doo watercraft factory racing team, helping them win several national and world titles.

Landing Craft Utility

Its welded steel hull provides high durability with deck loads of 800 pounds per square foot.

Load balancing

Weight distribution, the apportioning of weight within a vehicle, especially cars, airplanes, and watercraft

Naval Aircraft Factory TF

Accordingly, the NAF proposal consisted of a twin-engine flying boat which featured a hull design identical to that of the Curtiss NC-1, an armament of four flexible mounting Lewis machine guns, and four crew members.

Orkan-class fast attack craft

After the Unification of Germany the unfinished hulls were bought by the Polish Navy from VEB Peenewerft shipyard in Wolgast and successfully completed by Northern Shipyard in GdaƄsk.

Patonga, New South Wales

Patonga can be accessed by road along Patonga Drive from Umina to the north, by ferry from Palm Beach and Brooklyn, or by private watercraft.

Robbinston, Maine

Up five miles along Coastal Route 1 is Devil's Head, a high rocky bluff overlooking the river and landmark for watercraft.

Saintoise

The traditional saintoise is constructed from several types of wood to create the hull (spruce for the keel, mahogany for the edges and the floor, Tabebuia pallida for members and bow).

Sea-Doo GTX

Part of their Sea-Doo line of watercraft, the Sea-Doo GTX has been produced since 1994.

Superjet

Yamaha SuperJet, a personal watercraft made by Yamaha Motor Corporation

Tempest 23

Tempest 23 came standard with eight foot (8') Self-bailing cockpit, self-draining seats with storage, molded insulated ice box,Philippine mahogany trim, deck stepped mast, main roller reefing, full width mainsheet traveler, wirehalyards, two jib winches, separate galley and head enclosures, two (2) 6'6" berths with storage, and a 2 year warranty.

Tilt bridge

The tilting Gateshead Millennium Bridge spanning the River Tyne between Gateshead on the south bank and Newcastle upon Tyne on the north is a pedestrian bridge with two large hydraulic rams at each side that tilt the structure back allowing small watercraft to pass under.

Transport in Iraq

5,729 km (Euphrates River (2,815 km), Tigris River 1,899 km, Third River (565 km)); Shatt al Arab is usually navigable by maritime traffic for about 130 km; channel has been dredged to 3 m and is in use; Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have navigable sections for shallow-draft watercraft; Shatt al Basrah canal was navigable by shallow-draft craft before closing in 1991 because of the Gulf War

Vickers .50 machine gun

During the Second World War it was also mounted on power-operated turrets in smaller watercraft such as Motor Gun Boats and Motor Torpedo Boats.

Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel

Vikram-class offshore patrol vessels are series of nine watercraft jointly built by Mazagon Dock Limited Mumbai and Goa Shipyard Limited, Vasco da Gama, Goa for the Indian Coast Guard.

Washington Navy Yard

In 1898, David W. Taylor developed a ship model testing basin, which was used by the Navy and private shipbuilders to test the effect of water on new hull designs.

Wave Blaster

Yamaha WaveBlaster, a personal watercraft produced from 1993 to 1996


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