The lighter aboard ship (LASH) system refers to the practice of loading barges (lighters) aboard a bigger vessel for transport. It was developed in response...
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may also now themselves be powered. The term is also used in the Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) system. The name itself is of uncertain origin, but is believed...
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ships are a type of Heavy Lighter aboard ship. The lighter aboard ship or LASH is a system for loading barges or (lighters) onto a large vessel for transport...
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Nuclear marine propulsion (redirect from Nuclear ship)
Sevmorput, Russia (1988–present), ice-strengthened nuclear-powered lighter aboard ship (LASH) carrier In December 5, 2023, the Jiangnan Shipyard under the...
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Transport portal Lighter (barge) Lighter aboard ship Lighterage clause Lighterman 'Adventures in Energy' animated description of lightering SPT Maritime Services...
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A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat or ship used to service or support other boats or ships. This is generally done by transporting...
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Avondale Shipyard (section Ships built)
battleship USS Iowa in the early 1980s and also constructed some of the lighter aboard ships (LASH). At one time, it was the largest employer in Louisiana, with...
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Lashing (ropework), a means of attaching two or more objects with rope Lighter aboard ship, a system of water transport Littoral Airborne Sensor/Hyperspectral...
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Prudential Steamship Corporation (section Ships)
and radio. Some ships owned SS The Emerald cruise ship SS Southstar, was USS Alamance Camp Fear, built in 1971. Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) barge carrier...
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Sevmorput (redirect from Sevmorput (ship))
C-13/01360 for the development of an ice-strengthened nuclear-powered lighter aboard ship (LASH) carrier. The design work was assigned to the Leningrad-based...
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Pacific Far East Line (section PFEL Ro-Ro Ship)
Victory ships and Liberty shipss. Chairman Thomas E. Cuffe died in 1959. Pacific Far East Line operated some Lighter aboard ship (LASH ships). In 1977...
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Holland America Line (redirect from Statendam-class cruise ship)
freight liner services with cargo ships, a Lighter aboard ship ('LASH' ship, MV Bilderdyk) and then container ships under the trade name Incotrans, with...
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Titanic (redirect from Titanic (ship))
estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, 1,496 died, making the incident the deadliest sinking of a single ship at the time. Titanic, operated by the...
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and lighter but shorter range version of Arleigh Burke's SPY-1D. A decision between the ships would be based on the desire for a large-hulled ship with...
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MV Yulius Fuchik (category 1978 ships)
ships known as barge carriers which offered, at the time, the highest theoretical loading and unloading rate of all cargo ships. The lighter aboard ship...
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also operated three Barge carrying ships, unique in design and unlike LASH (Lighter aboard ship) vessels. These ships had a submersible elevator capable...
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firm's marine subsidiary, Equitable Shipyards, produced LASH or Lighter Aboard Ship barges, riverboats for use by Hilton Hotels, and other craft for...
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Stowage (category Cargo ships)
terminology, stowage is the amount of room available for stowing materials aboard a ship, tank or an airplane. In container shipping, stowage planning refers...
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unanimously to approve plans to construct a new 50-acre (20 ha) lighter aboard ship (LASH) terminal for Pacific Far East Lines on the new fill. The LASH...
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When it became clear the ship was missing, a lengthy search ensued, but neither København nor anyone who had been aboard her on her final voyage was...
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class (formerly the LHA(R) class) is a ship class of landing helicopter assault (LHA) type amphibious assault ships for the United States Navy (USN). The...
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aircraft. The acronym DEMS was used to describe the ships carrying the guns, the guns aboard the ships, the military personnel manning the guns, and the...
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distinction between the ships 'of the line', alone destined for a place therein, and the lighter ships meant for other uses. The lighter ships were used for various...
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Glossary of nautical terms (M–Z) (redirect from Way (ship))
crew that someone aboard has gone overboard into the water and must be rescued. 2. A person who has fallen into the water from a ship or boat – the object...
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MV Stellar Banner (category Ship infoboxes without an image)
fuel from the ship, a process which took about a month and was completed on 12 April 2020. Shortly afterward, the lightering of the ship’s cargo of iron...
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129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of her class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship...
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USS Harry S. Truman (redirect from Harry S. Truman (ship))
off Hangar Bay No. 1. The ship was christened on 7 September 1996, launched 13 September 1996, and the crew began moving aboard from contract housing in...
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return of the Great White Fleet, its ships were painted gray. British ships began being painted gray in 1903; lighter shades were preferred to minimize solar...
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States." The A1B reactor is more efficient, more adaptable, smaller, and lighter than the A4W design. It also has improved operator interfaces. Nuclear...
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Type 26 frigate (redirect from Type 26 Global Combat Ship)
Australian and Canadian navies. The programme, known as the Global Combat Ship, was launched by the British Ministry of Defence to partially replace the...
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