CAM ships were World War II–era British merchant ships used in convoys as an emergency stop-gap until sufficient escort carriers became available. CAM...
14 KB (1,560 words) - 01:46, 15 April 2024
Look up CAM, Cam, or cam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cam or CAM may refer to: Cam (mechanism), a mechanical linkage which translates motion Camshaft...
5 KB (612 words) - 21:06, 25 July 2024
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...
17 KB (1,905 words) - 11:13, 29 June 2024
A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions...
100 KB (11,654 words) - 19:01, 24 August 2024
List of types of naval vessels (category Lists of ships)
Air-cushioned landing craft Amphibious assault ship Battlecruiser Battleship Pocket battleship CAM ship Corvette Cruiser Armored cruiser Light cruiser...
2 KB (145 words) - 23:39, 21 May 2024
support ship (US Navy hull classification symbol: AOE) is a type of replenishment auxiliary ship. Different from traditional logistic ships, the fast...
6 KB (674 words) - 08:08, 3 April 2024
A littoral combat ship (LCS) is either of two classes of relatively small surface vessels designed for near-shore operations by the United States Navy...
138 KB (12,753 words) - 09:44, 28 August 2024
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...
30 KB (4,154 words) - 17:55, 12 July 2024
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...
10 KB (1,034 words) - 08:58, 5 August 2024
Corvette (redirect from Corvette (ship))
navies to "lieutenant commander", derives from the name of this type of ship. The rank is the most junior of three "captain" ranks in several European...
35 KB (3,921 words) - 22:45, 3 September 2024
Sloop-of-war (redirect from Ship sloop)
cutters. In technical terms, even the more specialised bomb vessels and fire ships were classed by the Royal Navy as sloops-of-war, and in practice these were...
19 KB (2,637 words) - 22:16, 9 July 2024
Destroyer (redirect from Destroyer (ship))
as "destroyers" in English. The antitorpedo boat origin of this type of ship is retained in its name in other languages, including French (contre-torpilleur)...
58 KB (7,102 words) - 02:49, 3 September 2024
List of ships of the Second World War List of aircraft carriers of the Second World War Merchant aircraft carrier Aircraft cruiser CAM ship "HMS Ariguani...
8 KB (507 words) - 01:18, 1 June 2024
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...
11 KB (1,180 words) - 16:55, 13 July 2024
Amphibious transport dock (redirect from Amphibious transport dock ship)
dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force...
14 KB (380 words) - 07:19, 10 November 2023
International maritime signal flags (redirect from Ship flags)
signal. Also signallable on a ship's whistle using Morse code. See International Code of Signals. Historically, in a CAM ship during World War II, Foxtrot...
22 KB (791 words) - 00:53, 12 June 2024
by RAF Coastal Command as well as Hurricane fighters being flown from CAM ships. On 14 August 1942, an Fw 200C-3 was the first German aircraft to be destroyed...
41 KB (5,230 words) - 02:52, 7 September 2024
carriers, converted from Cleveland-class light cruisers, were unsatisfactory ships for aviation with their narrow, short decks and slender, high-sheer hulls;...
9 KB (886 words) - 07:38, 16 May 2024
An auxiliary ship is a naval ship designed to support combatant ships and other naval operations. Auxiliary ships are not primary combatant vessels, though...
13 KB (1,160 words) - 11:10, 11 July 2024
A dock landing ship (also called landing ship, dock or LSD) is an amphibious warfare ship with a well dock to transport and launch landing craft and amphibious...
12 KB (665 words) - 00:49, 1 June 2024
Warship (redirect from Combatant ship)
A warship or combatant ship is a ship that is used for naval warfare. Usually they belong to the navy branch of the armed forces of a nation, though they...
44 KB (5,619 words) - 23:11, 23 August 2024
war False flag East Indiaman Armed merchantmen CAM ship Merchant aircraft carrier Mary B Mitchell (Q-ship) "Anti-submarine warfare". navymuseum.co.nz. 30...
23 KB (3,054 words) - 02:32, 25 August 2024
Aircraft carrier (category Ship types)
conversion of highly unconventional aircraft carriers. CAM ships were cargo-carrying merchant ships that could launch (but not retrieve) a single fighter...
136 KB (13,385 words) - 06:37, 3 September 2024
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...
21 KB (2,764 words) - 12:14, 28 August 2024
Against merchant ships, U-boats observed the "prize rules" which meant they had to stop and inspect the ship, and take the crew off the ship before they could...
53 KB (7,161 words) - 14:17, 8 September 2024
Aircraft cruiser (category Ship types)
helicopter destroyer Aviation-capable naval vessels Battlecarrier CAM ship Fighter catapult ship Merchant aircraft carrier Seaplane tender Friedman 1983, p.179...
12 KB (1,484 words) - 23:09, 3 April 2024
small ramp fitted to the fronts of merchant ships, known in service as Catapult armed merchantmen (or CAM Ships), in order to provide some cover against...
20 KB (2,495 words) - 01:48, 27 August 2024
Submarine tender (redirect from Submarine depot ship)
A submarine tender, in British English a submarine depot ship, is a type of depot ship that supplies and supports submarines. Submarines are small compared...
5 KB (530 words) - 20:35, 27 August 2024
Mine countermeasures vessel (redirect from Mine countermeasures ship)
A mine countermeasures vessel or MCMV is a type of naval ship designed for the location of and destruction of naval mines which combines the role of a...
5 KB (594 words) - 18:08, 27 June 2024
Bomb vessel (redirect from Bomb ship)
A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons (long guns or carronades)...
15 KB (1,774 words) - 13:58, 14 April 2024