The Kittiwake is a Chanticleer-class submarine rescue ship that was part of the U.S. Navy's fleet until it was decommissioned in 1994.

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The Qingdao review did include an interesting addition to China's fleet, a Yuzhao-class amphibious-assault ship, which could be used to dispatch troops and helicopters over long distances.

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As a testament to the skills required for the job, all marine pilots must hold a Master Class 1 Certificate, which essentially allows one to captain a ship of any size, anywhere.

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The year the oldest Ohio-class ballistic-missile sub completes its final nuclear patrol is now expected to be 2027, which sounds a long way off until you realize it takes nearly two decades to design, develop, build and test the lead ship in a successor class.

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If London Terrace were a cruise ship, this would be its first-class smoking lounge.

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Though primarily a helicopter carrier, at least one Iwo Jima-class ship was qualified to operate the American version of the Sea Harrier, according to the 1982 edition of Combat Fleets of the World.

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Young professionals are catapulting off the corporate ship that has characterized the working class for a couple hundred centuries into the cold dark waters of entrepreneurship, hoping to find paradise or at least freedom from the course they seem set for.

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All wood trim elements of the S-Class are painstakingly created by hand from hundreds of individual pieces and have the look and feel of a miniature ship veneer.

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