The LPD-17 San Antonio-class ship (the one made at Avondale) has no work left in the pipeline after the ones already in construction.
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Each Oasis-class ship utilizes shape recognition cameras, smart cards, 900 wireless access points and other digital technologies to eliminate lines in experiences ranging from dining and onboard activities to excursions.
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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.
Carnival is already designing its next class of ship for 2014 and beyond.
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So the issue was not cost, per se, or aesthetics, but whether the regulator felt it necessary to increase the lifeboat requirements for White Star's new, larger, class of ship.
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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.
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.
Ohio subs began joining the fleet in 1981, so if Navy planners had stuck with their original 30-year design life, the first ship in the class would be retiring this year.
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.
The first ship in the new Daring class, HMS Daring, was launched in February 2006.
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If London Terrace were a cruise ship, this would be its first-class smoking lounge.
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 proposed plan would retire seven cruisers early, delay construction of the next large-deck amphibious warfare ship by one year, cancel the second Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) in 2014, delay construction of two smaller amphibious warfare ships, and reduce procurement of littoral combat ships by two and joint high speed vessels by eight.
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The Arleigh Burke-class vessels are equipped with launch tubes for Tomahawk cruise missiles, Harpoon anti-ship missiles and gun placements for close combat.
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.
The huge plan, regarded as the Holy Grail of Titanic memorabilia, shows the intricate detail of the ship - from the location of the squash court, to the Turkish baths to the first-class lavatories.
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