The United States test launched a captured German V 2 rocket from the deck of a ship in 1947.
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The boys' bedroom has four beds in a nautical theme, leading to a ship deck loft with four more beds.
The master bathroom has a deep tub with teak lounge chairs next to it, like a swimming pool on the deck of a ship.
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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But the five sailors in "Target Practice, USS Peleliu, " honing their marksmanship on the deck of an assault ship, could be actors on stage in a macabre play.
I'm writing this blog from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a cold katabatic wind is blowing off the ice onto the deck of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise.
On ocean crossings to Europe in 1887 and 1896, Ryder spent most of the time en route sketching the sea from the ship's deck, alighting only briefly in his destination, London, before heading home again.
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With a capacity of 4, 000 passengers, the 18-deck vessel is the biggest cruise ship to homeport year-round in Manhattan.
Passengers dragged their mattresses onto the ship's open deck to stay cool and get away from the nasty smells inside.
They can carry up to 85 aircraft in below-deck hangars and have a combined ship and aircrew of more than 5, 000 servicemen and women.
During flight operations the captain can normally be found on the bridge directly involved in the mechanics of positioning and preparing the ship for launch and recovery of aircraft, ensuring the safe navigation of the ship and overseeing flight deck operations.
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The Vanguard will have 50% greater lifting capacity and 70% greater deck area than the largest heavy lift ship now in service, the Blue Marlin, also owned by Dockwise, which can lift 73, 000 tonnes.
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Moving, assembling and testing ordnance, purifying and storing fuel, organizing the flight deck, mission planning, safely navigating the ship, preparing food, training and performing maintenance on important ship and aircraft systems go on around the clock.
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Mr Robson, a leading air engineering mechanic, was on the flight deck manning light machine guns when three bombs struck the ship.
Passengers passed the hours playing cards, walking the deck and going to see what was happening on other areas of the ship, Poret said.
Bruce Ismay, head of the company that operated the Titanic, to remain on deck, trying to help the rescue effort, then suddenly decide to abandon ship.
Virtually all of the space on deck is clear and available for cargo, and perhaps most remarkable of all, the ship lacks anything that would conventionally be referred to as a bow.
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On the main deck, crew members using a crane transferred several tons of steel beams and plating to the other ship.
But there was no indication the ship was taking in water at this stage, he said, although five of the crew were on deck.
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