ships+under+escort
101USS Picuda (SS-382) — USS Picuda (SS 382), a Balao class submarine, was originally named Obispo , making her the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the obispo, a spotted sting ray.Construction and LaunchingHer keel was laid down by the Portsmouth Navy …
102Knights Hospitaller — Knights of Malta redirects here. For the Rome based successor widely considered a sovereign subject, see Sovereign Military Order of Malta. For other uses, see Knights of Malta (disambiguation). Knights Hospitallers Sovereign Military Hospitaller …
103Operation Rheinübung — ( Rhine Exercise ) was the sortie into the Atlantic by the new German battleship Bismarck and heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen on 18–27 May 1941, during World War II. This operation to block Allied shipping to England culminated in the sinking of… …
104Sid Meier's Pirates! (2004) — Infobox VG title = Sid Meier s Pirates! (2004) developer = Firaxis Games Full Fat (PSP) publisher = Atari, 2K Games, Valve Corporation (Steam) designer = engine = Gamebryo version = 1.02 (August 11, 2005) released = November 22 2004 (Windows)… …
105convoy — n. & v. n. 1 a group of ships travelling together or under escort. 2 a supply of provisions etc. under escort. 3 a group of vehicles travelling on land together or under escort. 4 the act of travelling or moving in a group or under escort. v.tr.… …
106MV Kollbjørg (1941) — Career Name: Empire Diamond (1941 42) Norsol (1942 46) Kollbjørg (1946 46) Storo (1956 59) Owner: Ministry of War Transport (1941 42) Norwegian Government (1942 46) A/S Kollbjørg (1946 56) …
107USS Wrangell (AE-12) — was laid down under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1375) as SS Midnight during February 1944 at Wilmington, North Carolina, by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company; launched on 14 April 1944; sponsored by Mrs. G. T. Cambell; delivered …
108USS Southard (DD-207) — USS Southard (DD 207/DMS 10) was a Clemson class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second Navy ship named for Secretary of the Navy Samuel L. Southard (1787 ndash;1842). Southard was laid down on 18 August 1918… …
109air warfare — Military operations conducted by airplanes, helicopters, or other aircraft against aircraft or targets on the ground and in the water. Air warfare did not become important until World War I (1914–18). The British, French, German, Russian, and… …
110Future of the Royal Navy — At the beginning of the 1990s, the Royal Navy was a force designed for the Cold War with its three small aircraft carriers and a force of ASW frigates and destroyers, its main purpose was to search for and destroy Soviet submarines in the North… …
