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 | Naval Weapons Station Earle is a United States Navy base in New Jersey. Its distinguishing feature is a 2.2-mile pier in Sandy Hook Bay where ammunition can be loaded and unloaded from warships at a safe distance from land.
Naval Weapons Station Earle's history began in 1943, when World War II operations demanded an ammunition depot in the greater New York metropolitan area. A bo... |  | 07/31/2008 | 593 | 
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 | There's a formation on the fantail of one of the Arleigh Burke destroyers in San Diego. I'm not sure of the purpose as I've not yet found any information of any such ceremonies on ship web pages. |  | 07/30/2008 | 177 |
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 | Included in this set of placemarks is labeling and information for all major ships visible as well as every boat and barge I've been able to identify within some degree of accuracy. The placemarks include NAS North Island and the aircraft, but exclude the two flying helicopters as those have their own post. (also the two visible ceremonies have their own post) | | 07/30/2008 | 286 |
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 | The Catalina Express heading out from Long Beach harbor to Catalina Island. | | 07/30/2008 | 100 |
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 | Near the massive Norfolk Naval Station is the amphibious Little Creek Naval Station. As a smaller base, it's entirely focused on amphibious operations with a mingling of some US Coast Guard ships and littoral patrol craft. Some of the larger vessels based here are in port as well as many landing craft. |  | 07/29/2008 | 228 |
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 | A cargo vessel near Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands | | 07/29/2008 | 103 |
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 | looks like two sunken ships | | 07/21/2008 | 616 |
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 | This is a big boat! |  | 07/20/2008 | 137 |
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 | This is the German research-icebreaker Polarstern in drydock in Bremerhaven. | | 07/20/2008 | 55 |
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 | Here's a ferry, probably going from Tsawwassen near Vancouver to Swartz bay on Vancouver Island.
This is a very nice trip between all the islands in front of Canada BC coast. |  | 07/18/2008 | 461 |
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 | There is a dhow under sail near Zanzibar |  | 07/16/2008 | 103 |
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 | Brunei has refused delivery of these three Offshore Patrol Vessels. (OPV) While based on the FS 2000 Light Frigate design similar to the Lekiu class frigates the Malaysian Navy operates, these are even lighter. Although Brunei eventually took delivery mid-2007, it's not entirely clear if the ships are still in storage at this location or if they've been moved. Most assume that Brunei will sell ... | | 07/08/2008 | 492 |
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 | Skandi Navica is a large pipelaying ship. With its massive reels, it can lay several kilometers of pipe continuously from its massive spool.
The ship appears at least twice in Google Earth imagery. Once far to the north at Hammerfest in Norway and in high-resolution imagery at Leith Harbor in Edinburgh, Scotland. | | 07/08/2008 | 190 |
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 | RFA Wave Ruler was sitting in Leith Harbor for this image. It's a fleet tanker and replenishment ship. | | 07/08/2008 | 226 |
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 | Found a lot of kayaks in Munich, Thalkirchen.
If someone wants to count them, please post the number;) |  | 07/08/2008 | 231 |
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 | This is a Turkish Gabaya Class or "G Class" frigate. This class consists of Oliver Hazard Perry class US frigates sold to the Turkish government. This one was involved with or had just completed exercises with other European craft. I don't know if it was a NATO or Joint European Force activity though. I think it most likely was a European exercise. | | 07/06/2008 | 549 |
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 | Naval Submarine Base New London is the United States Navy's first submarine base, the "Home of the Submarine Force", and "the Submarine Capital of the World".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Submarine_Base_New_London | | 07/03/2008 | 141 |
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 | The Floréal is a small monitoring frigate ("frégate de surveillance") of the French Marine Nationale. She is the lead ship of her class, and the first French vessel named after the 8th month of the Republican Calendar.
In 1993, she took part in United Nations Operation in Somalia II to protect Blue Helmets. In 1995, she took part in the capture of Bob Denard in the Com... | | 06/24/2008 | 325 |
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 | L-51 Kanimbla, an amphibious landing craft platform, can be seen in this image sitting off the coast of Christmas Island. (an Australian territory) It was there in support of operations to get supplies and help to victims of the 2004 tsunami. | | 06/23/2008 | 269 |
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 | HMAS Manoora (L 52) (formerly USS Fairfax County (LST-1193)) is a Kanimbla class Landing Platform Amphibious ship currently in service with the Royal Australian Navy
The ship was constructed for the United States Navy as a Newport class tank landing ship by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company at San Diego in California. She was acquired by the Royal Australian Navy and c... | | 06/23/2008 | 79 |
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 | HMAS Kanimbla (L 51) (formerly USS Saginaw (LST-1188)) is the lead ship of the Kanimbla class Landing Platform Amphibious. Constructed for the United States Navy as Newport class tank landing ship USS Saginaw, the ship was acquired by the Royal Australian Navy in 1994 for conversion into a amphibious warfare transport ship. Since entering RAN service, Kanimbla has participated in numerous world... | | 06/23/2008 | 85 |
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 | The Wielingen class is a class of four multi-functional frigates built for the Belgian Naval Component. The ships are named after sandbanks in the North Sea, not far from the Belgian coast, or searoutes. The lead ship is named after the Wielingen sandbank.
The Belgian government decided on 22 December 1970 to order four new frigates, which would be built by the Belgian shipyards... | | 06/23/2008 | 61 |
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 | Two destroyer of the Rajput class and a Khukri class corvette leaving the harbour of Vishakapatnam. | | 06/23/2008 | 88 |
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 | The Oliver Hazard Perry class (sometimes referred to as the Perry class or FFG-7 class), is a class of frigates named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. The class was designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels, capable of most naval operations, yet cheap enough to be bought in large quantities to replace World War II-era destroyers. 55 ships were built in... | | 06/23/2008 | 41 |
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 | The FSO Cidade de Macae MV15 (ex. Marine Pacific I) has a storage capacity of 2.15 million barrels of oil, is one of the largest FSO units in the world. It was converted from an Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC).
The FSO is equipped with two independent offloading systems: direct offloading utilizing deep-well cargo pumps on the FSO via an offloading hose to the tandem moored off... | | 06/23/2008 | 52 |
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