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Various boats and ships, mostly military. |
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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 | 336 | 
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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 | 551 |
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 | The Catalina Express heading out from Long Beach harbor to Catalina Island. | | 07/30/2008 | 217 |
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 | A cargo vessel near Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands | | 07/29/2008 | 223 |
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 | looks like two sunken ships | | 07/21/2008 | 873 |
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 | This is a big boat! |  | 07/20/2008 | 288 |
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 | This is the German research-icebreaker Polarstern in drydock in Bremerhaven. | | 07/20/2008 | 151 |
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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 | 609 |
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 | There is a dhow under sail near Zanzibar |  | 07/16/2008 | 192 |
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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 | 376 |
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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 | 306 |
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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 | 563 |
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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 | 477 |
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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 | 381 |
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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 | 170 |
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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 | 214 |
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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 | 201 |
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 | Two destroyer of the Rajput class and a Khukri class corvette leaving the harbour of Vishakapatnam. | | 06/23/2008 | 232 |
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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 | 138 |
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 | Canadian Halifax class frigate, dead in water, to the south and smoke markers to the north.
The smoke markers propably placed by the CH-124 Sea King helicopter of the frigate. | | 06/21/2008 | 296 |
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 | The Plassey was ran aground during a storm in the 1960s . All of her crew survived. The ship features n the opening title of the hilarious TVseries Father Ted. |  | 05/28/2008 | 627 |
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 | 110 foot Shipwreck on a lonely beach of Angola in West Africa |  | 05/22/2008 | 1,029 |
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 | HMAS Perth (FFH 157) is an Anzac class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, and was the final ship of the class to be constructed.
Construction
Perth was laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria 24 July 2003, launched 20 March 2004, and commissioned on 26 August 2006 in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Operational history
From mi... | | 05/19/2008 | 462 |
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 | I was updating my naval placemarks in San Diego when I spotted that this harbor tug was moving rapdily .. in reverse! It seems to have traveled a fair distance in this way as well, which was something I would not have expected. | | 05/17/2008 | 739 |
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 | USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, and the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm, as of 2004 she is a museum ship in San Diego, California. She is the only remaining aircraft carrier of the World War II era that is not an Essex-class ship. | | 05/14/2008 | 491 |
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