Ammunition Ship

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• Ammunition ship — USNS Kilauea (T AE 26), a typical contemporary ammunition ship An ammunition ship is a warship specially configured to carry ammunition, usually for Navy ships and aircraft. Their cargo handling systems, designed with extreme safety in mind,… …   Wikipedia

• Kilauea class ammunition ship — The Kilauea class of ammunition ship s mission is transport and deliver of bombs, bullets, missiles, mines, projectiles, powder, torpedoes, and various other explosive devices and incendiaries, as well as associated ordnance cargo to the various… …   Wikipedia

• Nitro class ammunition ship — USS Nitro (left) replenishing the USS Intrepid in the early 1960s Class overview Preceded by: Mount Hood class ammunition ship …   Wikipedia

• Suribachi class ammunition ship — The Suribachi class ammunition ships are a class of two auxiliary vessels of the United States Navy. They were among the first specialised underway replenishment ships built after the Second World War. The Nitro class ammunition ships are… …   Wikipedia

• Ship gun fire-control system — Mk 37 Director c1944 with Mk 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mk 22 orange peel Ship gun fire control systems (GFCS) enable remote and automatic targeting of guns against ships, aircraft, and shore targets, with or without the aid of radar or optical …   Wikipedia

• Ammunition column — An ammunition column consists of military vehicles carrying artillery and small arms ammunition for the combatant unit to which the column belongs. Thus the ammunition columns of a division, forming part of the brigades of field artillery, carry… …   Wikipedia

• Ship commissioning — Hundreds attend the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan …   Wikipedia

• ship — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Vehicle for navigation on water Nouns 1. ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom; airship (see aviation). See navigation. 2. (naval organization) navy, marine, fleet, flotilla, argosy; shipping, merchant… …   English dictionary for students

• ammunition scuttle — noun : an opening through a ship door or bulkhead to permit the passing of ammunition …   Useful english dictionary

• Landing Ship, Tank — A Canadian LST off loads an M4 Sherman during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Landing Ship, Tank (LST) was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant… …   Wikipedia

• Lewis and Clark class dry cargo ship — The Lewis and Clark class of dry cargo ship is the next class of Combat Logistics Force (CLF) underway replenishment vessels to be constructed for the United States Navy. Lewis and Clark class ships will replace the existing fifteen Mars and… …   Wikipedia