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Surface ship — A surface ship is any type of naval ship that is confined to the surface of the sea. The term is primarily used to mean any modern vessel type that is not a submarine; although a surface ship may range in size from a cutter to an aircraft carrier … Wikipedia
surface ship — noun a warship that operates on the surface of the water • Ant: ↑submersible • Hypernyms: ↑warship, ↑war vessel, ↑combat ship * * * surface ship, any naval ship that is not a submarine … Useful english dictionary
moving surface ship haven — Established by surface ship notices, a moving surface ship haven will normally be a circle with a specified radius centered on the estimated position of the ship or the guide of a group of ships. See also moving havens … Military dictionary
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
Ship stability — is an area of Naval Architecture and ship design that deals with how a ship behaves at sea, both in still water and in waves. Considerations are made as to the center of gravity and center of buoyancy of vessels and how they interact. History… … Wikipedia
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Ship tracks — are clouds that form around the exhaust released by ships into the still ocean air. Water molecules collect around the tiny particles (aerosols) from exhaust to form a cloud seed. More and more water accumulates on the seed until a visible cloud… … Wikipedia
Surface combatant — Surface combatants denotes a subset of naval fighting ships; generally speaking, they are ships built to fight other ships, submarines or aircraft, and can carry out several other missions including counter narcotics operations and maritime… … Wikipedia
surface-to-surface missile — surface to surface .missile n a ↑missile that is fired from land or a ship at another point on land or at another ship … Dictionary of contemporary English
Surface weather observation — Surface weather observations are the fundamental data used for safety as well as climatological reasons to forecast weather and issue warnings worldwide. [Office of the Federal Coordinator of Meteorology. [http://www.ofcm.gov/fmh 1/pdf/B CH2.pdf… … Wikipedia
