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Subcategories. This category has the following 30 subcategories, out of 30 total. World War I merchant ships of the United States (1 C, 45 P) World War II merchant ships of the United States (1 C, 293 P) Vietnam War merchant ships of the United States (2 P)
Merchant ship. A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft, which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships, which are used for military purposes. They come in myriad sizes and shapes, from six-metre (20 ft ...
The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels. Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in ...
Merchant ships of Cambodia (3 P) Merchant ships of Canada (8 C, 57 P) Merchant ships of the Cayman Islands (4 P) Merchant ships of Sri Lanka (1 P) Merchant ships of Chile (2 C, 7 P) Merchant ships of China (3 C, 19 P) Merchant ships of Costa Rica (3 P) Merchant ships of Croatia (1 C) Merchant ships of Cyprus ...
List of merchant navy capacity by flag is a list of the world foremost fleets of registered trading vessels ranked in both gross tonnage (GT) and deadweight tonnage (DWT) sorted by flag state. The table is based on the annual maritime shipping statistics provided by the British Government and the Department for Transport .
A ship propelled by a steam engine; includes steam frigates. Ship prefix SS for merchant vessels Tartane or tartan A single-masted ship used for fishing and coastal trading in the Mediterranean from the 17th to the late 19th century, usually rigged with a large lateen sail, and a fore-sail to the bowsprit. Trabaccolo
During the war 3.1 million tons of US merchant ships were sunk in 733 ships. Merchant ships were lost due to submarines, destroyers, naval mines, armed raiders, gun boats, aircraft attacks, kamikaze attacks, grounding and ocean storms. Convoy system with destroyers, escort carriers, submarine chasers, planes and other support, reduced losses by ...
2005 registration of merchant ships (1,000 gross tonnage (GT) and over) per country. A nation's shipping fleet (variously called merchant navy, merchant marine, or merchant fleet) consists of the ships operated by civilian crews to transport passengers or cargo from one place to another. Merchant shipping also includes water transport over the ...