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  2. Independence-class littoral combat ship - Wikipedia

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    1 × MH-60R/S Seahawk. 2 × MQ-8B Fire Scouts or 1 × MQ-8C Fire Scout [9] The Independence class is a class of littoral combat ships built for the United States Navy . The hull design evolved from a project at Austal to design a high speed, 40-knot-cruise ship. That hull design evolved into the high-speed trimaran ferry HSC Benchijigua Express ...

  3. Royal Danish Navy - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Danish Navy ( Danish: Søværnet) is the sea-based branch of the Danish Armed Forces force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Islands and Greenland ). Other tasks include surveillance, search and rescue, icebreaking, oil spill recovery and ...

  4. List of currently active United States military watercraft

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    USNS Big Horn ( Henry J. Kaiser -class oiler) Watson -class vehicle cargo ship – 8 active. Bob Hope -class vehicle cargo ship – 7 active. Shughart -class vehicle cargo ship – 3 active. Gordon -class vehicle cargo ship – 2 active. Supply -class fast combat support ship – 2 active. Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship – 14 active.

  5. Gepard-class frigate - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam People's Navy. The Gepard-class frigates, Russian designation Project 11661, is a Russian class of frigates that were intended as successors to the earlier Koni-class frigates and Grisha, and Parchim-class corvettes. The first unit of the class, Yastreb ( Hawk ), was laid down at the Zelenodol'sk Zavod shipyard at Tatarstan in 1991.

  6. HMCS Huron (DDG 281) - Wikipedia

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    HMCS Huron was an Iroquois -class destroyer that served with the Canadian Forces from 16 December 1972 to 23 October 2000. She served mainly on the western coast of Canada. After decommissioning, her hull was stripped to be used in a live-fire exercise.

  7. Navy - Wikipedia

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    A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake -borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean -borne combat operations and related functions.

  8. People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force - Wikipedia

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    The People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force is the surface warfare branch of China 's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), consisting of all surface vessels in operational service with the PLAN. The PLAN Surface Force operates 661 ships organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet .

  9. USS District of Columbia - Wikipedia

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    USS. District of Columbia. USS District of Columbia (SSBN-826) will be the lead boat of the United States Navy 's Columbia -class ballistic missile submarines and the Navy's first vessel to be named for the District of Columbia. On 25 July 2016, U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced that the new submarine would be named USS Columbia. [2]