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Joint Support Ship Project — The Joint Support Ship Project (abbreviated as JSS Project) is a project undertaken by the Canadian Forces to provide Canada with three multirole naval vessels. Project overviewPurposeThe JSS Project will replace the underway replenishment… … Wikipedia
Metacentric height — Ship Stability diagram showing centre of gravity (G), centre of buoyancy (B), and metacentre (M) with ship upright and heeled over to one side. Note that for small angles, G and M are fixed, while B moves as the ship heels, and for big angles B… … Wikipedia
USS Valley Forge (CV-45) — Valley Forge (CV/CVA/CVS 45/LPH 8), an Sclass|Essex|aircraft carrier, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for Valley Forge, the 1777–1778 winter encampment of General George Washington s Continental Army. Valley Forge , built with… … Wikipedia
kinship — /kin ship/, n. 1. the state or fact of being of kin; family relationship. 2. relationship by nature, qualities, etc.; affinity. [1825 35; KIN + SHIP] Syn. 1. See relationship. 1, 2. connection. 2. bearing. * * * Socially recognized relationship… … Universalium
History of the SAS — The Special Air Service is the army component of the UK Special Forces. The regiment was formed in 1941 as a commando force operating behind enemy lines during the war in North Africa. Since then, it has become the model upon which many other… … Wikipedia
SS Kurtuluş — This article is about the Turkish freighter SS Kurtuluş. For İstanbul neighborhood of the same name, see Kurtuluş. Kurtuluş is also the name of a unofficial/notional zone (semt) around the park of the same name (Kurtuluş Parkı) in Sıhhiye in… … Wikipedia
Battle of Leyte Gulf — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Leyte Gulf caption=The light aircraft carrier Princeton afire, east of Luzon, 24 October 1944. partof=the Pacific War, World War II date=23 October 1944 ndash; 26 October 1944 place=Leyte Gulf, The… … Wikipedia
People's Republic of China and weapons of mass destruction — Not to be confused with Republic of China and weapons of mass destruction. Weapons of mass destruction … Wikipedia
ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… … Universalium
Alderson drive — The Alderson drive, named after Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist Dan Alderson, is a fictional device that enables instantaneous interstellar transportation. It is featured in the CoDominium series of science fiction novels by Jerry Pournelle,… … Wikipedia
