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57 relations: American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Anti-aircraft warfare, Beam (nautical), Bodie Island Lighthouse, Brown, Boveri & Cie, Cape Farewell, Greenland, Cape Hatteras, Ceremonial ship launching, Depth charge, Diesel engine, Draft (hull), Enigma machine, Flender Werke, Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, Gruppenhorchgerät, Hampton National Cemetery, Hatteras, North Carolina, Homer Hickam, Identity documents in the United States, Keel laying, Kriegsmarine, Lübeck, Length overall, Lorient, Machine gun, MAN SE, Motor–generator, Nags Head, North Carolina, National Register of Historic Places, Naval mine, Nazi Germany, Newfoundland (island), Oberleutnant zur See, Propeller, Radar, Saint-Nazaire, Second Happy Time, Ship commissioning, Ship's company, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Submarine depth ratings, Submarine hull, Supercharger, Torpedo, Torpedo tube, Trondheim, Type VII submarine, U-boat, United States Navy, Virginia Living, ..., Wickes-class destroyer, Wolfpack (naval tactic), World War II, 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling, 3"/50 caliber gun, 3rd U-boat Flotilla, 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun. Expand index (7 more) »
American Academy of Underwater Sciences
The American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) is a group of Scientific organizations and individual members who conduct scientific and educational activities underwater.
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Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action."AAP-6 They include ground-and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).
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Beam (nautical)
The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point as measured at the ship's nominal waterline.
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Bodie Island Lighthouse
The current Bodie Island Lighthouse is the third that has stood in this vicinity of Bodie Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and was built in 1872.
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Brown, Boveri & Cie
Brown, Boveri (BBC) was a Swiss group of electrical engineering companies.
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Cape Farewell, Greenland
Cape Farewell (Nunap Isua; Kap Farvel) is a headland on the southern shore of Egger Island, Nunap Isua Archipelago, Greenland.
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Cape Hatteras
Cape Hatteras is a thin, broken strand of islands in North Carolina that arch out into the Atlantic Ocean away from the US mainland, then back toward the mainland, creating a series of sheltered islands between the Outer Banks and the mainland.
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Ceremonial ship launching
Ceremonial ship launching is the process of transferring a vessel to the water.
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Depth charge
A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare weapon.
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Diesel engine
The diesel engine (also known as a compression-ignition or CI engine), named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel which is injected into the combustion chamber is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression (adiabatic compression).
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Draft (hull)
The draft or draught of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained.
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Enigma machine
The Enigma machines were a series of electro-mechanical rotor cipher machines developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic and military communication.
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Flender Werke
Flender Werke was a German shipbuilding company, located in Lübeck.
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Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is a maritime museum that focuses on the maritime history and shipwrecks of the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
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Gruppenhorchgerät
The Gruppenhorchgerät (group listening device, abbreviated GHG) was a hydrophone array, which was used on Nazi Germany's U-boats in World War II.
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Hampton National Cemetery
Hampton National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in the city of Hampton, Virginia.
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Hatteras, North Carolina
Hatteras is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in Dare County, North Carolina, United States, on the Outer Banks island of Hatteras, at its extreme southwestern tip.
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Homer Hickam
Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts.
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Identity documents in the United States
Identity documents in the United States are typically the regional state-issued drivers license or identity card, while also the Social Security card (or just the Social Security number) and the United States Passport Card may serve as national identification.
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Keel laying
Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction.
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Kriegsmarine
The Kriegsmarine (literally "War Navy") was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945.
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Lübeck
Lübeck is a city in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany.
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Length overall
Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.
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Lorient
Lorient is a town (French "commune") and seaport in the Morbihan "department" of Brittany in North-Western France.
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Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm designed to fire bullets in rapid succession from an ammunition belt or magazine, typically at a rate of 300 rounds per minute or higher.
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MAN SE
MAN SE (abbreviation of Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg), formerly MAN AG, is a German mechanical engineering company and parent company of the MAN Group.
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Motor–generator
A motor–generator (an M–G set) is a device for converting electrical power to another form.
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Nags Head, North Carolina
Nags Head is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.
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National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.
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Naval mine
A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
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Newfoundland (island)
Newfoundland (Terre-Neuve) is a large Canadian island off the east coast of the North American mainland, and the most populous part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Oberleutnant zur See
Oberleutnant zur See (OLt zS or OLZS in the German Navy, Oblt.z.S. in the Kriegsmarine) is traditionally the first and highest Lieutenant grade in the German Navy.
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Propeller
A propeller is a type of fan that transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust.
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Radar
Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.
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Saint-Nazaire
Saint-Nazaire (Gallo: Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany.
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Second Happy Time
The Second Happy Time, also known among German submarine commanders as the American shooting season, was the informal name for a phase in the Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping and Allied naval vessels along the east coast of North America.
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Ship commissioning
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service, and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.
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Ship's company
A ship's company comprises all officers, non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel aboard a naval vessel.
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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Submarine depth ratings
Depth ratings are primary design parameters and measures of a submarine's ability to operate underwater.
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Submarine hull
A submarine hull has two major components, the light hull and the pressure hull.
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Supercharger
A supercharger is an air compressor that increases the pressure or density of air supplied to an internal combustion engine.
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Torpedo
A modern torpedo is a self-propelled weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with its target or in proximity to it.
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Torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylinder shaped device for launching torpedoes.
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Trondheim
Trondheim (historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem) is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.
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Type VII submarine
Type VII U-boats were the most common type of German World War II U-boat.
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U-boat
U-boat is an anglicised version of the German word U-Boot, a shortening of Unterseeboot, literally "undersea boat".
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United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.
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Virginia Living
Virginia Living is a glossy bimonthly regional lifestyle magazine with a focus on all things Virginia.
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Wickes-class destroyer
The Wickes-class destroyers were a class of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917–19.
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Wolfpack (naval tactic)
The term wolfpack refers to the mass-attack tactics against convoys used by German U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic, and by submarines of the United States Navy against Japanese shipping in the Pacific Ocean in World War II.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling
The Flak 30 (Flugabwehrkanone 30) and improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-aircraft guns used by various German forces throughout World War II.
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3"/50 caliber gun
The 3″/50 caliber gun (spoken "three-inch fifty-caliber") in United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile in diameter, and the barrel was 50 calibers long (barrel length is 3 in × 50.
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3rd U-boat Flotilla
The 3rd U-boat Flotilla (German 3. Unterseebootsflottille), also known as Lohs Flotilla, was the third operational U-boat unit in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.
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8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun
The 8.8 cm SK C/35SK - Schnelladekanone (quick loading cannon); C - Construktionsjahr (year of design) was a German naval gun used in World War II.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-85_(1941)
