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Balloon carrier

Ship type

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Pilot boat

Type of boat

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Armed yacht

Yacht fitted with weapons

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Capesize

Class of dry cargo ships too large to transit the Panama or Suez Canals

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Amphibious transport dock

Transport ship for carrying and landing amphibious forces

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Casemate ironclad

American Civil War warship type

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Hog Islander

Ship type

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Hulk (medieval ship type)

Type of medieval sea craft

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Car float

Unpowered barge with railroad tracks mounted on its deck

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Destroyer escort

US Navy warship classification

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Combat stores ship

Ships that provide supplies and propulsion and aviation fuel to combatant ships

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Danlayer

Ship for marking areas swept for mines

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Hoy (boat)

Small sloog-rigged coasting ship

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Cable layer

Ship for laying undersea cables

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Capital ship

Leading ship of a naval fleet

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Ammunition ship

Warship specially configured to carry ammunition

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Destroyer leader

US Navy designation for large destroyers

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Heavy cruiser

Type of medium to large-sized warship

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Examination vessel
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Handymax

Ship size class

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Fleet tender
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Handysize

Class of smaller cargo ships

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Flat-iron gunboat

Type of gunboat

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Emergency tow vessel

Type of ship used for towing disabled vessels across high seas to safe waters

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Destroyer tender

Type of naval auxiliary ship

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Merchant aircraft carrier

British and Dutch civilian limited-purpose aircraft carriers used in WWII

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Lead ship

First of a series or class of ships

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Ocean escort

Ship type

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Lembus

Ancient term for a variety of small ships

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LCVP (United Kingdom)

United Kingdom landing craft

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Open hatch general cargo
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Hulk (ship type)

Ship that is afloat, but not seagoing

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Malaccamax

Largest ships that can transit the Strait of Malacca

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Ore-bulk-oil carrier

Type of bulk cargo ship

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Merchant raider

Warship type disguised as a non-combatant

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Ship replica

Reconstruction of a no longer existing ship

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Shitik

Type of vessel

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Straight decker

Ship design

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Slave ship

Cargo ship carrying slaves onboard from Africa to the Americas

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Replenishment oiler

Naval auxiliary ship

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Scout cruiser

Type of cruiser

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Suezmax

Largest ships that can transit the Suez Canal

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Submarine rescue ship

Support ship for submarine rescue and deep-sea salvage operations

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Small-waterplane-area twin hull

Ship configuration with submerged twin-hulls

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River gunboat

Gunboat adapted for river operations

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Submarine tender

Type of ship that supplies and supports submarines

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Survey vessel

Type of research vessel

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Troopship

Ship used to carry soldiers

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Turret ship

19th century warship type

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Whaleback

Type of cargo steamship

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