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Y – Vessel, liquid cargo. The US Army Corps of Engineers has a total of 11 dredge vessels, divided into hopper and non-hopper dredges. [15] In total the Corps has approximately 2,300 floating plant assets, including barges, tow boats, floating cranes, survey boats, patrol boats and dredges.
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.
Breach: a gap in fortified or battle lines. Breakout: exploiting a breach in enemy lines so that a large force (division or above) passes through. Bridgehead and its varieties known as beachheads and airheads. Camouflet. Chalk: a group of paratroopers or other soldiers that deploy from a single aircraft.
AN/AVS-6 and AN/AVS-9: Army and Air Force/Navy variants of a dual tube night vision device used by aviators; AN/AVS-10: PNVG (Panoramic Night Vision Goggles), also called ANVIS 10, used mainly by aviators; precursor to the GPNVG-18; AN/AVU-8; AN/AWG-9: radar and fire control system for the F-14; AN/AWG-10: missile control system for the F-4J ...
"The Old Lady" – HMS Warspite, from a comment by Viscount Cunningham; impressed by the vintage ship's speed during a mission to aid the British Army in Sicily, Cunningham remarked, "When the old lady lifts her skirts she can run." "Old Lady of the Sea" – USS New York (BB-34) "Old Salt" – USS Nimitz
The Army plans to divest 7,456 vehicles and retain 8,585. Of the total number of vehicles the Army is to keep, 5,036 are to be stored, 1,073 are used for training, and the remainder are spread across the active force. The Oshkosh M-ATV will be kept the most at 5,681 vehicles, as it is smaller and lighter than other MRAPs for off-road mobility.
The United States' first role in amphibious warfare was inaugurated when the Continental Marines made their first amphibious landing on the beaches of the Bahamas during the Battle of Nassau on 3 March 1776. Even during the Civil War, the United States Navy 's ships brought ashore soldiers, sailors, and Marines to capture coastal forts.
T. Type C1-M ships of the United States Army (14 P) Type C3-P&C ships of the United States Army (5 P) Type N3 ships of the United States Army (18 P) Type P2 ships of the United States Army (10 P) Type S3-S2-BP ships of the United States Army (2 P) Type T1-M-BT2 tankers of the United States Army (1 P)