But the ships are very slow now, and we don't get so many sailors any more ''.

and now, therefore, do I, John A. Notte, Jr., Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, proclaim Monday, May 22nd, 1961, as National Maritime Day, reminding our citizens that American Merchant ships and American seamen are ready at all times to serve our Nation in the cause of freedom and justice.

More than 36 other big Navy ships are no less than a day's sailing time away.

At times, three ships a day from the Soviet bloc are unloading in Cuban ports.

Several unusual applications, such as a nuclear battery or fuel for space ships with nuclear propulsion, have been proposed for the isotope < sup > 242m </ sup > Am, but they are as yet hindered by the scarcity and high price of this nuclear isomer.

All ships at port are subject to inspection in accordance with Article 7, Antarctic Treaty.

Many of the scuba diving tours come to this area as well, where there are sunken ships, sea mountains, and cave rock formations.

Of still greater importance are the great deposits at Thorsberg moor ( in Angeln ) and Nydam, which contained large quantities of arms, ornaments, articles of clothing, agricultural implements, etc., and in Nydam even ships.

Representations of ships are not common, but several have been observed on Aegean gems, gem-sealings, frying pans and vases.

to their left are four more anchored ships and to the left of these vessels is a distant shoreline.

To the right of the line a number of ships with all sails set are grouped around the head of the line, as smoke rises from many of the ships on both sides.

On either side are six ships flying British flags, some in a state of disrepair.

Four other ships sit along the coastline, one on fire while a large ship and a small ship are grounded on a shoal which is surmounted by a burning fort.

There are many variations of this theory, but perhaps the most prevalent is that the cavalry was re-embarked on the ships, and was to be sent by sea to attack ( undefended ) Athens in the rear, whilst the rest of the Persians pinned down the Athenian army at Marathon.

Cruise ships are also plentiful, and pleasure craft regularly go back and forth between Florida and the islands.

It has been hypothesized that periodic methane eruptions ( sometimes called " mud volcanoes ") may produce regions of frothy water that are no longer capable of providing adequate buoyancy for ships.

Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions.

some foreign ships register in the Cayman Islands as a flag of convenience ; includes ships from 11 countries among which are: Greece 15, US 5, UK 5, Cyprus 2, Denmark 2, Norway 3 ( 2002 est.

Of the fleet of 66 surface vessels, eight are major combatant ships and they are based in Valparaíso.

The convention in naval warfare of the time was that ships of the line did not attack frigates when there were ships of equal size to engage, but in firing first French Captain Claude-Jean Martin had negated the rule and Saumarez waited until the frigate was at close range before replying.

The nearest British ships, Swiftsure, Alexander and Orion, all stopped firing, closed their gunports and began edging away from the blazing ship in anticipation of the detonation of the enormous ammunition supplies stored on board.

For ten minutes after the explosion there was no firing ; sailors from both sides were either too shocked by the blast or desperately extinguishing fires aboard their own ships to continue the fight.

During this time he also lost the potential advantage of the larger guns on his ships: they could commence firing at a longer range than the German ships.

Originally, plotting tables ( in large ships ), combined with specialised slide rules ( known in U. S. service as the " banjo " and " Is / Was "), reconciled the speed, distance, and course of a target with the firing ship's speed and course, together with the performance of its torpedoes, to provide a firing solution.

Both navies use ships firing cannon through ports, and each loses its principal ship — Regent and Marie-la-Cordelière — through a large explosion aboard the latter.

None of the options for closing the angle between the lines presented a favourable option to the British commander: any maneouvre to bring ships closer would limit its firing ability to its bow guns, and potentially expose its decks to raking or enfilading fire from the enemy ships.

Steaming faster than merchant ships and firing at long ranges, a single battleship could destroy many ships in a convoy before the others could scatter over the horizon.

On September 7, the United States escorted a convoy of ROC supply ships and the PRC refrained from firing.

On New Year's Day in 1776, Dunmore gave orders to burn waterfront buildings in Norfolk from which patriot troops were firing on his ships.

The Dutch ships duly struck their flag in salute first, as was mandatory under treaty, but refused to salute firing white smoke, because they were doubtful the Merlin counted as a real warship.

Following an inconsequential exchange of fire with the British, the two ships tried to return to Arnold's crescent-shaped firing line.

In the 17th century fleets could consist of almost a hundred ships of various sizes, but by the middle of the 18th century, ship-of-the-line design had settled on a few standard types: older two-deckers ( i. e., with two complete decks of guns firing through side ports ) of 50 guns ( which were too weak for the battle line but could be used to escort convoys ), two-deckers of between 64 and 90 guns that formed the main part of the fleet, and larger three-or even four-deckers with 98 to 140 guns that served as admirals ' command ships.

Many of the English ships were short on powder after three days of fighting, while most of the Dutch ships still had a sufficient supply as they had a relatively larger cargo room, smaller guns, and a less well-trained, and therefore slower firing, crew.

The British ships anchored by the stern about a cable ( 240 yards ) from the line of Danish ships and batteries, which was relatively long range, and the two exchanged broadsides until a ship ceased firing.

Air Force forward headquarters in Europe and in the Pacific, which control tactical fighters on ships and land bases ; ;

These remarkable ships and weapons, ranging the oceans, will be capable of accurate fire on targets virtually anywhere on earth.

The morning hawk, hungry for any eatable, killable, digestible item, kept his eyes on the ring of anchored ships that lay off the shores in the bay, sheltered by the Jersey inlets.

On ships at sea, on railroad trains, in summer hotels with mountain views, they always said, `` I've never done this before ''.

Additionally, on the many ships at sea and in the smaller naval stations, the availability of the Journal removed the necessity of subscribing to several additional journals of civilian origin over and above the quantity now authorized, in order to provide any reasonably comparable coverage.

It is believed that Hudson was related to other seafaring men of the Muscovy Company and was trained on company ships.

The concessionaires also had to pay a tax of one-tenth on the goods they traded, and all pelts were to be taken to company stores and shipped to France in company ships.

In addition, the asteroids rotated, a new enemy dubbed a killer satellite was added to the game, which would, when shot, break apart into three smaller ships that homed on the player's position.

Nearly all of them were passengers on 16 commercial ( nongovernmental ) ships and several yachts that made 116 trips during the summer.

* 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg – ships led by Union Admiral David Dixon Porter move through heavy Confederate artillery fire on approach to Vicksburg, Mississippi.

* 1666 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships, an act later known as " Holmes's Bonfire ".

Hector is set on burning the ships, the only way he feels the Greeks will truly be defeated.

:: Landing on tall ships with a sudden, great bound,

Thus for example Heraclitus ' The Allegorist ' quoted fr. 326 and part of fr. 6, about ships in a storm, in his study on Homer's use of allegory.

Immediately on his return from Finland, Alexei was dispatched by his father to Staraya Russa and Lake Ladoga to see to the building of new ships.

A year later in 881 Alfred fought a small sea battle against four Danish ships “ on the high seas ”.

A direct attack on the Danish lines failed but, later in the year, Alfred saw a means of obstructing the river so as to prevent the egress of the Danish ships.

The double-burh blocked passage on the river, forcing Viking ships to navigate under a garrisoned bridge lined with men armed with stones, spears, or arrows.

Seeking to increase revenue and reduce expenses, Andronikos II raised taxes and reduced tax exemptions, and dismantled the Byzantine fleet ( 80 ships ) in 1285, thereby making the Empire increasingly dependent on the rival republics of Venice and Genoa.

Modern experiments have tested claims that Archimedes designed machines capable of lifting attacking ships out of the water and setting ships on fire using an array of mirrors.

The goddess held a lance whose gilt tip could be seen as a reflection by crews on ships rounding Cape Sounion, and a giant shield on the left side, decorated by Mys with images of the fight between the Centaurs and the Lapiths.

The work contexts in which African-Americans sang songs comparable to shanties included: boat-rowing on rivers of the south-eastern U. S. and Caribbean ; the work of stokers or “ firemen ,” who cast wood into the furnaces of steamboats plying great American rivers ; and stevedoring on the U. S. eastern seaboard, the Gulf Coast, and the Caribbean — including " cotton-screwing ": the loading of ships with cotton in ports of the American South.