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2. USS Fulton (AS-11) - Wikipedia

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   Complement. 1,303. Armament. 4 × 5 in (130 mm)/38 cal dual purpose guns. USS Fulton (AS-11) was the leader of her class of seven submarine tenders, [5] launched on 27 December 1940 by Mare Island Navy Yard and sponsored by Mrs. A. T. Sutcliffe, great-granddaughter of Robert Fulton. Fulton was commissioned on 12 September 1941.

3. Robert Fulton - Wikipedia

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   Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the North River Steamboat (also known as Clermont ). In 1807, that steamboat traveled on the Hudson River with passengers from New York City to Albany and back ...

4. Crescent Shipyard - Wikipedia

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   Coordinates: 40°38′42.06″N 74°11′18.66″W. An 1899 advertisement for the Crescent Shipyard. Crescent Shipyard, located on Newark Bay in Elizabeth, New Jersey, built a number of ships for the United States Navy and allied nations as well during their production run, which lasted about ten years while under the Crescent name and banner.

5. Winch - Wikipedia

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   A winch is a mechanical device that is used to pull in (wind up) or let out (wind out) or otherwise adjust the tension of a rope or wire rope (also called "cable" or "wire cable"). In its simplest form, it consists of a spool (or drum) attached to a hand crank. Traditionally, winches on ships accumulated wire or rope on the drum; those that do ...

6. Boat trailer - Wikipedia

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   This type of trailer is usually used by the boat owner/operator. The trailer is also used for storage. Roll-on, also known as a "Roller style trailer", uses rubber and/or polyurethane rollers for ease of launching and loading a boat. Glide-path, also known as a "Float-on style trailer", allows the boat to float onto the trailer; after the ...

7. Early West Nile activity may point to a once-in-a-decade ...

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   Brittany Yeager was leading a troop of girls at Girl Scout camp in Idaho last summer when a mosquito bite upended her life. Once a runner, hiker and math wiz, Yeager, 30, now takes 23 pills a day ...