Nautical stationkeeping

Nautical stationkeeping: Station keeping in a nautical situation is when a vessel is to:

maintain a position in relation to another moving vessel or vessels, such as when

conducting underway replenishment or

part of a task force or convoy

maintaining a fixed position in relation to a fixed object or

patrolling a defined sector in relation to a fixed object.

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