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111Straight decker — A straight decker is a ship built with its pilothouse forward and engines aft to provide continuous hold between. This design originated to meet the bulk freight demands on Great Lakes routes.The term Straight Decker is also commonly used upon… …
112Fossil fuel power plant — A fossil fuel power plant burns fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas or petroleum (oil) to produce electricity.Fossil fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation. In many countries, such plants provide most of the… …
113Truck driver — A truck driver (Commonly called a trucker, driver or teamster in the United States and Canada, a truckie or ute driver in Australia and New Zealand and a lorry driver or driver in Ireland and the United Kingdom) is a person who earns a living as… …
114Rotary car dumper — A rotary car dumper or wagon tippler (UK) is a mechanism used for unloading certain railroad cars such as hopper cars, gondolas or lorries (tipplers, UK). It holds the car to a section of track and rotates the track and car together to dump out… …
115Lighter aboard ship — The lighter aboard ship (LASH) system refers to the practice of loading barges (lighters) aboard a larger vessel for transport. It was developed in response to a need to transport lighters, a type of unpowered barge, between inland waterways… …
116USS Charles J. Badger (DD-657) — was a Fletcher class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Charles J. Badger (1853 ndash;1932). Charles J. Badger was launched 3 April 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Island, N.Y., sponsored by Miss I. E. Badger; and… …
117Defoe Shipbuilding Company — Type Privately held company Industry Shipbuilding and repair Founded 1905 Headquarters Bay City, Michigan, USA Key people Harry J …
118USS Willmarth (DE-638) — USS Willmarth (DE 638), a Buckley class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign Kenneth Willmarth (1914 1942), who was killed in action when the cruiser USS Vincennes was sunk during the Battle of Savo Island on 9 …
119Malcom McLean — For those of a similar name, see Malcolm Maclean (disambiguation). Malcom Purcell McLean (born “Malcolm”; but late in life he changed his given name to its historic traditional Scottish spelling) (November 14, 1913 – May 25, 2001), born in Maxton …
120Hassan Mujamma Rabai Said — Infobox WoT detainees subject name = Hassan Mujamma Rabai Said image size = image caption = date of birth = Birth date|1976|02|05 place of birth = Oum el Bouaghi, Algeria date of death = place of death = detained at = Guantanamo id number = 175… …
