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Ship to Shore Connector
The Ship to Shore Connector (SSC) is an amphibious air cushion landing craft built by Textron Systems to replace the United States Navy's LCAC fleet.
Ship-Submarine Recycling Program
The Ship-Submarine Recycling Program (SRP) is the US Navy's program for disposing of defueled nuclear submarines and cruisers, centered at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, since 1991.
Ship's bell
A ship's bell is a bell carried aboard a vessel to mark the passage of time, sound fog signals, and serve ceremonies, with records dating to around 1436.
Ship's cat
A ship's cat is a cat carried aboard a vessel, historically to catch rats and mice damaging stores and ropes, and to serve as companion and mascot.
Ship's wheel
A ship's wheel, also called a boat's wheel, is the spoked steering wheel a helmsman turns to control a ship's rudder, replacing the whipstaff in the early 1700s.
Shipbuilding
Shipbuilding, also called ship construction or the shipbuilding industry, designs and constructs ships at shipyards, an industry tied to maritime transport carrying over 80% of world trade.
Shipbuilding steel
Shipbuilding steel is the family of plate and section steels certified by classification societies for ship hulls and marine structures, typically mild steel with controlled strength, weldability, and resistance to brittle fracture.
Shipping container
A shipping container is a standardized reusable steel box built to ISO dimensions for moving goods by ship, rail, and truck; the modern intermodal system began in 1956.
Ships of the Royal Navy
Ships of the Royal Navy is a reference work by J. J. Colledge listing every fighting ship of the Royal Navy from the fifteenth century to the present.
Shipwreck
A shipwreck is the destruction or sinking of a ship at sea, or the damaged remains of a vessel that has sunk or run aground.
Shipyard
A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boat yard, is an industrial facility with dry docks and fabrication equipment where ships are constructed, repaired, and converted.
Shiver my timbers
Shiver my timbers, also shiver me timbers, is a mock nautical oath invoking a ship's splintering hull, best known as a stereotypical pirate exclamation from fiction and film.
Side launch
A side launch is a ship launching method in which a vessel drops sideways into the water, used by shipyards on rivers or narrow channels too short for a stern-first launch.
Sidewheeler
A sidewheeler is a steam-powered vessel with two paddle wheels, one on each side of the hull; it was generally faster and more maneuverable than the sternwheeler.
Sig Hansen
Sig Hansen, full name Sigurd Jonny Hansen, is an American fishing captain of the crab vessel F/V Northwestern and a lead captain on Deadliest Catch since 2005.
Silicone oil conservation
Silicone oil conservation stabilizes waterlogged archaeological wood by replacing its water with silicone oil that is polymerized in place, first proposed by C. W. Smith in 1993.
Sims-class destroyer
The Sims class was a class of twelve United States Navy destroyers commissioned in 1939 and 1940, the last American destroyer class completed before World War II.
Singapore Registry of Ships
The Singapore Registry of Ships (SRS) is the ship registry of Singapore, established in 1966 and administered by the Maritime and Port Authority; it is the world's fourth-largest ship registry.
Single point mooring
A single point mooring, or SPM, is an offshore buoy or fixed tower where tankers moor and load or unload liquid cargo, swinging freely with wind and current.
Sinking of KM Sinar Bangun
The sinking of KM Sinar Bangun was the capsizing of an overloaded wooden ferry on Lake Toba, Indonesia, on 18 June 2018, leaving 164 missing.
Sinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise
The sinking of the Herald of Free Enterprise was the capsizing of a British roll-on/roll-off ferry in 1987. It killed 193 people and reshaped maritime safety rules.
Sinking of the SS Andrea Doria
The sinking of the SS Andrea Doria, an Italian Line ocean liner, occurred off Nantucket in July 1956 after a collision with the Swedish motorship Stockholm; 51 died.
Sinking of the Titanic
The sinking of the Titanic, also called the Titanic disaster, killed about 1,500 people in the North Atlantic after the liner struck an iceberg on 14 April 1912.
SITC International
SITC International (海丰国际) is a Hong Kong container shipping and logistics company focused on intra-Asia trade, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as stock code 1308.
Sixth-rate
A sixth-rate was a small Royal Navy sailing warship carrying 20 to 28 guns, the smallest rated vessel in the fleet and never a ship of the line.
Skiff
A skiff is a small, light, open boat, generally flat-bottomed, covering regional craft from Thames rowing skiffs to Mississippi work boats and Olympic racing classes like the 49er.
Slava-class cruiser
The Slava-class cruiser (Soviet Project 1164 Atlant) is a class of guided-missile cruisers built in the 1980s as carrier killers, now operated by the Russian Navy.
Slave ship
A slave ship was a merchant vessel converted to carry enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to sale in the Americas, historically known as a Guineaman.
Slave Trade Act 1807
The Slave Trade Act 1807, formally the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, was an act of Parliament abolishing the Atlantic slave trade throughout the British Empire from 1 May 1807.
Slipway
A slipway is a sloping structure, inclined toward the water, on which ships are built and launched; the patent slip of 1818 hauls vessels out for cheap repair.