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Chesapeake Bay watermen
Chesapeake Bay watermen are commercial fishermen who harvest the Bay's oysters, blue crabs, and finfish, a regional term used almost nowhere else in the United States.
Chief engineer
The chief engineer is the senior engineer officer of a merchant ship, head of the engine department, responsible to the master for the ship's machinery and propulsion.
Chief mate
The chief mate, also called chief officer or first mate, is the deck officer second to the master of a merchant ship, responsible for cargo operations and stability.
China Classification Society
China Classification Society (中国船级社, CCS) is China's national classification society, founded in 1956 and headquartered in Beijing, which surveys ships and offshore installations and performs statutory certification.
China Ship Scientific Research Center
The China Ship Scientific Research Center (中国船舶科学研究中心), also known as the 702nd Research Institute, is a Chinese ship research institute in Wuxi, Jiangsu, founded in 1951.
China State Shipbuilding Corporation
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), also called China Shipbuilding Group, is a Chinese state-owned conglomerate formed in 2019 and the world's largest shipbuilder, building warships for the Chinese navy.
China Zorrilla (ship)
The China Zorrilla, also known as HSC China Zorrilla, is a 130-meter battery-electric ferry built by Incat for Buquebus and the largest battery-electric ship to date.
Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian
The Fujian (PLANS Fujian) is a Chinese aircraft carrier, China's first domestically designed CATOBAR carrier with electromagnetic catapults, launched in 2022 and commissioned in 2025.
Chinese treasure ship (宝船)
The Chinese treasure ship (宝船), also called baochuan, was the largest class of sailing vessel in Ming admiral Zheng He's fleet, which made seven expeditions from 1405 to 1433.
Choe Hyon-class destroyer
The Choe Hyon-class destroyer (최현급) is a class of approximately 5,000-ton guided-missile destroyers built for the Korean People's Navy of North Korea, its largest surface combatants.
Chris-Craft Industries
Chris-Craft Industries, once known as NAFI Corporation, was an American holding company that acquired the Chris-Craft boat business in 1960 and later operated ten television stations until News Corporation bought it in 2001.
Circular Quay
Circular Quay, known to the Gadigal as Warrane, is a harbor cove in Sydney and the city's principal ferry hub, beside the Sydney Opera House.
Clarkson PLC
Clarkson PLC, trading as Clarksons, is a British provider of integrated shipping services headquartered in London. Founded in 1852, it is the world's largest shipbroker and is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
ClassNK
ClassNK, formally Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, is Japan's non-profit classification society, founded in Tokyo in 1899, setting technical rules for ships and issuing class certificates insurers rely on.
Clemson-class destroyer
The Clemson-class destroyer, or Clemson class, was a class of 156 flush-deck destroyers built for the US Navy from 1918 to 1922, the largest American destroyer program until the Fletcher class.
Clermont (steamboat)
The Clermont, officially the North River Steamboat, was an American steamboat that in 1807 made the first commercially successful steam voyage, from New York City to Albany.
Cleveland-class cruiser
The Cleveland-class cruiser was a class of light cruisers built for the United States Navy during World War II, the most numerous cruiser class ever built.
Clipper
A clipper is a fast mid-19th-century sailing ship with a sharp raked bow and large canvas spread, built for speed; it carried tea and gold seekers until steamships took over after 1869.
Clotilda (slave ship)
The Clotilda was a schooner that in 1860 carried out the last known slave trading voyage to the United States, landing 110 captives near Mobile, Alabama.
CMA CGM
CMA CGM, also known as the CMA CGM Group, is a French container shipping and logistics group headquartered in Marseille, founded in 1978, and the world's third-largest container line.
CMB.TECH
CMB.TECH is a Belgian diversified maritime group headquartered in Antwerp with a fleet of about 235 ocean-going vessels, formed when Euronav took the name in 2024.
CNR-INM
CNR-INM, formally the Institute of Marine Engineering (Istituto di Ingegneria del Mare, INM), is Italy's National Research Council institute for marine engineering, headquartered in Rome with a major hydrodynamic testing facility.
Cochin Shipyard
Cochin Shipyard Limited is a Government of India-owned shipbuilding and ship repair company in Kochi, Kerala, established in 1972. It built INS Vikrant, the largest warship ever built in India.
Cog (ship)
The cog, or Kogge, was a single-masted cargo ship of northern Europe used from the 12th to the 15th century, the main merchant vessel of the Hanseatic League.
Collins-class submarine
The Collins-class submarine is a class of six diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy, built to a Swedish design and first delivered in 1996.
Colman Dock
Colman Dock is the main ferry terminal of Washington State Ferries at Pier 52 on Seattle's central waterfront, serving the Seattle–Bainbridge Island and Seattle–Bremerton routes.
Colorado-class battleship
The Colorado-class battleships, also called the Maryland class, were United States Navy battleships completed in the early 1920s, the first American ships with 16-inch guns.
Colossus-class battleship (1910)
The Colossus-class battleship was a pair of British Royal Navy dreadnoughts completed in 1911, the last 12-inch-gunned battleships built for that navy; Colossus was hit at Jutland.
Combat Rubber Raiding Craft
The Combat Rubber Raiding Craft is an inflatable boat used by Navy and Marine special operations forces for clandestine insertion, deliverable by parachute, helicopter, submarine, or ship.
Commissioning ceremony
A commissioning ceremony is the naval ceremony formally placing a warship in commission, when the commissioning pennant is broken at the masthead and the ship enters active service.