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support the war, the Navy needs to increase its ships number while decreasing its manpower. This is the dilemma that Navy policy makers have to deal with. Performance-driven organization must maintain its workforce at peak levels and meet retention goals while coping with budget cutbacks and an unyielding "do-more-with-less" mandate. How to properly downsize the force while retaining the right skills in order to afford the increase numbers of ships. But that might prove to be more difficult than

and ships are increasingly being put in jeopardy. The human aspect of the military is the foundation of everything we do, and without that vital part in the proverbial pyramid of defense, everything else is meaningless. The technology of the times is only as effective as the human element supporting it. Without the vital human aspect, all of the newest technology may as well be a useless pile of junk. Despite the importance of maintaining a strong human aspect, if we allow our Navy’s ships to fall

In the midst of February in 1940 a tragic incident occurred involving a large auxiliary ship carrying over 200 merchant sailors to Germany. The Altmark was offered additional support with an escort to Bergen where the ship would have been searched upon arrival. The destroyer “Cossack” pulled alongside the Altmark, the destroyer was immediately rammed by the altmark which succeeded in doing so. British soldiers then freed the merchant sailors one by one just outside of Germany. The Altmark was re

To understand why men were more eager to join pirates than to pursue a legal employment in the navy or aboard a merchant ship, it is important to understand the main differences between the three forms of employment. Johnson remarked: “I need not bring any proofs of what I advance, that there are multitudes o seamen at this day unemploy’d; it is but too evident by their straggling, and begging all over the Kingdom. Nor is it so much their Inclination to Idleness, as their own Fate, in being cast

of Piracy Blackbeard, otherwise known as Edward Teach, was an English pirate around the early 18th century. He ransacked ships with his crew off the eastern coast of North Carolina from the summer of 1717 to November 1718. North Carolina was almost a sanctuary for pirates and other unfavorable people, and it had a coastline advantageous to the pirating of ships. Blackbeard’s ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, was possibly discovered recently in 2008, which provides much information on how he operated. Blackbeard

(LNG) and transports it across the world via ships. Shell is the largest LNG shipping operator. Shell operates 50 of the world’s 370 LNG carriers. Scheduling problems There are cases when Shell employs other company ships to transport their cargo, and there can be cases when other companies who are making use of Shell's terminal to import/export cargo for their own needs. In the shipping operations several scheduling problems are observed. Many times ships have to wait at port before she

of the current market means the accurate need for forecasting and keeping up to date with trends is imperative. This report aims to provide an overview of current trends in merchant shipping. 2. Ownership 2.1 Flags of convenience and the largest ship owning countries Panama - with a population of just

upon, but it was enough to spark my curiosity on the topic and I decided to look up more information. After reading several books and individual articles, I focused my intended research on a single fleet: the 1715 treasure fleet. Consisting of eleven ships, the 1715 fleet had been laden with gold, fine china, and other valuables. Spain was in desperate need of funds due to the War of Succession, so the large treasure fleet was not an uncommon sight. In what could be considered an either brave or spectacularly

persons or goods; a craft or ship of any kind.” It is also defined as “Said of the body, esp. as the receptacle of the soul” and has origins in that context from the bible (OED). In Frank O’Hara’s poem “To the Harbormaster,” the harbormaster is actually a metaphor for God, which can be examined by unpacking the meaning of the word vessel, and illuminates the human experience of grappling with religion. In “To the Harbormaster,” the word “vessel” is meant literally as a ship. He uses nautical imagery

and laid there, its eyes spinning in circles as it said, “Man-O-War approaching at top speed.” Danny looked at Scallywag confused, “What’s a Man-O-War?” Scallywag shrieked and pointed ahead. “That be a Man-O-War me lad.” Danny gasped, a huge pirate ship with black and red sails and at least 5 cannons was coming quickly towards them. Scallywag leaped to the sails and started shrieking. In seconds, Monkeys of all colors swung down from the sails. “Catch laddie!” The parrot shouted at Danny, tossing