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List Of Ships Named Musashi
Several ships have been named : * Japanese steam warship ''Musashi'', an early steam warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy, formerly USRC ''Kewanee'' * , corvette of the , of the Imperial Japanese Navy launched in 1886 * , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II * , a super yacht built by Feadship and delivered to business magnate Larry Ellison in 2010 * , a Panamanian cargo ship See also * Musashi (other) is a Japanese name, which may refer to: People *, Japanese master swordsman, painter, and author of ''The Book of Five Rings'' *, Japanese science fiction writer *, Japanese former professional footballer *, Japanese retired kickboxer *, Wush ... * Japanese ship Musashi {{DEFAULTSORT:Musashi, List of ships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USRC Kewanee
USRC ''Kewanee'' was a screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Marine during the American Civil War. Commissioned in August 1864, ''Kewanee'' served out the last eight months of the war on convoy and patrol duty along the East Coast of the United States. In the postwar period, she participated in the usual duties of a revenue cutter, including patrolling for contraband and aiding vessels in distress. Due to dissatisfaction with her machinery, ''Kewanee'' was sold into merchant service after less than three years in the Revenue Marine. Renamed ''Musashi'', she was sent to Japan, where she was destroyed by an explosion in 1869. Construction and design ''Kewanee'', one of six ''Pawtuxet''-class screw schooners ordered in 1863 for the United States Revenue Marine, was built in Baltimore, Maryland by J. A. Robb & Company. She was launched from the builder's yard at Fell's Point on 23 August 1863. A banquet in honor of the event was held the same evening at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Yacht
A superyacht or megayacht is a large and luxurious pleasure vessel. There are no official or agreed upon definitions for such yachts, but these terms are regularly used to describe professionally crewed motor or sailing yachts, ranging from to more than in length, and sometimes include yachts as small as . Superyachts are often available for charter with a staff that caters to guests at a high standard of comfort. They may be designed to emphasize comfort, speed, or expedition capability. Depending on the season, superyachts may be most frequently found in the Mediterranean or the Caribbean. Many are available for charter at prices that exceed 100,000 per week. Larger examples may have more than one swimming pool; they may carry a variety of water toys, other boats, and some a helicopter. History At the beginning of the 20th century, when wealthy individuals constructed large private yachts for personal pleasure, some manufacturers, such as Cox & King and Charles L. Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feadship
Feadship (First Export Association of Dutch Shipbuilders) is a cooperative venture between two shipyards Royal Van Lent Shipyard and Koninklijke De Vries Scheepsbouw. Feadship designs and constructs high-end luxury yachts and is one of the leading builders of custom superyachts such as ''Aquarius'', ''Symphony'', ''Savannah'' and ''Venus''. History Feadship can trace its roots back to 1849, when the Akerboom family bought a small shipyard off the coast of the Netherlands to build and repair boats. They joined with the Van Lent family in 1927, and then in 1949 they founded Feadship together with the De Vries, another family-based shipyard, to form Feadship. Feadship has four shipyards: Two owned by Koninklijke De Vries in Aalsmeer and Makkum. Two owned by Royal Van Lent in Amsterdam and one on the island of Kaag. Both share the design and engineering center, De Voogt Naval Architects. After World War II the market for the previously successful industry was left in ruins. Eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph Ellison (born August 17, 1944) is an American business magnate and investor who is the co-founder, executive chairman, chief technology officer (CTO) and former chief executive officer (CEO) of the American computer technology company Oracle Corporation. As of November 2022, he was listed by ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' as the seventh-wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated fortune of $91 billion. Ellison is also known for his 98% ownership stake in Lanai, the sixth-largest island in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Early life and education Larry Ellison was born in New York City, to an unwed Jewish mother. His biological father was an Italian-American United States Army Air Corps pilot. After Ellison contracted pneumonia at the age of nine months, his mother gave him to her aunt and uncle for adoption. He did not meet his biological mother again until he was 48. Ellison moved to Chicago's South Shore, then a middle-class neighborhood. He remembers hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musashi (other)
is a Japanese name, which may refer to: People *, Japanese master swordsman, painter, and author of ''The Book of Five Rings'' *, Japanese science fiction writer *, Japanese former professional footballer *, Japanese retired kickboxer *, Wushu martial artist and actor *, Japanese footballer Places * Musashi Province, an old province of Japan * Musashi Imperial Graveyard * Musashi, Ōita, Japan * Musashi University * Musashi-Kosugi Station Science * Musashi-1, RNA-binding protein Musashi homolog 1 * Musashi-2, RNA-binding protein Musashi homolog 2 Ships * List of ships named ''Musashi'' Entertainment * ''Musashi'' (novel), a 1935 novel by Eiji Yoshikawa * Musashi's, a Japanese feline musical group * '' Brave Fencer Musashi'', a 1998 PlayStation video game * '' Musashi: Samurai Legend'', a 2005 PlayStation 2 video game Characters * Joe Musashi, the protagonist of the ''Shinobi'' video games * Musashi, the protagonist of the video games '' Brave Fencer Musash ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
