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USS Concord (AFS-5) 1983
USS ''Concord'' may refer to: * , a sloop-of-war In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ... launched in 1828, and lost when she ran aground on a sand bar off Mozambique * , a patrol gunboat in service from 1890 to 1909, and participated in the Battle of Manila Bay * , a tugboat purchased in 1917, renamed ''Mendota'' (YT-3) in 1920, then to ''Muscotah'' in 1932, and placed out of service in 1934 * , a light cruiser commissioned in 1923, a participant in World War II, and decommissioned in December 1945 * , a combat stores ship commissioned in 1968, decommissioned and assigned to Military Sealift Command as USNS ''Concord'' (T-AFS-5), and out of service in 2009 See also * {{DEFAULTSORT:Concord, Uss United States Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' encompassed all the unrated combat vessels, including the very small gun-brigs and cutters. In technical terms, even the more specialised bomb vessels and fireships were classed as sloops-of-war, and in practice these were employed in the sloop role when not carrying out their specialised functions. In World War I and World War II, the Royal Navy reused the term "sloop" for specialised convoy-defence vessels, including the of World War I and the highly successful of World War II, with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability. They performed similar duties to the American destroyer escort class ships, and also performed similar duties to the smaller corvettes of the Royal Navy. Rigging A sloop-of-war was quite different from a civilian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
