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Re: Vessel Designations

by Guest » July 31, 2015, 12:48 pm

Paul Beesley wrote:MV Motor Vessel
MS Motor Ship
Just semantics about whether a self-propelled creation is called a vessel, ship or boat for that matter. Vessel seems to be used to describe anything afloat.

HMS Her (or His, in the near future) Majesty's Ship. Royal Navy
HMCS Her Majesty's Canadian Ship. Canadian Navy.
USS United States Ship I believe. Or Federation Star Ship.
AMB Good question.
In the context of a federation starship the prefix stands for United Star Ship.

Re: Vessel Designations

by Wawatam » July 26, 2015, 10:39 am

Italian jokes aside.... There really is an AMB hull designation.

The U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy use the hull classification AMb to designate a Harbor Minesweeper.

The Italian Navy does not use prefix designations. Instead they use an alphanumeric suffix system to classify the hulls.

NATO sometimes uses the suffix ITS to indicate that a vessel is an 'Italian Ship'.

Re: Vessel Designations

by Guest » July 26, 2015, 7:09 am

hayhugh3 wrote:HMS - England Her Majesty's Ship
USS - United Stated United States Ship
AMB - Italy That's-a-My Boat

Oh NOHMS is the designation for the BRITISH Royal navy.
England has not had a navy since 1707.

Re: Vessel Designations

by Guest » July 25, 2015, 6:12 pm

The Navy & Marine Corps use a fleet of auxiliary ships operated by the Military Sealift Command. They are designated as USNS. These ships are manned by a civilian crew with a small military detachment. The ships are oilers, supply ships & vessels carrying USMC equipment. Mike

Re: Vessel Designations

by Guest II » July 25, 2015, 8:28 am

The question for MV / MS were legit. Thanks for the answers. Hay-hugh, you nailed it on AMB. It's an oldie but a goodie.

Re: Vessel Designations

by Paul Beesley » July 25, 2015, 6:58 am

MV Motor Vessel
MS Motor Ship
Just semantics about whether a self-propelled creation is called a vessel, ship or boat for that matter. Vessel seems to be used to describe anything afloat.

HMS Her (or His, in the near future) Majesty's Ship. Royal Navy
HMCS Her Majesty's Canadian Ship. Canadian Navy.
USS United States Ship I believe. Or Federation Star Ship.
AMB Good question.

Re: Vessel Designations

by hayhugh3 » July 25, 2015, 6:45 am

HMS - England Her Majesty's Ship
USS - United Stated United States Ship
AMB - Italy That's-a-My Boat

Vessel Designations

by Guest II » July 24, 2015, 2:32 pm

With changes in power plants, the designation S.S. is nearly obsolete, being replaced by M.V. and M.S. What is the difference between the last two designations? Aside from that, what are the following?

HMS - England
USS - United Stated
AMB - Italy

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