By Marcia Amidon Lusted
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The carrier also has two huge anchors. Each one weighs 30 short tons (27 metric tons), and each link in the chains that are attached to the anchors weighs 360 pounds (163 kg). Other military ships, such as cruisers and destroyers, are built piece by piece too. Building ships this way is faster because it allows many people to work on the ship at the same time but in different areas. indd 33 10/23/14 2:23 PM Trial and Error Building a ship is hardly a foolproof process. In 2007 the US Navy conducted sea trials on a new type of ship, an amphibious ship Taking It for a Spin Once a ship has been completed, it goes called the USS San Antonio.
USNS Comfort On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck the country of Haiti. Eight days later, the US Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort anchored off the coast of Haiti and began treating injured and sick earthquake victims. Over the next seven weeks medical personnel on the Comfort performed 843 surgeries, delivered nine babies, and used 10 operating rooms to treat patients. At the height of its mission, the ship received one new patient every six to nine minutes. The Comfort’s ability to travel to Haiti quickly helped save many lives at a time when medical facilities in Haiti had been damaged or destroyed by the earthquake.
Print. Jackson, Kay. Navy Ships in Action. New York: Powerkids Press, 2009. Print. com. These links are routinely monitored and updated to provide the most current information available. com for free additional tools for teachers and students. , 15 Pacific Ocean, 11 Pakistan, 7 France, 15, 17, 35 frigates, 7, 13, 25 Ready Reserve Force, 8 Haiti, 5–6 Higgins boat, 15 Indian Ocean, 6–7 ironclads, 16–17 San Antonio, USS, 34 Saudi Arabia, 8 sea trials, 34 Spain, 23 Syria, 7 torpedoes, 15, 18, 23 Cape Ray, MV, 7–8, 10 Carl Vinson, USS, 7, 10 Constitution, USS, 7 cruisers, 18, 23–25, 33 Cuba, 23 D-day, 10, 15, 17 destroyers, 25, 33, 39–41 JHSV, 38–39 Virginia, CSS, 17 M80 Stiletto, 39 Maine, USS, 23 Merrimack, USS, 17 Monitor, USS, 17 War of 1812, 7 World War I, 16 World War II, 11, 15, 17 Nimitz, Chester, 11 Zumwalt, USS, 39–41 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Marcia Amidon Lusted has written 95 books and 450 magazine articles for young readers.