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Mobjack Manufacturing
Mobjack may refer to: *''Mobjack (Steamboat), SS Mobjack'', a coastal steamship owned by the Old Dominion Steamship Company. *USS ''Mobjack'' (AVP-27), laid down as a United States Navy seaplane tender in 1942 but converted while under construction into motor torpedo boat tender USS Mobjack (AGP-7), USS ''Mobjack'' (AGP-7) *USS Mobjack (AGP-7), USS ''Mobjack'' (AGP-7), a United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender in commission from 1943 to 1946 *Mobjack Bay, a bay on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay. *Mobjack (dinghy), an American 1956 sailing dinghy design {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Mobjack (AGP-7)
USS ''Mobjack'' (AVP-27/AGP-7) was a motor torpedo boat tender in commission in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She saw service in the Pacific theater during the latter portion of World War II. After the conclusion of her Navy career, the ship served in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1946 to 1966 as the survey ship USC&GS ''Pioneer'' (OSS 31), the third Coast and Geodetic Survey ship of the name. ''Pioneer'' operated in the Pacific Ocean during her career, making an important discovery of magnetic striping on the ocean floor that made a major contribution to the development of the theory of plate tectonics. She also took part in the International Indian Ocean Expedition, becoming the first ship in the history of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey to visit the Indian Ocean. Construction and commissioning ''Mobjack'' was laid down as a seaplane tender, AVP‑27, by Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton Washington, on 25 February 1942 and launched on 2 Augu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobjack Bay
Mobjack Bay is a bay on the western shore of Chesapeake Bay in Virginia in the United States. It lies between the Rappahannock River on the north and the York River on the south. The bay appears in early documents as "Mockjack Bay"; it was said that echoes on the bay would mock "Jack", a term for a sailor. Captain Thomas Todd of Toddsbury, Gloucester County, a mid seventeenth century emigrant, was recorded as "Thomas Todd of Mockjack Bay". The World War II United States Navy motor torpedo boat tender Motor torpedo boat tender is a type of ship used by the U.S. Navy during World War II and Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Sai ... USS ''Mobjack'' (AGP-7) was named for Mobjack Bay. References : Bays of Virginia Bodies of water of Gloucester County, Virginia Bodies of water of Mathews County, Virginia {{MathewsCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
