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  2. Cross Border Xpress - Wikipedia

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    Cross Border Xpress (CBX) is a border crossing and port of entry that connects San Diego in the United States and Tijuana International Airport in Mexico. Operational since December 2015, CBX consists of a terminal building located in the Otay Mesa community that is connected to the airport with a dedicated 120-meter (390 ft) pedestrian bridge that travels over the United States–Mexico border.

  3. Cap San Diego - Wikipedia

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    53°32′35″N 9°58′35″E. /  53.5431°N 9.9763°E  / 53.5431; 9.9763. MS Cap San Diego is a general cargo ship, situated as a museum ship in Hamburg, Germany. Notable for her elegant silhouette, she was the last of a series of six ships known as the White Swans of the South Atlantic, and marked the apex of German-built general cargo ...

  4. USNS Charles Drew - Wikipedia

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    USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) is a Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Dr. Charles R. Drew (1904–1950), who developed improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge in developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II, saving thousands of Allied lives. [3]

  5. List of shipwrecks of California - Wikipedia

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    All people and cargo was saved and taken to Bodega Bay and Fort Ross . Frolic. 1850. An opium-trading brig wrecked near Point Cabrillo Light in 1850. Frolic was the subject of a 2003 episode of Deep Sea Detectives . Josephine Woolcot. 1886. A schooner wrecked by a storm off Mendocino City.

  6. USNS Washington Chambers - Wikipedia

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    or 7.62 mm medium machine guns. Aircraft carried. 2 × helicopters, either Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk or Aerospatiale SA330J Puma. USNS Washington Chambers (T-AKE-11) is a Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Captain Washington Chambers (1856–1934), a pioneer in US naval aviation .

  7. USNS William McLean - Wikipedia

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    USNS. William McLean. USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12) is a Lewis and Clark -class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of William McLean, a United States Navy physicist, who conceived and developed the heat-seeking Sidewinder missile. The contract to build William McLean was awarded to National Steel and Shipbuilding Company ...

  8. USNS Mission San Diego - Wikipedia

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    USNS. Mission San Diego. SS Mission San Diego was a Type T2-SE-A2 tanker built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II. After the war she was acquired by the United States Navy as USS Mission San Diego (AO-121). Later the tanker transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Service as USNS Mission San Diego (T-AO-121).

  9. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company - Wikipedia

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    National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is an American shipbuilding company with four [2] shipyards located in San Diego, Norfolk, Bremerton, and Mayport. It is a division of General Dynamics. NASSCO owns a subsidiary manufacturing facility with TIMSA in Mexicali, Mexico. The San Diego shipyard specializes in ...