Watercraft -- History of watercraft -- Passenger ships: the Queen Mary 2 and other floating cities -- On the bridge: modern systems for controlling a ship -- Engines and propulsion: diesel and hybrid engines, and pump-jet boats -- Hulls and hydrofoils: crafty boat designs and what they do -- Aircraft carriers: flight deck, hangar, hospital, radar, and crew -- Cargo ships: giant transporters of countless containers -- Sailboats: skimming the waves by wind power alone -- Submarines: a hidden world below the sea's surface -- Deep diver: exploration at the bottom of the ocean -- Hovercraft: floating on a cushion of air-from water to land -- Strange inventions.
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