1.   The Amble lifeboat was called out yesterday to take a crewman with a gashed hand off an oil rig support ship in the North Sea.

2.   As scheduled, the carrier Independence left the gulf through the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, along with two other warships, a submarine and two support ships.

3.   Britain will also send the aircraft carrier Illustrious and other support ships to the region, Ingram said.

4.   Britain has been in the war from the start, supplying submarines, an aircraft carrier and support ships and firing cruise missiles.

5.   France has already sent several support ships to the Arabian Sea and is conducting reconnaissance flights over Afghanistan from a base in the United Arab Emirates.

6.   It is controlled by a cable that connects it to the support ship.

7.   Many were from the Puget Sound area, where the surface Navy is a major presence with six warships assigned to Everett and four combat support ships in Bremerton.

8.   Most of the military work is for support type ships.

9.   Saturday morning the salvage ship Grapple and the support ship Oak Hill, both of which have been integral to the recovery operation, left the crash site.

10.   The Roosevelt battle group includes four cruisers, destroyers and frigates, a combat support ship and a submarine.