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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: USS Winston S. Churchill, HMS Portland, HMAS Sheean, MV Montauk, MV RMS Mulheim, HSC Jonathan Swift, MS Nautica, MS Hildasay, Spanish ship Castilla, Maritime Jewel, MS Voyager of the Seas, Discoverer Enterprise, Q4000, LE Roisin, HMAS Stuart, Carnival Triumph, HSC Speedrunner III, RawFaith, Ocean Princess, Disney Wonder, Deepwater Millennium, USS Howard, Pacific Princess, USS Lassen, MV Teratai Prima, Cisne Branco, MS Europa, Costa Atlantica, USS Roosevelt, Tanerliq, HMS Ramsey, French frigate Guepratte, USNS Mendonca, USS Tornado, HMAS Norman, MV Napa, List of ship launches in 1999, MV Ali Cat, MV Puyallup, Seven Seas Navigator, HMS Bangor, Al Salamah, INS Sindhushastra, USNS Red Cloud, Terra Nova FPSO, MV Renasa, Dumai Express 10, USNS Bruce C. Heezen, Grand Voyager, MV Spiegelgracht, HMBS Bahamas, Grand Mistral, USNS Charlton, Red Jet 3. Excerpt: HMAS Sheean (SSG 77) is the fifth of six Collins class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Named for Ordinary Seaman Edward Sheean-the only submarine of the class to be named for an enlisted sailor-the boat was laid down in 1994 and launched in 1999. Sheean and sister boat Dechaineux were modified during construction as part of the "fast track" program-an attempt to fix the problems affecting the Collins class, and put at least two fully operational submarines in service before the last Oberon class submarine was decommissioned. Sheean was laid down by Australian Submarine Corporation, on 17 February 1994, launched on 1 May 1999 by Mrs. Ivy Hayes, Teddy Sheean's sister, and commissioned into the RAN on 23 February 2001. The issues with the Collins class highlighted in the McIntosh-Prescott Report and the pressing need to have combat-ready submarines in the RAN fleet with the pending decommissioning of Otama, the final Oberon class submarine in Austral...
