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The Best Episodes of The Great Ships

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The Best Episodes of The Great Ships

From ancient ships to modern carriers, THE GREAT SHIPS lets you step on board to explore the design, construction, technology and armaments of history's great...
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    The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 1 - The PT Boats
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    #1 - The PT Boats

    S1:E1

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  2. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 2 - The Dreadnoughts
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    #2 - The Dreadnoughts

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  3. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 3 - The Galleons
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    #3 - The Galleons

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  4. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 4 - The Aircraft Carriers
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    #4 - The Aircraft Carriers

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    Discover the history and evolution of aircraft carriers, from their invention in World War I to today's modern 'super carriers'.

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  5. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 5 - The Clippers
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    #5 - The Clippers

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  6. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 6 - The Ships of the Line
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    #6 - The Ships of the Line

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  7. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 7 - The Tugboats
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    #7 - The Tugboats

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  8. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 8 - The Whalers
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    #8 - The Whalers

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  9. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 9 - The Windjammers
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    #9 - The Windjammers

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  10. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 10 - The Gunboats of Vietnam
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    #10 - The Gunboats of Vietnam

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  11. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 11 - The Viking Ships
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    #11 - The Viking Ships

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  12. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 12 - The Cruisers
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    #12 - The Cruisers

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  13. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 13 - The Submarines
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    #13 - The Submarines

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  14. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 14 - The Coast Guard Ships
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    #14 - The Coast Guard Ships

    S1:E14

    This program describes the evolution of United States Coast Guard water craft against the backdrops of the Coast Guard's history, changing missions, environments and technological advancements.

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  15. The Great Ships Season 1 Episode 15 - Old Ironsides Returns to the Sea
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    #15 - Old Ironsides Returns to the Sea

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  16. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 1 - The Destroyers
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    #16 - The Destroyers

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    Knifing through the waves, destroyers are amongst the fastest and most deadly warships ever built. Mounting a powerful arsenal of offensive and defensive weapons, they can serve equally well as escorts for other vessels or as formidable attack ships in their own right. From their humble beginnings as stripped-down vessels designed exclusively to destroy torpedo boats, through the WWII models battling the U-boat 'wolf packs' in the North Atlantic to the most modern versions each now more powerful than a whole squadron of WWI dreadnoughts.

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  17. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 2 - The Freighters
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    #17 - The Freighters

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  18. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 3 - The Delta Queen
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    #18 - The Delta Queen

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  19. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 4 - The Frigates
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    #19 - The Frigates

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  20. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 5 - The Ironclads
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    #20 - The Ironclads

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    With their menacing dark silhouettes belching fire and smoke, the Ironclad warships of the mid 19th century burst onto the naval scene like hulking metal monsters. Combining iron plating, steam propulsion and the biggest and most powerful guns afloat, the Ironclads represented a radical advance over all previous warships. Although pioneered by the French and British with ships like HMS Warrior, today they are best remembered for the part they played in the American Civil War.

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  21. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 6 - The Pirate Ships
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    #21 - The Pirate Ships

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    A history brief of piracy through eighteen centuries, with emphasis on ship building and maneuvering in the eighteenth century.

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  22. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 7 - The Riverboats
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    #22 - The Riverboats

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  23. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 8 - The Trawlers
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    #23 - The Trawlers

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  24. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 9 - The Battleships
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    #24 - The Battleships

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  25. The Great Ships Season 2 Episode 10 - The Schooners
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    #25 - The Schooners

    S2:E10

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Best Episodes Summary

"The PT Boats" is the best rated episode of "The Great Ships". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/26/1996. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Dreadnoughts".