Target ship

Rarity: Common

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At a glance

Class

Invention

Domain

Science and technology

Knowledge cost

4

In collections

Nobody has pulled it yet.

What Wikipedia says

A target ship is a vessel — typically an obsolete or captured warship — used as a seaborne target for naval gunnery practice or for weapons testing.

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