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2. Houston Yacht Club - Wikipedia

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   The HYC was founded in 1897. [3] Originally called the Houston Yacht & Powerboat Club, [4] [5] its name was changed to Houston Yacht Club in 1927, when its current Spanish-style clubhouse was built, [6] [7] which has been declared an historic landmark in the Galveston Bay area of the Gulf Coast.

3. Lynchburg Ferry - Wikipedia

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   The Lynchburg Ferry. The Lynchburg Ferry is a free ferry across the Houston Ship Channel in the U.S. state of Texas, connecting Crosby-Lynchburg Road in Lynchburg to the north with the former State Highway 134 and San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site in La Porte to the south.

4. List of warships by nickname - Wikipedia

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   "Galloping Ghost of the Java Coast" – USS Houston "George's Legs" or "Gorgeous Legs" – French light cruiser Georges Leygues "Germanclown" – USS Germantown (LSD-42) "Ghetto" – USS Gato "Gipper" – USS Ronald Reagan; named for Ronald Reagan's nickname, from his role of George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American.

5. List of yard and district craft of the United States Navy

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   Barrier Boat (19BB) The 19 foot, 9.5 ton Barrier Boats (19BB) were built to deploy and maintain port security booms surrounding Navy ships and installations in port. A total 13 unnamed boats were first delivered in 2003. [107] Other Barrier Boats are 30-foot Modutech work boats. [108]

6. July 1968 - Wikipedia

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   British yachtsman Alec Rose completed his solo trip around the world after 354 days, as his ketch, Lively Lady, sailed into Portsmouth harbour and was welcomed by 200,000 cheering spectators after an escort by a flotilla of 300 boats. Rose, a 59-year-old vegetable dealer, had spent 320 of his 354 days alone at sea, "longer than any man known in ...

7. USS Baltimore (CA-68) - Wikipedia

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   Baltimore was 664 feet (202.4 m) long at the waterline and 673 ft 5 in (205.26 m) long overall.She had a beam of 70 ft 10 in (21.59 m) and a draft of 24 ft (7.3 m). ). She displaced 14,472 long tons (14,704 t) at standard displacement and 17,031 long tons (17,304 t) at full combat load