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SS Joe Webre. [1] [2] was a 100' long, 40 ton, wooden steamship owned by the New Orleans and Timbalier Transportation Company, of Gretna, Louisiana and that foundered at her wharf while docked at Grand Isle, Louisiana, United States in the 1893 Cheniere Caminada hurricane. [3]
Grand Isle Seaplane Base (ICAO: KGNI, FAA LID: GNI) is a private-use seaplane base located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Grand Isle, in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is owned by the Freeport Sulphur Company.
Aircraft carriers stored at the NISMF in Bremerton, 2012.From left to right: Independence, Kitty Hawk, Constellation and Ranger. A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate.
Pages in category "Ships built in Norfolk, Virginia" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Drydock Number One is located on the west side of the central branch of the Elizabeth River.It measures 319.5 feet (97.4 m) in length, and is built of Massachusetts granite, stepped to allow access to and bracing of ships under repair.
The second USS Pyro (AE–24), an ammunition ship, was laid down 21 October 1957 by Bethlehem-Sparrows Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrows Point, Maryland; launched 5 November 1958; sponsored by Mrs. Stuart H. Ingersoll; and commissioned 24 July 1959 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Va.
J.D. Irving Limited (JDI) traces its roots to a sawmill operated in Bouctouche, New Brunswick by its namesake, James Dergavel Irving. [1] J.D. Irving's operations were passed to his children, one of whom, Kenneth Colin Irving, assumed majority ownership and used JDI to expand into pulp and paper and other forestry-related businesses between the 1920s and 1940s.
Location in Grand Isle County and the state of Vermont. Grand Isle, also known as South Hero Island, is the largest island in Lake Champlain, Vermont, United States. It has a land area of 31.61 square miles (81.9 km 2). The island comprises the two towns of Grand Isle and South Hero, Vermont. The total population as of the 2000 census was 3,651