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2. Majestic (riverboat) - Wikipedia

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   Majestic. (riverboat) /  38.95500°N 84.28167°W  / 38.95500; -84.28167. The Majestic is a historic riverboat that is moored on the Ohio River at Manchester, Ohio. Built in 1923, she was the last floating theater to be built in the United States, and one of its longest-lived. She was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 20, 1989.

3. Ohio-class submarine - Wikipedia

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   The Ohio class of nuclear-powered submarines includes the United States Navy 's 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and its four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs). Each displacing 18,750 tons submerged, the Ohio -class boats are the largest submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy. They are also the third-largest submarines ever built ...

4. USS Ohio (SSGN-726) - Wikipedia

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   USS Ohio (SSGN-726) First and Finest! 4 × 21 inch (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes. USS Ohio (SSBN-726/SSGN-726), the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), is the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. state of Ohio. She was commissioned with the hull designation of SSBN-726 ...

5. Steamboats of the Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   Launched in 1814 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, for the Monongahela and Ohio Steam Boat Company, she was a dramatic departure from Fulton's boats. [1] The Enterprise - featuring a high-pressure steam engine, a single stern paddle wheel, and shoal draft - proved to be better suited for use on the Mississippi compared to Fulton's boats.

6. Gar Wood Speedster - Wikipedia

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   The Gar Wood Speedster is a model of 16 ft racing boat produced and offered from 1934 to 1938 by Garfield Wood under the "Gar Wood" brand, and powered with various single six-cylinder flathead marine engines. Of the fourteen original Speedsters, three have been widely researched due to their famous owners – "Miss Behave" and "Miss Chief" from ...

7. Crusader (speedboat) - Wikipedia

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   Crew. 1. Crusader was a jet -powered speed boat piloted by John Cobb . The combination of an aerodynamically stable hull form and turbojet propulsion was proposed by Reid Railton, Cobb's adviser. A rocket-powered scale model was tested at Haslar. The full size design was by Peter du Cane and built by Vospers of Portsmouth.