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Keeper of the Lost Cities is an upper-middle-grade fantasy series by Shannon Messenger that has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list [1] for a total of ten weeks. Plot summary The protagonist of the series, Sophie, is a twelve-year-old elf with telepathy who lives in San Diego , California with a human family.
Shannon Messenger is an American author. She is known for writing the middle-grade series Keeper of the Lost Cities, which was a New York Times bestseller; Unlocked, book 8.5 in the series, reached number 8 on USA Today ' s list in 2020.
Barbara Mabrity, as all Keeper-class ships, has a strengthened "ice belt" along the waterline so that she can work on aids to navigation in ice-infested waters. Not only is the hull plating in the ice belt thicker than the rest of the hull, but framing members are closer together in areas that experience greater loads when working in ice.
James Rankin, as all Keeper-class ships, has a strengthened "ice belt" along the waterline so that she can work on aids to navigation in ice-infested waters. Not only is the hull plating in the ice belt thicker than the rest of the hull, but framing members are closer together in areas that experience greater loads when working in ice.
Pages in category "Ships lost with all hands" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 300 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The ship's namesake is lighthouse keeper Harry C. Claiborne. Claiborne was the principal lighthouse keeper of the Bolivar Point light when the Hurricane of 1900 hit the Texas coast near Galveston. Storm surge covered the low-lying barrier island where the light was located, but before the ground floor entrance to the lighthouse was submerged ...
This allows the crew to work on buoys in difficult weather conditions. [5] The ship's crane extends to 60 feet (18 m) and can lift 40,000 pounds (18,000 kg) onto her buoy deck, which is 2,875 square feet in area. [6] [7] Spar is armed with two 50-caliber machine guns and a variety of small arms for boarding operations. [4]
She was the eighth of the fourteen Keeper-class vessels completed. On 22 June 1993 the Coast Guard awarded the contract for the Keeper class vessels in the form of a firm contract for the lead ship and options for thirteen more. [2] In February 1997, it exercised options for the 5th through the 10th vessels, including Anthony Petit. [3]