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  2. Steamship Pulaski disaster - Wikipedia

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    The packet steamer Pulaski, bound for Baltimore, Maryland, departed Charleston, South Carolina on June 14, 1838, under Captain DuBois, with a crew of 37 and 131 passengers on board. [4] That night at about 11 p.m., when the ship was 30 miles (48 km) off the coast of North Carolina, the starboard boiler exploded, destroying the middle of the ship.

  3. Charles Augustus Lafayette Lamar - Wikipedia

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    The Lamar family relocated from Augusta to Savannah, where Gazaway and a group of investors built the steam packet Pulaski in 1837. In June 1838, the Lamar family became victims of the Pulaski disaster off the coast of North Carolina, en route from Savannah to Baltimore. The ship's starboard boiler exploded and sank in only 45 minutes.

  4. Diana Muldaur - Wikipedia

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    Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American film and television actress. [2] Muldaur's television roles include Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

  5. USS Pulaski (1854) - Wikipedia

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    USS Pulaski, was a side-wheel steamship, in service with the United States Navy. She was named for Casimir Pulaski. Named Metacomet when built for commercial owners in 1854, she served as USS Pulaski from 1858 to 1863, when she was sold by the Navy. Metacomet was built at New York City.

  6. Pulaski (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Pulaski is a British television drama series produced by the BBC in 1987. [ 1 ] Created by Roy Clarke , the series was a parody of detective dramas centred around Larry Summers, an American actor starring in a British detective series in the title role of Pulaski, who finds himself involved in real life cases.

  7. SS Republic (1853) - Wikipedia

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    The displays also present video stories about passengers and crew members, and where they moved years after the wreck. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Lifeboats had been found and rescued at different times. SS Republic is currently the subject of a lawsuit over the gold recovery, as E. Lee Spence claims in a lawsuit that Odyssey Marine used his information in ...

  8. Meet SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew: The daring 4 who are in ...

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    The crew features a billionaire, a pilot, and two SpaceX employees. After an early morning launch on Tuesday, they're floating in the company's Crew Dragon spaceship in Earth's orbit.

  9. Lady Franklin Bay Expedition - Wikipedia

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    During the expedition, two members of the crew reached a new Farthest North record, but of the original twenty-five men, only seven survived to return. The expedition was under the auspices of the Signal Corps at a time when the corps' chief disbursements officer, Henry W. Howgate, was arrested for embezzlement. However, that did not deter the ...