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Originally ordered by the Maritime Commission (MC hull 687) during World War II, as one of the Admiral W. S. Benson-class Type P2-SE2-R1 transport ships, completed instead as passenger ship. 1950s SS Independence: February 1951 American Export Lines: Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts [26] Henry ...
An Iowa City local, Captain Frederick M. Irish was chosen to board the Ripple to help scout out any obstructions in the river and to figure out how to remove those obstructions. [1] The Ripple never returned to Iowa City. However, the steamboat Rock River traveled to Iowa City twice in 1842. Rock River was piloted by Captain Theyer and first ...
Capital City (sternwheeler) SS Caracas (1881) Carrie Ladd; Charles H. Marshall (ship) Charles R. Spencer; SS Christopher Columbus; SS City of Berlin; SS City of Columbus; City of Detroit III; PS City of Erie; SS City of Lowell; City of Muskegon; SS City of Peking; SS City of Rio de Janeiro; City of Seattle (steam ferry) City of Taunton (ship ...
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [31] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
M.S. Aramis, circa 1932 Teiyō Maru as a repatriation ship, circa 1943: SS Argentina (1929) 1929 SS Pennsylvania (1929–1938) Scrapped in 1964 One of the 3 sister ships of Argentina, it's unknown which one it is as the name was omitted from the bow. SS Arundel Castle: 1894 SS Birma (1905–1913) SS Mitava (1913–1921) SS Josef Pilsudski (1921 ...
Victorian era passenger ships include all passenger-carrying ships designed, built, or operated during the second half of the 19th century. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
Passenger ships and cargo liners. Amazon (1851) City of Philadelphia (1854) New Era (1854) Tayleur (1854) Willem III (1871) Geltwood (1875) Castilian (1899) Titanic ...
Several U.S. Navy ships were named USS Iowa, beginning in 1864. A stern-wheel rafter/packet named Iowa plied the Mississippi 1865–1900. [4] A stern-wheel towboat named Iowa operated in the Mississippi 1921–1954; a contemporaneous dredge named Iowa also existed 1932–1956. [5] An ocean-going steamer named Iowa was in use in the late 19th ...