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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 ...
Converted to passenger ship by Matson Line in 1955. SS Atlantic: 1953/1958 American Export Lines: Sun Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., in Chester, Pennsylvania Scrapped 1996 Built as “Break Bulk Cargo Ship” for the “US Maritime Commission” in 1953 as the Badger Mariner. Converted to passenger ship by American Export Line in 1958. SS Santa ...
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 ...
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 ...
Roman ships are named in different ways, often in compound expressions with the word Latin: navis, lit. 'ship'.These are found in many ancient Roman texts, and named in different ways, such as by the appearance of the ship: for example, navis tecta (covered ship); or by its function, for example: navis mercatoria (commerce ship), or navis praedatoria (plunder ship).
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This is a list of ocean liners past and present, which are passenger ships engaged in the transportation of passengers and goods in transoceanic voyages. Ships primarily designed for pleasure cruises are listed at List of cruise ships. Some ships which have been explicitly designed for both line voyages and cruises, or which have been converted ...
Generally, most American puzzles are 15×15 squares; if another size, they typically have an odd number of rows and columns: e.g., 21×21 for "Sunday-size" puzzles; Games magazine will accept 17×17 puzzles, Simon & Schuster accepts both 17×17 and 19×19 puzzles, and The New York Times requires diagramless puzzles to be 17×17. [89]