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  2. Banana boat (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Banana boat is a descriptive nickname that was given to fast ships, also called banana carriers, engaged in the banana trade. They were designed to transport easily spoiled bananas rapidly from tropical growing areas to North America and Europe.

  3. Category:Banana boats (ships) - Wikipedia

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  4. HST-2 - Wikipedia

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    HST-2, formerly named USNS Puerto Rico and Alakai, is a vessel owned by the United States Navy Military Sealift Command. She was originally Hawaii Superferry 's first high-speed ferry . The vessel was later chartered by Bay Ferries Limited to operate a ferry service between Maine and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia .

  5. Portal:Puerto Rico/Selected pictures - Wikipedia

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    Puerto Rico has over 50 rivers, most originating from the island's central mountainous region which receives heavy rainfall. The largest of these rivers, Rio de la Plata , measures approximately 60.5 mi. (97 km), starting at an altitude of 2,625 ft (800 m) above sea level in Cayey before ending between the northern coastal towns of Dorado and ...

  6. Photos: Procession of boats, flags and joyous athletes floats ...

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    More than 10,000 athletes sailed across the Seine River in a 3.5-mile parade Friday, kicking off the 2024 Paris Games with a spectacular open-air ceremony that showed off the exuberance of this ...

  7. Federal agents in Puerto Rico seize $35 million worth of ...

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    Federal agents seized an estimated $35 million worth of cocaine from a boat that ran aground a reef off Puerto Rico’s south coast, authorities said Thursday. Two men from the Dominican Republic ...

  8. Banana boat (boat) - Wikipedia

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    Banana boat, Varadero, Cuba. A banana boat (or water sled), is an unpowered, inflatable recreational boat meant to be towed. [1] Different models usually accommodate three to ten riders sitting on a larger, main tube and resting their feet on two laterally flanking tubes which stabilize the boat. The main tube is often yellow and banana-shaped ...

  9. Caguana Ceremonial Ball Courts Site - Wikipedia

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    The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture still manages the site as a park under the name Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Center (Parque Ceremonial Indígena de Caguana). The National Park Service has placed it on the National Register of Historic Places , and designated it as a National Historic Landmark (under the name Caguana Site ).