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The seventh USS Niagara (CMc-2/PG-52/AGP-1) was an auxiliary ship of the United States Navy during World War II. Niagara was laid down on 14 November 1928 as the steel-hulled civilian yacht Hi-Esmaro by the Bath Iron Works, Maine, launched on 7 June 1929, and delivered on 20 August. She was purchased by the Navy on 16 October 1940 from Mrs ...
Niagara was named after Fort Niagara, a fort captured from the British by American forces 28 November 1812; she was the eighth US Navy ship to bear the name. She was laid down 20 November 1944 under Maritime Commission contract by Consolidated Steel at Wilmington, California; launched 10 February 1945; acquired by the Navy 26 March 1945; and commissioned at San Pedro, California, 29 March 1945.
RMS Niagara was a transpacific steam ocean liner, Royal Mail Ship and refrigerated cargo ship. She was launched in 1912 in Scotland and sunk in 1940 by a mine off the coast of New Zealand. Her regular route was between Sydney and Vancouver via Auckland , Suva and Honolulu .
Niagara became a torpedo-firing ship — first at Halifax and later at Saint John, New Brunswick — from the spring of 1945 until the end of World War II in mid-August 1945, training torpedomen. Decommissioned on 15 September 1945, Niagara was turned over to the War Assets Corporation on 27 May 1946 and broken up for scrap soon thereafter.
Several ships have been named Niagara. They include: RMS Niagara, Cunard Line ship launched in 1848; RMS Niagara, ocean liner launched in 1912 and sunk by a mine in 1940; SB Niagara, Thames sailing barge launched in 1898; SS Niagara, ocean liner launched in 1908 as Corse, renamed Niagara in 1910 and scrapped in 1931
Former Niagara Captain Walter Rybka is working with staff and volunteers as winterization efforts continue. More: Out-of-town attendance soared during Tall Ships Erie 2022, but ticket sales declined
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
The lead ship of her class of US Navy attack transports for World War II. 26 USS Hendry (APA-118) VC2-S-AP5 30 May 1944: 6 August 1944: 21 October 1944: 27 SS Carroll Victory: VC2-S-AP3 28 March 1944: 13 June 1944: 31 August 1944: Named for Carroll, Iowa. One of 46 Seagoing Cowboys Victory ships, in 1949 became US Coast Guard ship. 28