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She was built at a cost of £200,000 (equivalent to £23,450,000 in 2023), [2] [3] Britannic was the first White Star ship to sport two funnels. She was primarily steam powered but, as was common for steamships of the era, was fitted with auxiliary sails, and was rigged as a four masted barque .
SS America (1939) American Countess; American Duchess; American Empress; SS American Legion; American Queen; American steamship General Lyon (1864) USS Antaeus; USS Arcadia (ID-1605) SS Arctic; SS Argentina (1929) USS Aroostook (CM-3) Russian cruiser Asia; Atlantic (1848) Atlantic (1849 ship)
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 ...
During the 18th century, ships carrying cargo, passengers and mail between Europe and America would sail only when they were full. However, in the early 19th century, as trade with America became more common, schedule regularity became a valuable service.
The U.S.-built Ontario (110 feet, 34 m), launched in the spring of 1817 at Sacketts Harbor, New York, began its regular service in April 1817 before Frontenac made its first trip to the head of the lake on June 5. [1] The first steamboat on the upper Great Lakes was the passenger-carrying Walk-in-the-water, built in 1818 to navigate Lake Erie ...
The first confirmed landing in the continental US was by a Spaniard, Juan Ponce de León, who landed in 1513 at a lush shore he christened La Florida. The Spanish sent some settlers, creating the first permanent European settlement in the continental United States at St. Augustine, Florida , in 1565 and later Santa Fe, New Mexico , San Antonio ...
The American Victory Ship and Museum celebrates the history of the SS American Victory, a 455-foot-long ship that first launched in 1945 and was used in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam ...
The maritime history of the United States goes back to the first successful English colony was established in 1607, on the James River at Jamestown.It languished for decades until a new wave of settlers arrived in the late 17th century and set up commercial agriculture based on exports of tobacco to England.