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2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. USS Lake Erie (CG-70) is a Ticonderoga -class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1993. She was named after the U.S. Navy's decisive victory in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The cruiser was the first U.S. Navy ship to be commissioned in Hawaii.
Lake Erie (42.2° N, 81.2W) has a mean elevation of 571 feet (174 m) [8] above sea level. It has a surface area of 9,990 square miles (25,874 km 2) [7] with a length of 241 statute miles (388 km; 209 nmi) [7] and breadth of 57 statute miles (92 km; 50 nmi) [7] at its widest points. It is the shallowest of the Great Lakes with an average depth ...
93 wounded. 306 captured. entire squadron captured. The Battle of Lake Erie, also known as the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, on Lake Erie off the shore of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the British Royal Navy.
Lake freighter. 22 May 1913. Foundered on Lake Huron, in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. The James C. Carruthers was a 550-foot-long (170 m) Canadian freighter that foundered in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913. 44°48′04″N 82°23′49″W / 44.801°N 82.397°W / 44.801; -82.397 (SS James Carruthers) SS Henry B. Smith. 1906.
The Welland Canal is a ship canal in Ontario, Canada, and part of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Waterway. The canal traverses the Niagara Peninsula between Port Weller on Lake Ontario, and Port Colborne on Lake Erie, and was erected because the Niagara River —the only natural waterway connecting the lakes—was unnavigable due to ...
Below is a list of ports in the Great Lakes region, which includes Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior, as well as the smaller Lake St. Clair. Lake Superior [ edit ]
48°05′06″N 88°45′53″W / 48.085°N 88.764722°W / 48.085; -88.764722 (Kamloops) Isle Royale National Park. The SS Kamloops was a lake freighter that was part of the fleet of Canada Steamship Lines from its launching in 1924 until it sank with all hands off Isle Royale in Lake Superior on or about 7 December 1927.
USS. Niagara. (1813) USS Niagara, commonly called the U.S. Brig Niagara or the Flagship Niagara, is a wooden- hulled snow-brig [b] that served as the relief flagship for Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. As the ship is certified for sail training by the United States Coast Guard, she is also designated SSV ...