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List of ships built by St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company: SS Richard Montgomery, Liberty ship, launched on 15 June 1943. Sunk in the Thames Estuary with explosive cargo still on board. SS John Philip Sousa, Liberty ship, launched on 4 July 1943; USS Alkaid, a Crater-class cargo ship, launched on 8 November 1943
The ship Carnival Miracle was christened at the Port of Jacksonville on February 27, 2004, beginning Jacksonville service by Carnival Cruise Lines. [18] The Carnival Miracle was replaced by Carnival Cruise Lines' Jubilee , which sailed between Jaxport and The Bahamas from May 2004 through August 2004.
A passenger cruiseship charter in which the hiring of a passenger cruise ship in regular service for a limited period of time is exclusively for a private function and uses all accommodations. That is often for business meetings or conferences, music festivals, charity fundraisers or global events such as the Olympic Games.
Container ship at the Port of Jacksonville. Jacksonville is a rail, air, and highway focal point and a busy port of entry, with Jacksonville International Airport, ship repair yards and extensive freight-handling facilities. Lumber, phosphate, paper, cigars and wood pulp are the principal exports; automobiles and coffee are among imports. The ...
Wreck of Transport Steamers "Maple leaf" and "Genl. Hunter". St. Johns river. Florida, Sunk by torpedoes. Maple Leaf was a civilian merchant steamship, chartered as a transport by the Union Army during American Civil War, that struck a Confederate torpedo - what we would now call a mine - as she was crossing the St. Johns River near Jacksonville on April 1, 1864. [3]
They are invasive in the Florida Everglades. [6] Atlantic angel shark: Squatina dumeril: Atlantic bigeye: Priacanthus arenatus: Atlantic bluefin tuna: Thunnus thynnus: Atlantic bonito: Sarda sarda: Atlantic bumper: Chloroscombrus chrysurus: Atlantic cod: Gadus morhua: Atlantic croaker: Micropogonias undulatus: Atlantic flyingfish: Cheilopogon ...
The name Cocodrie is Louisiana French for "alligator" or more rarely "crocodile". [3] It is a waterfront town, located due west of Grand Isle, on an inlet of another bay blocked by several barrier islands along the Gulf of Mexico. [1] Cocodrie is connected to Houma, due north, by Louisiana Highway 56. [1] It is at the end of the highway.
An aerial photo of Jacksonville, Florida with the Trout River in the distance near the top of the picture.. Beginning in northwestern Jacksonville, in Duval County, the river starts out as a creek. 0.03 miles (0.048 km) east of the source, the river is crossed by U.S. 1. 0.4 miles (0.64 km) downstream, the creek passes through the subdivision of River Falls.