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Converted to passenger ship by Matson Line in 1955. SS Atlantic: 1953/1958 American Export Lines: Sun Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., in Chester, Pennsylvania Scrapped 1996 Built as “Break Bulk Cargo Ship” for the “US Maritime Commission” in 1953 as the Badger Mariner. Converted to passenger ship by American Export Line in 1958. SS Santa ...
The residents of Iowa City, in the then Iowa Territory, were shocked when the steamboat arrived on June 20, 1841 because such a thing was unexpected. Their local newspaper, the Iowa City Standard , said in an editorial, "We this week announce an event which in our judgment, is of more importance than any other that has happened since our city ...
Capital City (sternwheeler) SS Caracas (1881) Carrie Ladd; Charles H. Marshall (ship) Charles R. Spencer; SS Christopher Columbus; SS City of Berlin; SS City of Columbus; City of Detroit III; PS City of Erie; SS City of Lowell; City of Muskegon; SS City of Peking; SS City of Rio de Janeiro; City of Seattle (steam ferry) City of Taunton (ship ...
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
She was built in France in 1907 as a passenger ship. She was 109 meters long, her beam was 13 meters and her draught was 8 meters, and displaced 4,105 tons. Her top speed was 18 knots (33 km/h). Initially she was an auxiliary minelayer, armed only with two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and able to carry up to 200 mines.
Roman ships are named in different ways, often in compound expressions with the word Latin: navis, lit. 'ship'.These are found in many ancient Roman texts, and named in different ways, such as by the appearance of the ship: for example, navis tecta (covered ship); or by its function, for example: navis mercatoria (commerce ship), or navis praedatoria (plunder ship).
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Several U.S. Navy ships were named USS Iowa, beginning in 1864. A stern-wheel rafter/packet named Iowa plied the Mississippi 1865–1900. [4] A stern-wheel towboat named Iowa operated in the Mississippi 1921–1954; a contemporaneous dredge named Iowa also existed 1932–1956. [5] An ocean-going steamer named Iowa was in use in the late 19th ...