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A former maritime fur trade ship sold to new owners in 1794 and wrecked in 1796 on Gooseberry Rocks, near Gooseberry Island. Monohansett United States: June 1904 A paddle steamer that sank off Salem Harbor. USS New Hampshire United States Navy: 26 July 1922 A training ship that caught fire and sank in the Hudson River on 23 May 1921.
Salvage work was abandoned when divers refused to continue, as contaminated water in the hold was causing them to become blind for 24 hours after a dive. The salvage award was US$17,690. The last local wrecker was bought out by a New York company in 1920. The Federal court closed the book of wrecking licenses the next year. [25]
Salvage law states that a salvor should be rewarded for risking their life and property to rescue another ship in danger. It is in some ways similar to the wartime law of prize — the capture, condemnation and sale of a vessel and its cargo as a spoil of war, insofar as both compensate the salvor/captors for risking life and property. [18]
New England Motor Freight, Inc. (NEMF) was a unionized less-than-truckload (LTL) and truckload freight carrier, based in Elizabeth, New Jersey. It was one of the largest LTL carriers in the US Northeast when it entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019 and subsequently shut down all operations in 2020.
[119] [125] The new depot was built to be 250 feet (76 m) wide by 500 feet (150 m) long. The initial capacity of the depot was 185 buses. The construction of the depot was required due to the loss of the West 5th Street Depot. [126] In addition, the new depot replaced the Maspeth Trackless Trolley Depot, and Bergen Street depots located in ...
In 1968, a Caterpillar V8 diesel was introduced, becoming the first medium-duty Ford conventional to offer a diesel engine. To distinguish diesel versions, Ford added an additional "0" to the model designation, introducing the F-6000 and F-7000. For 1970, Ford introduced L-Series range of conventional trucks.
A sailing ship that was wrecked at Tristan da Cunha. USS Alligator United States Navy: 2 April 1863: A submarine that sank under tow off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Almeda Star United Kingdom: 17 January 1941: An ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-96 about 30 nmi (56 km; 35 mi) north of Rockall
New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north.