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2. MV Abegweit (1982) - Wikipedia

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   MV Abegweit (1982) MV. Abegweit. (1982) Her predecessor MV Abegweit which was retired in 1982. Epekwit'k or Abegweit is the Mi'kmaq Nation's name for Prince Edward Island. Removed from service in 1999 and scrapped in 2004. MV Abegweit were icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferries which operated across the Abegweit Passage of ...

3. MV Abegweit (1947) - Wikipedia

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   Speed. 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) MV Abegweit was an icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferry which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Port Borden to Cape Tormentine between 1947 and 1982. The word Abegweit is derived from the Mi'kmaq word for Prince Edward Island, Epekwit'k, meaning "cradled (or ...

4. SS Eastland - Wikipedia

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   SS. Eastland. Sold on 1 June 1914 to the St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Company of St. Joseph, Michigan. Raised after accident in October 1915 and sold at auction on 20 December 1915 to Captain Edward A. Evers, sold on 21 November 1917 to the Illinois Naval Reserve. SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours.

5. SS St. Marys Challenger - Wikipedia

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   10,250 tons. The SS St. Marys Challenger is a freight-carrying vessel operating on the North American Great Lakes built in 1906. Originally an ore boat, she spent most of her career as a cement carrier when much larger ore boats became common. After a 107-year-long working career as a self-propelled boat, she was converted into a barge and ...

6. USS Wolverine (IX-64) - Wikipedia

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   USS Wolverine (IX-64) was a training ship used by the United States Navy during World War II.She was originally named Seeandbee and was built as a Great Lakes luxury side-wheel steamer cruise ship for the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company.

7. USS Chicago (CA-29) - Wikipedia

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   USS. Chicago. (CA-29) USS Chicago (CA-29), underway off New York City, during the fleet review on 31 May 1934. USS Chicago (CL/CA-29) was a Northampton -class cruiser of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific Theater in the early years of World War II. She was the second US Navy ship to be named after the city of Chicago.

8. List of ship types - Wikipedia

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   A cargo vessel used for trade between Eastern India and Indochina. Brig. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. Brigantine. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the main. Caravel. (Portuguese) A much smaller, two, sometimes three-masted ship. Carrack.

9. J. Bruce Ismay - Wikipedia

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   These vessels were designed more for size and luxury than for speed. [11] In 1902, Ismay oversaw the sale of the White Star Line to J.P. Morgan & Co., which was organising the formation of International Mercantile Marine Company, an Atlantic shipping combine which absorbed several major American and British lines. IMM was a holding company that ...