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Ship Image Entered Service In service Status Notes United States: 1952 1952–1969 Laid up in Philadelphia, PA Built as the fastest transatlantic liner. Aurora: 1955 1955-1972 Under restoration for future museum ship in Stockton, CA [2] Converted in 1960 to a Greek cruise ship as the Delos: Nordstjernen: 1956 1956–present Sailing for Svalbard ...
The primary yards that were building passenger ships in the 20th century include: Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Ltd., Newport News, Virginia [5] Ingalls Shipyards, Pascagoula, Mississippi [6] Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts [7] William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [8]
M.S. Aramis, circa 1932 Teiyō Maru as a repatriation ship, circa 1943: SS Argentina (1929) 1929 SS Pennsylvania (1929–1938) Scrapped in 1964 One of the 3 sister ships of Argentina, it's unknown which one it is as the name was omitted from the bow. SS Arundel Castle: 1894 SS Birma (1905–1913) SS Mitava (1913–1921) SS Josef Pilsudski (1921 ...
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Ships and their owners grew with the 19th century Industrial Revolution across Europe and North America, leading to increased numbers of oceangoing ships, as well as other coastal and canal based vessels. [49] [50] Through more than half of the 19th century and into the early years of the 20th century, steam ships coexisted with sailing vessels ...
In the later 20th century, the obsolescence of the battleship left the cruiser as the largest and most powerful surface combatant ships (as opposed to the aerial warfare role of aircraft carriers). The role of the cruiser varied according to ship and navy, often including air defense and shore bombardment .
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