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Tinkerbelle is a 13.5-foot (4.1 m) sailboat in which 47-year-old newspaperman Robert Manry, a copy editor at the Cleveland Plain Dealer, single-handedly crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1965. At the time, it was the shortest but not the smallest boat to cross the Atlantic nonstop (till today [when?] the smallest is Lindemann's folding kayak). [1]
The hull was rebought from the underwriters [8] and refitted in 1921 at the Cleveland Foundry slipway in Townsville. [9] She returned to service, in August 1921, carrying sugar. [10] She was requisitioned by the RAN in June 1942 for service as a lighter during World War II and she was returned to her owners at the end of hostilities.
Patrick "Pat" Streeter Parker (October 16, 1929 – July 6, 2005) was an American businessman who served as chief executive officer of Parker Hannifin Corporation his family business from 1971 to 1983, a member of the board of directors from 1960 to 1999, and chairman from 1977 to 1999.
Linn extended his investments from banking to industry, organizing two of the city's first such ventures, the Linn Iron Works and the Birmingham Car and Foundry Company with skilled workers brought in from Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio. Linn died in Birmingham, Alabama. [3] He is entombed in Birmingham's Oak Hill Cemetery. [4]
It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio [1] in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898. It changed its name to the American Ship Building Company in 1900, when it acquired Superior Shipbuilding , in Superior, Wisconsin ; Toledo Shipbuilding, in Toledo, Ohio ; and West Bay Shipbuilding, in West Bay City, Michigan .
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August 9, 2023 - Detroit River - St. Marys Challenger was spotted on the Detroit River. She is still sailing the Great Lakes. September 14, 2024 - Cleveland, OH (Flats Area) St. Mary's Challenger was spotted around 10:59 EST making its way through the Cuyahoga River. September 19, 2024 seen on the Kinikinic River in Milwaukee transferring cement.