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Eastern Steamship Co.
Eastern Steamship Lines was a shipping company in the United States that operated from 1901 to 1955. It was created through successive mergers by Wall Street financier and speculator Charles W. Morse.Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr, ''The Panic of 1907. Lessons Learned From the Market's Perfect Storm'', pp. 39-40. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2007. Walter Lord, ''The Good Years. From 1900 to the First World War'', pp. 182–183. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. The line sailed along the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada, operating out of Boston and New York. Much of its fleet was sold to the US government for use in World War I. After the war the company ordered additional ships for the post-war period. Eastern Steamship Lines served as operator for the War Shipping Administration in World War II. The United States government requisitioned all of the fleet's vessels for military duty on both the Atlantic and Pacific. History Background Morse's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles W
The F/V ''Charles W'', also known as Annie J Larsen, is a historic fishing schooner anchored in Petersburg, Alaska. At the time of its retirement in 2000, it was the oldest fishing vessel in the fishing fleet of Southeast Alaska, and the only known wooden fishing vessel in the entire state still in active service. Launched in 1907, she was first used in the halibut fisheries of Puget Sound and the Bering Sea as the ''Annie J Larsen''. In 1925 she was purchased by the Alaska Glacier Seafood Company, refitted for shrimp trawling, and renamed ''Charles W'' in honor of owner Karl Sifferman's father. The company was one of the pioneers of the local shrimp fishery, a business it began to phase out due to increasing competition in the 1970s. The ''Charles W'' was the last of the company's fleet of ships, which numbered twelve at its height. The boat was acquired in 2002 by the nonprofit Friends of the ''Charles W''. The boat was listed on the National Register of Historic Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steamer "Camden," Rockland, ME
Steamer may refer to: Transportation * Steamboat A steamboat is a boat that is marine propulsion, propelled primarily by marine steam engine, steam power, typically driving propellers or Paddle steamer, paddlewheels. The term ''steamboat'' is used to refer to small steam-powered vessels worki ..., smaller, insular boat on lakes and rivers * Steamship, ocean-faring ship * Screw steamer, steamboat or ship that uses "screws" (propellers) * Steam yacht, luxury or commercial yacht * Paddle steamer, steamboat or ship with a paddlewheel * Steam car, generic term for a car powered by a steam engine * Stanley Steamer, model of steam-powered car * Steam locomotive, locomotive propelled by steam-operated pistons Sports * Steamer Flanagan (1881–1947), Major League Baseball player * Steamer Horning (1892–1982), American football player * Steamer Maxwell (1890–1975), Canadian amateur ice-hockey player * Stan Smyl (born 1958), captain of the Vancouver Canucks, nicknamed "the Steamer" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Antaeus
USS ''Antaeus'' (AS-21/AG-67) was a commercial passenger liner that the United States Navy acquired in World War II. She was SS ''Saint John'' from 1932 until 1941 before the US Navy acquired her and commissioned her as ''Antaeus''. From 1941 to 1943, she was a submarine tender; she was later redesignated AG-67 and used as a troop transport from 1943 to 1944. In 1945, she was converted to a hospital ship, renamed USS ''Rescue'' (AH-18), and served in the Pacific War The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theatre, was the Theater (warfare), theatre of World War II fought between the Empire of Japan and the Allies of World War II, Allies in East Asia, East and Southeast As .... Decommissioned in 1946, she was sold for scrap in 1958. Civilian service Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia built ''Saint John'' in 1932 as a passenger liner for Eastern Steamship Lines. ''Saint John'' and her sister ship entered co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USAHS Acadia
USAHS ''Acadia'' was the first United States Army Hospital Ship in World War II. Built in 1932 by Newport News Shipbuilding as a civilian passenger/cargo ocean liner for the Eastern Steamship Lines, the ship was in US coastal and Caribbean service prior to its acquisition by the US Maritime Administration in 1941. Eastern Steamship Lines service SS ''Acadia'', along with her sister ship the ''St. John'', entered US coastal service for the Eastern Steamship Lines in 1932, originally in New York-Yarmouth coastal service with some one way passages for New York-Yarmouth-Halifax or Saint John. From 1938 to 1940 the ship's route was shifted to New York-Bermuda or Nassau service. Both ships were designed by Theodore E. Ferris. In 1939, the ship was chartered to United States Lines for one voyage in order to return American citizens from Europe. In 1941 the ship was being operated by the Alcoa Steamship Company in a route from New York to St. Thomas, Antigua, Trinidad and return by wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Yarmouth is a port town located on the Bay of Fundy in southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Yarmouth is the shire town of Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Yarmouth County and is the largest population centre in the region. History Originally inhabited by the Mi'kmaq, the region was known as "Keespongwitk" meaning "Lands End" due to its position at the tip of the Nova Scotia peninsula. European settlement The region was visited in 1604 by Samuel de Champlain, who named it "Cap-Fourchu", meaning "forked or cloven cape." The first Europeans to make a settlement on these shores were the Acadians, French Acadians. They set up a small fishing settlement known as "Tebouque" in the mid-1600s and by 1750 the population was 50 people. During the Seven Years' War the New England Planters settled at what is now the town of Yarmouth in 1759; the grantees were from Yarmouth, Massachusetts and they requested that Yarmouth be named after their former home. Yarmouth was founded on June 9, 1761, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is the urban core of the Philadelphia metropolitan area (sometimes called the Delaware Valley), the nation's Metropolitan statistical area, seventh-largest metropolitan area and ninth-largest combined statistical area with 6.245 million residents and 7.379 million residents, respectively. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Americans, English Quakers, Quaker and advocate of Freedom of religion, religious freedom, and served as the capital of the Colonial history of the United States, colonial era Province of Pennsylvania. It then played a historic and vital role during the American Revolution and American Revolutionary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cramp & Sons
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding Company (also known as William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company) was an American shipbuilding company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1830 by William Cramp. During its heyday in late 19th century, it was the preeminent American iron shipbuilder. Company history William Cramp was born in the Kensington, Philadelphia, Kensington district of Philadelphia in 1807. In 1855, his sons Charles Henry (born 1828) and William C., became partners with their father. In 1872, his other sons Samuel H., Jacob C., and Theodore were taken into the firm. The company was incorporated under the name "The William Cramp and Sons' Iron Shipbuilding and Engineering Company." The pilot boat Thomas Howard (pilot boat), ''Thomas Howard'' was built by the Cramp shipyard in 1870 for the Pilots' Association For The Bay & River Delaware, Delaware Bay & River pilots. She was one of the Philadelphia port's fastest pilot boats. In 1890 the company buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yarmouth (ship, 1926)
Yarmouth may refer to: Places Canada *Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia **Yarmouth, Nova Scotia **Municipality of the District of Yarmouth **Yarmouth (provincial electoral district) **Yarmouth (electoral district) * Yarmouth Township, Ontario * New Yarmouth, Nova Scotia United Kingdom *Yarmouth, the common name of Great Yarmouth, a town in Norfolk **Great Yarmouth (UK Parliament constituency) **Borough of Great Yarmouth The Borough of Great Yarmouth is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Norfolk, England. It is named after its main town, Great Yarmouth, and also contains the town of ..., a local government district *Yarmouth, Isle of Wight **Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) (UK Parliament constituency) (former UK Parliament constituency) **Yarmouth Castle, a fortress guarding Yarmouth harbour United States *Yarmouth, Iowa *Yarmouth, Maine **Yarmouth (CDP), Maine *North Yarmouth, Maine *Yarmouth, Massachuset ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
