Author: Montgomery Ward
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Category : Commercial catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Catalogue
Author: Montgomery Ward
Publisher:
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Category : Commercial catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commercial catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 734
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The Ship That Would Not Die
Author: Stephen Curley
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603444270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Starting its life as an attack transport in World War II—and one of the last five left afloat by war’s end—the USS Queens saw action at Iwo Jima and other hot spots in the Pacific theater. After the war, the ship became the SS Excambion, one of the “Four Aces” of American Export Lines: the only fully air-conditioned ships in the world at the time. In 1965, the versatile Excambion underwent yet another transformation—into a floating classroom. Recommissioned as the USTS Texas Clipper, the ship began a third life as a merchant marine training vessel with its home port in Galveston. For the next three decades the Texas Clipper would be home to merchant marine cadets, and by the time it was retired in 1996, it was the oldest active ship in the U.S. merchant marine fleet. Finally, the Texas Clipper, after protracted bureaucratic wrangling, was designated to be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef to provide habitat for marine life. In 2007, the ship was towed to its final resting place, seventeen nautical miles off the coast of South Padre Island. Now, 136 feet below the surface, the venerable Texas Clipper lives on as the home to a wide variety of underwater species. Filled not only with meticulously researched technical and historical data about the ship’s construction, service record, crew procedures, and voyages, The Ship That Would Not Die also features lively anecdotes from crew members, passengers, and officers. More than 140 color and black-and-white photos illustrate the ship’s construction, its wide variety of shipboard life, the exacting process of making the Texas Clipper ready to become an artificial reef, and its final sinking in the Gulf of Mexico.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1603444270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Starting its life as an attack transport in World War II—and one of the last five left afloat by war’s end—the USS Queens saw action at Iwo Jima and other hot spots in the Pacific theater. After the war, the ship became the SS Excambion, one of the “Four Aces” of American Export Lines: the only fully air-conditioned ships in the world at the time. In 1965, the versatile Excambion underwent yet another transformation—into a floating classroom. Recommissioned as the USTS Texas Clipper, the ship began a third life as a merchant marine training vessel with its home port in Galveston. For the next three decades the Texas Clipper would be home to merchant marine cadets, and by the time it was retired in 1996, it was the oldest active ship in the U.S. merchant marine fleet. Finally, the Texas Clipper, after protracted bureaucratic wrangling, was designated to be sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef to provide habitat for marine life. In 2007, the ship was towed to its final resting place, seventeen nautical miles off the coast of South Padre Island. Now, 136 feet below the surface, the venerable Texas Clipper lives on as the home to a wide variety of underwater species. Filled not only with meticulously researched technical and historical data about the ship’s construction, service record, crew procedures, and voyages, The Ship That Would Not Die also features lively anecdotes from crew members, passengers, and officers. More than 140 color and black-and-white photos illustrate the ship’s construction, its wide variety of shipboard life, the exacting process of making the Texas Clipper ready to become an artificial reef, and its final sinking in the Gulf of Mexico.
Colorado School Journal
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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The Ship That Held Up Wall Street
Author: Warren Curtis Riess
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623492262
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of an eighteenth-century ship. Uncertain of what they had found or what its value might be, they called in two nautical archaeologists—Warren Riess and Sheli Smith—to direct the excavation and analysis of the ship’s remains. As it turned out, the mystery ship’s age and type meant that its careful study would help answer some important questions about the commerce and transportation of an earlier era of American history. The Ship that Held Up Wall Street tells the whole story of the discovery, excavation, and study of what came to be called the “Ronson ship site,” named for the site’s developer, Howard Ronson. Entombed for more than two hundred years, the Princess Carolina proved to be the first major discovery of a colonial merchant ship. Years of arduous analytical work have led to critical breakthroughs revealing how the ship was designed and constructed, its probable identity as a vessel built in Charleston, South Carolina, its history as a merchant ship, and why and how it came to be buried in Manhattan.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623492262
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
In January 1982, archaeologists conducting a pre-construction excavation at 175 Water Street in Lower Manhattan found the remains of an eighteenth-century ship. Uncertain of what they had found or what its value might be, they called in two nautical archaeologists—Warren Riess and Sheli Smith—to direct the excavation and analysis of the ship’s remains. As it turned out, the mystery ship’s age and type meant that its careful study would help answer some important questions about the commerce and transportation of an earlier era of American history. The Ship that Held Up Wall Street tells the whole story of the discovery, excavation, and study of what came to be called the “Ronson ship site,” named for the site’s developer, Howard Ronson. Entombed for more than two hundred years, the Princess Carolina proved to be the first major discovery of a colonial merchant ship. Years of arduous analytical work have led to critical breakthroughs revealing how the ship was designed and constructed, its probable identity as a vessel built in Charleston, South Carolina, its history as a merchant ship, and why and how it came to be buried in Manhattan.
NBS Special Publication
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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The Colorado School Journal
Author: Aaron Gove
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Official Class B Product List and Product Assignment Directory
Author: United States. Business and Defense Services Administration
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Category : Commercial products
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Category : Commercial products
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Current Industrial Reports
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Category : Household linens industry
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Category : Household linens industry
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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The Electrical Review
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Category : Electrical engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Stone's Justices' Manual
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Category : Justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 1638
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Publisher:
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Category : Justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 1638
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