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The second USS Ohio was a ship of the line of the United States Navy, rated at 74 guns, although her total number of guns was 104. [1] She was designed by Henry Eckford , laid down at Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1817, and launched on 30 May 1820.
SS Ohio was an iron passenger-cargo steamship built by William Cramp & Sons in 1872. The second of a series of four Pennsylvania-class vessels, Ohio and her three sister ships—Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois—were the largest iron ships ever built in the United States at the time of their construction, [1] and amongst the first to be fitted with compound steam engines.
They went on to build an additional 30 ships for the USSB [2] (including 8 Design 1020 ships). After World War I, due to a post-war glut of ships, they focused on repair work. [2] They returned to shipbuilding in 1920 and launched 14 ships through 1930. [2] During the Great Depression, they returned to ship repair. [2]
The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio [ 1 ] in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898.
New ship: On Oct. 25, 2019, the U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Cincinnati combat ship. Former Cincinnati Mayor and Vice Mayor David Mann , a U.S. Navy veteran, attended the christening ceremony.
The SS William G. Mather (Official Number 224850) is a retired Great Lakes bulk freighter now restored as a museum ship in Cleveland, Ohio, one of five in the Great Lakes region. She transported cargo such as ore, coal, stone, and grain to ports throughout the Great Lakes, and was nicknamed "The Ship That Built Cleveland" because Cleveland's ...
Of all the unusual things one could come across while kayaking, an abandoned ship definitely takes the cake for most surprising discovery. James Malott and his friends were kayaking down the Ohio ...
USS Ohio was a schooner "launched at Cleveland in 1810 by merchants named Murray and Bigsbey." [ 1 ] purchased by the US Navy in 1812; converted to a warship by Henry Eckford ; and commissioned prior to 13 June 1813, with Sailing Master Daniel Dobbins in command.