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  2. SS City of Chester - Wikipedia

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    The SS City of Chester was a steamship built in 1875 that sank after a collision in a dense fog with SS Oceanic at the Golden Gate in San Francisco Bay on August 22, 1888. She was owned by the Oregon Railroad Co. and leased by the Pacific Coast Steamship Company .

  3. RMS City of Chester - Wikipedia

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    RMS City of Chester was a British passenger steamship that sailed on the transatlantic route from 1873 to 1898. The ship was built by Caird & Company of Greenock for the Inman Line . At 4,566 tons she became the largest passenger ship afloat when launched on 29 March 1873 – a title she held until the 5,000-ton Britannic was launched in ...

  4. USS Chester (CA-27) - Wikipedia

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    USS Chester (CL/CA-27), a Northampton-class cruiser, was the second ship of the United States Navy named after the city of Chester, Pennsylvania. Construction and commissioning [ edit ]

  5. SS City of Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    The SS City of Rio de Janeiro was an iron-hulled steam-powered passenger ship, launched in 1878, which sailed between San Francisco and various Asian Pacific ports. On 22 February 1901, the vessel sank after striking a submerged reef at the entry to San Francisco Bay while inward bound from Hong Kong. Of the approximately 220 passengers and ...

  6. SS Oceanic (1870) - Wikipedia

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    A painting of Oceanic (left) standing by the sinking City of Chester. On 22 August 1888, Oceanic collided with the coastal liner SS City of Chester just outside the Golden Gate; the latter ship sank, killing 16 on board. [4] [page needed]

  7. USS Chester (CL-1) - Wikipedia

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    USS Chester (CS-1/CL-1) of the United States Navy was the first scout cruiser (CS) built for the Navy. In 1920, she was reclassified as a light cruiser (CL). She was launched on 26 June 1907, by Bath Iron Works , Bath, Maine , sponsored by Miss D. W. Sproul, and commissioned on 25 April 1908.

  8. HMS Chester - Wikipedia

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    Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Chester, after the city of Chester: HMS Chester (1691) was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1691. She was captured by the French in 1707 at the Battle at The Lizard. HMS Chester (1708) was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1708. She was on harbour service from 1743 and was broken up in 1750.

  9. SS Chester A. Congdon - Wikipedia

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    SS Chester A. Congdon (originally named Salt Lake City) was a steel-hulled American lake freighter in service between 1907 and 1918. She was built in 1907 by the Chicago Shipbuilding Company of South Chicago, Illinois, for the Holmes Steamship Company, and was intended to be used in the grain trade on the Great Lakes.