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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.
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 ...
Mather headed the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company for 50 years from 1890 through 1940. During his tenure he consolidated several mining operations and diversified into iron-ore industries and steel operations. The company's flagship bulk freighter was named in his honor, and today serves as a maritime museum in Cleveland, Ohio.
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This list of museum ships in North America is a list of notable museum ships located in the continent of North America and it may include ones in overseas parts of Canada and the United States. This includes "ships preserved in museums" defined broadly, but is intended to be limited to substantial (large) ships or, in a few cases, very notable ...
SS Ohio (1872), a passenger steamer launched in 1872 by William Cramp & Sons; SS Ohio (1875), a lake freighter launched in 1875 by John F. Squires; SS Ohio (1920), a Royal Mail Line steamer, later White Star Line's Albertic; SS Ohio (1943), a United States military supply ship, built as a naval tanker
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USS Cod USS Cod (SS-224) USS Cod (SS-224) underway off Block Island, Rhode Island in December 1951 History United States Name USS Cod Namesake Cod Ordered 9 September 1940 Builder Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut Laid down 21 July 1942 Launched 21 March 1943 Sponsored by Mrs. G.M. Mahoney Acquired 21 June 1943 Commissioned 21 June 1943 Decommissioned 21 June 1954 In service 21 March ...