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The M/V Columbia is a mainline ferry vessel for the Alaska Marine Highway System. M/V Columbia at Bellingham Cruise Terminal Constructed in 1974 by Lockheed Shipbuilding in Seattle , Washington , the M/V Columbia has been the flagship vessel for the Alaska ferry system for over 40 years.
MV Columbia was a passenger motor vessel that was operated on the Arrow Lakes in British Columbia, Canada from 1948 to 1954. She was the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's last vessel in a long line of ships on the Arrow Lakes and was sold after the retirement of SS Minto to Ivan Horie, who continued a freight service for a few years.
SS Columbia (1894), a British mail ship sold to France and sunk in World War I; SS Columbia (1896), a Canadian screw-driven tugboat; SS Columbia (1902 steamboat), an American excursion steamship; SS Columbia (1902 ocean liner), a Scottish passenger/cargo vessel originally named HMS Columbella and subsequently named Moreas, scrapped in Venice 1929
Columbia Rediviva (commonly known as Columbia) was a privately owned American ship under the command, first, of John Kendrick, and later Captain Robert Gray, best known for being the first American vessel to circumnavigate the globe, and her expedition to the Pacific Northwest for the maritime fur trade.
The Columbia boat was a type of inland boat, similar to the York Boat, used to carry furs, trade goods, supplies, and passengers along the Columbia River during the fur trade era, c. 1811–1845. It needed to be large enough to carry substantial cargo, light enough to portage around such obstacles as falls and rapids, and made of locally ...
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The Sailing Ship Columbia, located at the Disneyland park in Anaheim, California, is a full-scale replica of Columbia Rediviva, the first American ship to circumnavigate the globe. The Columbia has operated in the park for more than fifty years. Passengers of the ship take a 12-minute trip around the Rivers of America.
1975: Oglebay-leased ship, the Edmund Fitzgerald, sinks in Lake Superior. Ship owned by Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company. February 1998: John Lauer takes over as CEO; stock is around $40; company has $52 million in debt. He completes half-dozen acquisitions in first 18 months, pushing company into limestone business.