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SS Lafayette was a 454-foot (138 m) long Great Lakes bulk carrier that broke in two in the Mataafa Storm of 1905 near Encampment Island, Two Harbors, Minnesota. [1] She was part of the "College Line" of ships; a group of five completely identical vessels named after the colleges attended by five of Pittsburgh Steamship's executives.
USS Lafayette (1848), was built in 1848 as Aleck Scott, and purchased by the US Navy on 18 May 1862 and renamed Lafayette on 8 September 1862. She was decommissioned in July 1865 and sold; USS Lafayette (AP-53), was launched as the French-built Normandie and seized from France in 1941. She was partially destroyed by fire during conversion to a ...
SS Mexique was a French transatlantic ocean liner of the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She was launched in 1914 as Île de Cuba but when she was completed in 1915 she was renamed Lafayette. Lafayette was a hospital ship in the latter part of the First World War and a troop ship in 1919. In 1928 CGT had Lafayette refitted and ...
USS Lafayette (SSBN-616), the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named to honor Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, a French military hero who fought alongside and significantly aided the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
SS Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat, crossing the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days, and remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built.
For the latter, SS Champlain and SS Lafayette, both medium-sized ships, were ordered and expected to be completed in 1932. SS Colombia was put into service on the Central America route. [53] In addition, many freighters were built. Finally, studies were made to design a new ship for the New York route, then named "super Île-de-France" or "T6 ...
The Lexington Herald-Leader and Kentucky.com are proud to present the 2023 All-City Softball Team and player of the year as voted on by the eight high school coaches of Lexington’s varsity KHSAA ...
SS Philippines Victory: VC2-S-AP3 17 January 1944: 11 March 1944: 9 May 1944: Second ship marked V-5 in photo of Victory Ships Sank 1952 after collision in the English Channel. 6 SS New Zealand Victory: VC2-S-AP3 25 January 1944: 20 March 1944: 13 May 1944: 7 SS Mexico Victory: VC2-S-AP3 26 January 1944