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2. F50 (catamaran) - Wikipedia

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   The F50 is a one-design foiling catamaran used in the SailGP race series. The name is an abbreviation of " F oiling" and "a hull length of 50 feet". [1] The F50s are adapted from the AC50s used in the America's Cup, with modifications including new control systems and modular wingsails. [2] The F50s are one of the fastest racing classes in ...

3. List of Great Lakes museum and historic ships - Wikipedia

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   SS Keewatin is a former Canadian Pacific passenger liner. Built in Scotland in 1907, the boat steamed between Fort William and Port McNicoll for over 50 years until she was sold for scrap in 1967. Saved from the wrecker's torch, Keewatin was towed to Saugatuck, Michigan for use as a museum in 1968.

4. MV Abegweit (1947) - Wikipedia

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   12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) MV Abegweit was an icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferry which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Port Borden to Cape Tormentine between 1947 and 1982. The word Abegweit is derived from the Mi'kmaq word for Prince Edward Island, Epekwit'k, meaning "cradled (or cradle ...

5. German submarine U-505 - Wikipedia

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   1989 [3] Designated NHL. 1989 [4] U-505 is a German Type IXC submarine built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was captured by the U.S. Navy on 4 June 1944. In her uniquely unlucky career with the Kriegsmarine, she had the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port" in World War II on ...

6. Fireboats of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Fireboats of Chicago. Joseph Medill Fireboat 1967. In 1908 the City of Chicago operated a fleet of large steam-powered fireboats, but by the end of the 20th Century they had largely been replaced by smaller, faster, less powerful vessels. As an important port city, Chicago has operated dedicated fireboats since 1877. [1] [2]

7. PT boat - Wikipedia

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   PT-105, an 80' Elco boat, under way. A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II.It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants ...