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  2. MV Abegweit (1947) - Wikipedia

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    Speed. 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 ...

  3. USS Sequoia (presidential yacht) - Wikipedia

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    USS Sequoia is the former presidential yacht used during the administrations of Herbert Hoover through Jimmy Carter; setting a cost-cutting example, Carter ordered her sold in 1977. Often called the “floating White House”, the Sequoia offered presidents, first families and high-ranking government officials a place to escape the complexities ...

  4. Burger Boat Company - Wikipedia

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    www.burgerboat.com. The Burger Boat Company, of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States, is a builder of custom-designed, hand-built pleasure cruisers. The company also produces commercial vessels and has produced military vessels in the past. It is the second oldest pleasure cruiser producer in the United States after Hodgdon, and the fifth oldest ...

  5. Electric Launch Company - Wikipedia

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    Electric Launch Company. An Elco Electric Launch on Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks. The Electric Launch Company, later renamed Elco Motor Yachts (" Elco "), is an American boat building and electric motor company that has operated from 1893 to 1949 and from 1987 to the present. [1][2]

  6. Fireboats of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    According to Fire Strikes the Chicago Stock Yards the Joseph Medill and Graeme Stewart were built in the same yard in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, at the same time, and were "twins". [5] Fred A. Busse: 1937: 1981: Converted to an excursion boat. [2] Joseph Medill: 1948: The 1948 Joseph Medill was a sister ship to the Victor L. Schlaeger. [6] Now wreck ...

  7. HMY Britannia - Wikipedia

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    HMY Britannia was built at the shipyard of John Brown & Co. Ltd in Clydebank, Dunbartonshire. She was launched by Queen Elizabeth II on 16 April 1953, and commissioned on 11 January 1954. The ship was designed with three masts: a 133-foot (41 m) foremast, a 139-foot (42 m) mainmast, and a 118-foot (36 m) mizzenmast.

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