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51Launch 5 — is a restored NYPD Patrol Launch presently in use as a US Coast Guard Auxiliary Facility as well as for volunteer non profit environmental, public safety and educational work. Launch 5 enjoys a rich history beginning with her construction and… …
52RMS Olympic — was the lead ship of the Olympic class ocean liners built for the White Star Line, which also included Titanic and Britannic . Unlike her sisters, Olympic served a long and illustrious career (1911 to 1935), becoming known as Old Reliable. The… …
53Sea shanty — For the song Sea Shanty by Quasi, see Featuring Birds For the album Sea Shanties by English band High Tide, see High Tide (band). Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor A shanty (also spelled chantey , chanty ) is a type of work… …
54Maritime history of California — History of California This article is part of a series Timeline …
55Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
56Amelia Earhart — Earhart redirects here. For the asteroid, see 3895 Earhart. Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart …
57Battle of Port Royal — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Port Royal partof=the American Civil War caption=View of the battle from the Confederate heights by Rossiter Johnson date=3 ndash;7 November 1861 place=Port Royal Sound, South Carolina result=Union… …
58Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …
59Huron Indians — • If language may be taken as a fair criterion to go by, the Hurons proper were the original stock from which sprang all the branches of the great Iroquoian family, whether included in the primitive federation of the Five Nations, or standing… …
60SS Great Britain — was the first ocean going ship to have an iron hull and a screw propeller and, when launched in 1843, was the largest vessel afloat. She originally carried 120 first class passengers (26 of whom were in single cabins), 132 second class passengers …
