Hennepin is a shipwreck off the east coast of Lake Michigan, west of South Haven, Michigan. The ship was originally built in October 1888 and sank on August...
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Hennepin County, Minnesota Hennepin Township, Putnam County, Illinois Father Louis Hennepin (1626–1706), Belgian/French explorer of North America SS Hennepin...
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List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes (redirect from SS Hiram W. Sibley)
Worldpress Blog. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2017. Shipwrecks - SS Milwaukee "Shipwrecks". Retrieved 4 April 2011. "Chequamegon". Historical...
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Lake freighter (redirect from SS Wilfred Sykes)
unloaded, or with assistance from unloading machinery at the docks. In 1902, Hennepin was the first ship to be retrofitted with self-unloading equipment, allowing...
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The Hennepin Canal State Trail, also just called the Hennepin Canal, is an abandoned waterway in northwest Illinois, between the Mississippi River at...
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Minnetonka is a suburban city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Minnetonka may also refer to: Minnetonka Cave, a limestone cave in Idaho, United...
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SS Kamloops was a Canadian lake freighter that was part of the fleet of Canada Steamship Lines from its launching in 1924 until it sank with all hands...
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SS Minnekahda was a transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in Ireland in 1917 and scrapped in Scotland in 1936. She was laid down in 1914 but the...
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SS Yorktown was launched February 10, 1894, by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania for the Old Dominion Steamship...
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44°21′36″N 82°34′12″W / 44.360050°N 82.570133°W / 44.360050; -82.570133 SS Clifton, originally Samuel Mather, was a whaleback lake freighter built in...
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SS Robert E. Peary was a Liberty ship which gained fame during World War II for being built in a shorter time than any other such vessel. Named after Robert...
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SS Red Oak Victory is a U.S. Victory ship of the Boulder Victory-class cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum...
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SS Principessa Mafalda was an Italian transatlantic ocean liner built for the Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI) company. Named after Princess Mafalda...
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USS Astoria (AK-8) (redirect from SS Burbo Bank)
ship was constructed in 1902 by J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland, England, as SS Burbo Bank for the Fenwick Shipping Co., Ltd., was acquired by Leonhardt &...
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SS Mary Luckenbach, was a cargo ship of the United States Navy. She was launched in 1918 and completed the following year by the American International...
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43°13′38″N 86°20′44″W / 43.227167°N 86.345617°W / 43.227167; -86.345617 SS Henry Cort was a 320-foot (98 m) long whaleback freighter. It sank four times...
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SS Veendam was a Dutch-owned transatlantic liner, launched in Scotland in 1922 and scrapped in the United States in 1953. She was part of the first generation...
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RMS Empress of Ireland SS Erie L. Hackley SS Espagne SS Etruria F HMS Falmouth Fifi Fleetwing SS Francisco Morazan SS Francis Hinton SS Frank O'Connor F.T...
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SS India Victory was a Victory ship built and operated as a cargo carrier and troopship in World War II. After the war the ship was used a private cargo...
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SS Catala was a Canadian coastal passenger and cargo steamship built in Scotland in 1925, for service with the Union Steamship Company of British Columbia...
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Karlen (2013), Augie's Secrets: The Minneapolis Mob and the King of the Hennepin Strip, Minnesota Historical Society Press, pp. 97–98. Associated Press...
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USS General Omar Bundy (redirect from SS Port)
She was later sold for commercial operation under several names, including SS Poet, before being declared missing in 1980 and presumed sunk. General Omar...
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USS General C. H. Muir (redirect from SS Chicago)
(T-AP-142). She was later sold for commercial operation under the names SS Chicago and SS San Juan, and was scrapped some time after 1985. General C. H. Muir...
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Chandris Liners and Celebrity Cruises by Peter Plowman Hugo's Groote Beer page ssMaritime: Dutch Victory Ships Sawyer, L.A. and W.H. Mitchell. Victory ships...
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USS General R. L. Howze (redirect from SS Guam Bear)
Howze (T-AP-134). She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS Austral Glen, before being scrapped in 1980. General R. L. Howze (AP-134)...
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The SS Andaste was a Monitor-class vessel, built in 1892 by the Cleveland Ship Building Company for the Lake Superior Iron Company. The vessel is best...
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SS Fordham Victory was built and operated as Victory cargo ship which operated as a cargo carrier in World War II. For the war she was operated by the...
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List of Liberty ships (Je–L) (redirect from SS John H. Quick)
Transportation, Maritime Administration. Retrieved 1 July 2019. "SC 248915 S.S. LEE S. OVERMAN ("Liberty" Ship), December 24, 1944". Maritime Administration...
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USS Venus (redirect from SS William Williams)
service of the United States Navy in World War II. Originally liberty ship SS William Williams, named after William Williams, a signer of the Declaration...
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