Ships Flashcards by Fred Schultz

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First steam powered ship to cross the Atlantic

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Savannah

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Ship that sank on April 4 - 1912

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Titanic

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Robert Fulton’s ship

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Clermont

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John F. kennedy’s PT-boat

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PT-109

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First nuclear powered submarine

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Nautilus

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Liner hijacked by Palestinians - 1985

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Achille Lauro

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USS Constitution’s nickname

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Old Ironsides

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Ill-fated German battleship

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Bismarck

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Henry Hudson’s ship

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Half Moon

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Christopher Columbus’ flagship

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Santa Maria

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Pilgrims’ ship

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Mayflower

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Thor Heyerdahl’s raft

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Kon-Tiki

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Ship that sank on May 7 - 1915

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Lusitania

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Ship of the 1839 slave mutiny

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Amistad

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Only liner currently making Atlantic crossing

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Queen Elizabeth II (QE2)

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Ship hijacked by Cambodia

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Mayaguez

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Freighter that sank in Lake Superior - 1975

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Edmond Fitzgerald

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Dennis Conner’s America’s Cup yacht - 1987

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Stars and Stripes

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Russian ship where crew mutinied

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Potempkin

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Jacques Yves Cousteau’s ship

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Calypso

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Ship with one mast and a single jib

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Schooner

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Alaskan oil spill ship - 1989

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Exxon Valdez

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Four masted ship

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Barquentine (Barque)

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Admiral Horatio Nelson’s ship

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Victory

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Lieutenant Comander McHale’s PT-boat

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PT-73

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Titanic’s sister ships

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Brittanic - Olympic

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Ghost ship destined to sail the seas forever

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Flying Dutchman

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Sir Francis Drake’s ship

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The Golden Hind

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Captain Cook’s ship

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Discovery

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Ships that sailed to Jamestown - 1607

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Susan Constant - Discovery - Godspeed

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Clipper ship that set New York to San Francisco record - 1851

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Flying Cloud

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One-masted ship

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Sloop

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John Paul Jones’ ship

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Bonhomme Richard

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Oliver Hazard Peary’s ship

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Lawrence

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German pocket battleship scuttled in Montevideo in 1939

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Graf Spee

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Ship that sank in 1956 collision with the Stockholm

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Andrea Doria

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Captain Nemo’s submarine

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Nautilus

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Clipper ship of fame

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Cutty Sark

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Fastest sailing ship

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Clipper ship

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Ship sunk in Havanna harbor - 1898

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Maine

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Lusitania’s sister ship

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Mauritania

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Charles Darwin’s ship

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Beagle

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“Small vessel” sailing ship

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Caravel

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Greenpeace research vessel - sank in 1985

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Rainbow Warrior

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The Monitor’s Ironclad adversary

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Merrimack

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Ship that came to the Titanic’s rescue

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Carpathia

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Captain Ahab’s ship

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Pequod

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Captain Bligh’s ship

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The Bounty

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Ship hijacked by North Korea

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Pueblo

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Merrimack’s southern name

A

Virginia

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“Ghost ship” found abandoned in 1872

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Marie Celeste

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Roald Amundsen’s ship

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Fram