Ships Flashcards

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First steam powered ship to cross the Atlantic

A

Savannah

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2
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Ship that sank on April 4 - 1912

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Titanic

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3
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Robert Fulton’s ship

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Clermont

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4
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John F. kennedy’s PT-boat

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PT-109

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5
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First nuclear powered submarine

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Nautilus

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6
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Liner hijacked by Palestinians - 1985

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Achille Lauro

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7
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USS Constitution’s nickname

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Old Ironsides

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8
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Ill-fated German battleship

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Bismarck

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9
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Henry Hudson’s ship

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Half Moon

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10
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Christopher Columbus’ flagship

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Santa Maria

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11
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Pilgrims’ ship

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Mayflower

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12
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Thor Heyerdahl’s raft

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Kon-Tiki

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13
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Ship that sank on May 7 - 1915

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Lusitania

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14
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Ship of the 1839 slave mutiny

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Amistad

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15
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Only liner currently making Atlantic crossing

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Queen Elizabeth II (QE2)

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16
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Ship hijacked by Cambodia

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Mayaguez

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17
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Freighter that sank in Lake Superior - 1975

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Edmond Fitzgerald

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18
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Dennis Conner’s America’s Cup yacht - 1987

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Stars and Stripes

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19
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Russian ship where crew mutinied

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Potempkin

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20
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Jacques Yves Cousteau’s ship

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Calypso

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21
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Ship with one mast and a single jib

22
Q

Alaskan oil spill ship - 1989

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Exxon Valdez

23
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Four masted ship

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Barquentine (Barque)

24
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Admiral Horatio Nelson’s ship

25
Lieutenant Comander McHale's PT-boat
PT-73
26
Titanic's sister ships
Brittanic - Olympic
27
Ghost ship destined to sail the seas forever
Flying Dutchman
28
Sir Francis Drake's ship
The Golden Hind
29
Captain Cook's ship
Discovery
30
Ships that sailed to Jamestown - 1607
Susan Constant - Discovery - Godspeed
31
Clipper ship that set New York to San Francisco record - 1851
Flying Cloud
32
One-masted ship
Sloop
33
John Paul Jones' ship
Bonhomme Richard
34
Oliver Hazard Peary's ship
Lawrence
35
German pocket battleship scuttled in Montevideo in 1939
Graf Spee
36
Ship that sank in 1956 collision with the Stockholm
Andrea Doria
37
Captain Nemo's submarine
Nautilus
38
Clipper ship of fame
Cutty Sark
39
Fastest sailing ship
Clipper ship
40
Ship sunk in Havanna harbor - 1898
Maine
41
Lusitania's sister ship
Mauritania
42
Charles Darwin's ship
Beagle
43
"Small vessel" sailing ship
Caravel
44
Greenpeace research vessel - sank in 1985
Rainbow Warrior
45
The Monitor's Ironclad adversary
Merrimack
46
Ship that came to the Titanic's rescue
Carpathia
47
Captain Ahab's ship
Pequod
48
Captain Bligh's ship
The Bounty
49
Ship hijacked by North Korea
Pueblo
50
Merrimack's southern name
Virginia
51
"Ghost ship" found abandoned in 1872
Marie Celeste
52
Roald Amundsen's ship
Fram