The term "S.S." in the name of a ship stands for "Steam Ship", if it is a surface vessel - in the Navy, "SS" stands for Submersible Ship, or submarine. All vessels have some type of prefix designator to denote the type of ship it is. For example, M/V or MV stands for Motor Vessel, SV stands for Sailing Vessel, etc.
The union one was the U.S.S. Moniter created by John Ericsson. The Confederacys' was the C.S.S. Virginia, a former wooden vessel named the U.S.S. Merrimac. The Confederates captured it when they took Gosport Naval Yard in Virginia. (now known as Norfolk Naval Shipyard)
The rathskeller vessel is the famous German u-boat submarine as the Americans called it that sunk various allied ships.
i have a set of wooden army bunk beds that are dated 1942
The original USS Enterprise (the first of 8 US sea vessels), was a wooden Sloop (a single masted vessel) named HMS George, and was captured by an American Army officer named Benedict Arnold in 1775. He and his small party of men captured an enemy fort, along with a small wooden ship or two, the "George" included. The engagement had been near bloodless, and with "George" being the name of King George (the current enemy at the time), Arnold renamed the wooden ship, the ENTERPRISE. Although not stated, he probably named it so for the "enterprising manner in which his men showed initiative, ingenuity, and energy (all of which define an enterprise) in obtaining their victory" over the English that day.
A caique is a small wooden trading vessel, or a parrot of the genus Pionites.
This is commonly referred to as a ship or boat. Thermal energy from the engines, often powered by fossil fuels or other sources, propels the vessel through a body of water.
John Filtch made the first steamship, but Robert Fulton made the successful steamship.
The top of the side of a boat, the topmost plank of a wooden vessel
John Filtch made the first steamship, but Robert Fulton made the successful steamship.
The Adelaide steamship company was formed by a group of South Australian businessmen in 1875. Their aim was to control the transport of goods between Adelaide and Melbourne. The Adelaide steamship was the first operational steamship.
Bergen Steamship Company ended in 1988.
Metropolitan Steamship Company was created in 1866.
Waterford Steamship Company ended in 1912.
Isthmian Steamship Company was created in 1910.
Belfast Steamship Company ended in 1975.
Adelaide Steamship Company was created in 1875.