#side wheel steamer

[richwall101]

1906 - The Cincinnati Side Wheel Steamer - On the Ohio River Hamilton County - US

[ltwilliammowett]

A handpainted glass bottle which was maybe used for flowers or fish. On the front is an early side-wheel steamer and on the back a merchant vessel, c. 1870.

[lonestarbattleship]

State Ship Series: USS Georgia

There have been two ships commissioned named after the state of Georgia in the US Navy. The state was admitted into the United States on January 2, 1788.

USS GEORGIA (BB-15), Virginia class, predreadnought battleship, in commission from 1906 to 1920. Participated in the World Cruise of the Great White Fleet in 1908. During World War I, she was used as a training ship and escort convoys across the Atlantic Ocean. Scrapped in 1923 in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty.

USS GEORGIA (SSBN/SSGN-729), Ohio class, nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, later converted into a guided missile submarine, in commission from 1984 to present.

A ship was acquired by the Navy named Georgia.

USS STATE OF GEORGIA (1851), side wheel steamer, in commission from 1861 to 1864 and in 1865. The ship was acquired by Navy to be used as a gunboat during the American Civil War.

NHHC: NH 63893

MCO: 08_06_004889

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[adventures-of-the-blackgang]

The Awful Conflagration of the Steam Boat Lexington, Nathaniel Currier; Hand-colored lithograph 

On January 13, 1840, the steamboat Lexington was traveling on its route from New York to Boston when it caught fire near Long Island Sound. Most of the lifeboats capsized and there were few survivors.

[ltwilliammowett]

Civil War Officer's pocket watch, c. 1861

[ltwilliammowett]

Naval Engineers’ Good Conduct Medal 1842-46 awarded to Mr. William Dunkin, First Class Engineer in H.M.S. Gleaner, for his faithful service.