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ADVERTISEMENT While literally millions of ships of all shapes and sizes have been built over the centuries, only a handful have achieved anything approaching fame. Most of those that have done so, however, were warships or vessels that displayed such a degree of innovation that they were considered prototypes in the evolution of ships. Other [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 12:01 am
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If ever there was an ill-fated three hour tour, it would be that of the S.S. Minnow. The pleasure cruise set out from Hawaii with an eclectic group of passengers including a multi-millionaire and his wife, a Hollywood starlet, a professor and a farm girl. Why these people ended up on the same boat was [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 12:01 am
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