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SS B.F. Jones, the Glossary

SS B.F. Jones was a steel-hulled Great Lakes freighter that was named after one of the founders of the Jones and Laughlin Steel Company.^[1]

29 relations: American Ship Building Company, Beam (nautical), Belle Isle Park, Benjamin Franklin Jones (industrialist), Bridge (nautical), Capsizing, Ceremonial ship launching, Cleveland, Compound steam engine, Detroit, Detroit River, Duluth, Minnesota, Ecorse, Michigan, Great Lakes Engineering Works, Gross register tonnage, James Laughlin (industrialist), Jones and Laughlin Steel Company, Lake freighter, Lime Island, Marine insurance, Net register tonnage, Pittsburgh, Scotch marine boiler, Ship breaking, Sister ship, SS H.P. Bope, St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario), Tugboat, Wilmington, Delaware.
Maritime incidents in 1924
Maritime incidents in 1955
Ships powered by a triple expansion steam engine

American Ship Building Company

The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War.

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Beam (nautical)

The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.

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Belle Isle Park

Belle Isle Park, known simply as Belle Isle, is a island park in Detroit, Michigan, developed in the late 19th century.

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Benjamin Franklin Jones (industrialist)

Benjamin Franklin Jones (August 8, 1824 – May 19, 1903) was a pioneer of the iron and steel industry in Pittsburgh, United States.

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Sikuliaq'', docked in Ketchikan, Alaska Wheelhouse on a tugboat, topped with a flying bridge A bridge (also known as a command deck), or wheelhouse (also known as a pilothouse), is a room or platform of a ship or submarine from which the ship can be commanded.

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Capsizing

Capsizing or keeling over occurs when a boat or ship is rolled on its side or further by wave action, instability or wind force beyond the angle of positive static stability or it is upside down in the water.

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Ceremonial ship launching

Ceremonial ship launching involves the performance of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water.

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Cleveland

Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Compound steam engine

A compound steam engine unit is a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Detroit River

The Detroit River is an international river in North America.

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Duluth, Minnesota

Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County.

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Ecorse, Michigan

Ecorse is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Great Lakes Engineering Works

The Great Lakes Engineering Works (GLEW) was a leading shipbuilding company with a shipyard in Ecorse, Michigan, that operated between 1902 and 1960.

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Gross register tonnage

Gross register tonnage (GRT, grt, g.r.t., gt), or gross registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to.

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James Laughlin (industrialist)

James H. Laughlin (March 1, 1806 – December 18, 1882) was an Irish-American banker and capitalist, a pioneer of the iron and steel industry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Jones and Laughlin Steel Company

The Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation, also known as J&L Steel or simply as J&L, was an American steel and iron manufacturer that operated from 1852 until 1968.

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Lake freighter

Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels operating on the Great Lakes of North America. SS B.F. Jones and lake freighter are Great Lakes freighters.

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Lime Island

Lime Island is an island in the St. Marys River in Raber, Chippewa County, Michigan.

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Marine insurance

Marine insurance covers the physical loss or damage of ships, cargo, terminals, and any transport by which the property is transferred, acquired, or held between the points of origin and the final destination.

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Net register tonnage

Net register tonnage (NRT, nrt, n.r.t.) is a ship's cargo volume capacity expressed in "register tons", one of which equals to a volume of.

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Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city in and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Scotch marine boiler

A "Scotch" marine boiler (or simply Scotch boiler) is a design of steam boiler best known for its use on ships.

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Ship breaking

Ship breaking (also known as ship recycling, ship demolition, ship scrapping, ship dismantling, or ship cracking) is a type of ship disposal involving the breaking up of ships either as a source of parts, which can be sold for re-use, or for the extraction of raw materials, chiefly scrap.

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Sister ship

A sister ship is a ship of the same class or of virtually identical design to another ship.

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SS H.P. Bope

The H.P. Bope was an American steel-hulled, propeller-driven Great Lakes freighter built in 1907 by the Superior Shipbuilding Company of Superior, Wisconsin for service on the Great Lakes of North America. SS B.F. Jones and sS H.P. Bope are Great Lakes freighters, Maritime incidents in 1924 and Merchant ships of the United States.

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St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario)

The St.

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Tugboat

A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line.

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Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington (Lenape: Paxahakink / Pakehakink) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. The city was built on the site of Fort Christina, the first Swedish settlement in North America. It lies at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_B.F._Jones