whaleback vessel

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• Whaleback — Whale back , n. (Naut.) A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Whaleback — The whaleback was a unique design of a cargo ship with a hull that continuously curved above the waterline from the vertical to horizontal leaving, when fully loaded, only the curved portion of the hull with its whaleback above the waterline. The …   Wikipedia

• whaleback — /hwayl bak , wayl /, n. 1. Naut. a. a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck. b. a deck or cover curving upward. 2. something shaped like the back of a whale, as a rounded hill or an ocean wave. [1885 90; WHALE1 + BACK1] * * * …   Universalium

• Merchant vessel — This article is about kinds of merchant ships. For water transport in general, see Ship transport. A merchant vessel is a ship that transports cargo or passengers. The closely related term commercial vessel is defined by the United States Coast… …   Wikipedia

• Turret deck ship — A turret deck ship is a type of merchant ship with an unusual hull, designed and built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The hulls of turret deck vessels were rounded and stepped inward above their waterlines. This gave some advantages in …   Wikipedia

• SS Christopher Columbus — A painting by Great Lakes marine artist Howard Sprague showing the ship in white livery, as she appeared in 1893. Career (US) …   Wikipedia

• Lake freighter — Lake freighters, or Lakers, are cargo vessels that ply the Great Lakes. The most well known is the SS Edmund Fitzgerald , the latest major vessel to be wrecked on the Lakes. These vessels are traditionally called boats, not ships. In the mid 20th …   Wikipedia

• Thomas Wilson (shipwreck) — Infobox nrhp | name = Thomas Wilson (Whaleback Freighter) Shipwreck nrhp type = caption =Three capstans on the stern end of the deck. nearest city= Duluth, Minnesota area = built =1892 architect= Alexander McDougall; American Steel Barge Co.… …   Wikipedia

• Museum and historic ships of the Great Lakes — This is a list of museum ships and boats of the Great Lakes, North America, including surviving hulls, museum and/or historic ships at risk, other surviving historic hulls and interesting partial ships of note, etc. Contents 1 Museum ships and… …   Wikipedia

• SS Charles W. Wetmore — The SS Charles W. Wetmore was a whaleback freighter built by Alexander McDougall s American Steel Barge Company shipyard in Superior, Wisconsin. She was named in honor of Charles W. Wetmore, a business associate of Alexander McDougall, officer of …   Wikipedia

• List of shipwrecks — Contents 1 Africa 1.1 East Africa 1.2 North Africa 1.2.1 Algeria …   Wikipedia