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En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.
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Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
On a stormy night in 1904, a steamship off the coast of Sydney, Australia, sank.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
According to details the court pieced together, the materials stashed in champagne crates were sent by the German Embassy in Tokyo to Argentina in June 1941 aboard a Japanese steamship.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 May 2025
Many arrived aboard elegant steamships, but the number of guests increased once regional railroads built tracks north to Mackinaw City in the early 1880s.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
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Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
On a stormy night in 1904, a steamship off the coast of Sydney, Australia, sank.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
According to details the court pieced together, the materials stashed in champagne crates were sent by the German Embassy in Tokyo to Argentina in June 1941 aboard a Japanese steamship.
—Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 14 May 2025
Many arrived aboard elegant steamships, but the number of guests increased once regional railroads built tracks north to Mackinaw City in the early 1880s.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamship. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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steamship
noun
steam·ship
ˈstēm-ˌship 
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