At the time of its launch, it had the largest gross tonnage of any yacht built in the United States (1342 GT), and it is still the largest steam-powered yacht ever built on American soil.

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But on the 10th inst. she was badly beaten in a long run by a small steam yacht of very insignificant appearance. TheruUILwa& fem. this city to Sing Sing, a distance of thirty miles, and was made ...

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The Seneca Chief, a shipwreck located at the bottom of Canandaigua Lake in Ontario County, has been nominated for state and national Registers of Historic Places. First discovered in 2014, the ...