USS Mariner
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USS Mariner may refer to:
- USS Mariner (SP-1136)USS Mariner (SP-1136)USS Mariner was a wooden-hulled tugboat for the United States Navy in World War I. She had previously been the Jack T. Scully of the Neptune Line of New York before her acquisition by the Navy. She foundered and sank in a gale on 26 February 1918 while part of a convoy steaming to Bermuda.-...
, formerly the steam tugboatTugboatA tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...
Jack T. Scully, was built in 1899 and delivered to the US Navy in 1917. She was lost at sea and stricken in 1918.
- USS Mariner (1906)USS Mariner (1906)USS Mariner was a commercial tugboat operating in the Panama Canal area. When World War I broke out, she was commissioned and armed by the United States Navy, and spent the rest of the war protecting vessels in the vicinity of the canal from German submarines.-A tug built in Camden, New Jersey:The...
, a steam tug, was built in 1906, and taken over by the US Navy in 1918. She was returned to her owner and stricken in 1919.
- A website focused on the Seattle MarinersSeattle MarinersThe Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. Enfranchised in , the Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Safeco Field has been the Mariners' home ballpark since July...
baseball team ran by Dave CameronDave Cameron (baseball analyst)Dave Cameron is the managing editor and a senior writer of FanGraphs and owner-operator of USS Mariner.-Biography:Cameron grew up in Seattle. In 1994 he started writing about baseball in Usenet newsgroups and reading Rob Neyer. He also played baseball...
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