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Transpacific (ships)
''Transpacific'' may refer to: * ''Transpacific'', launched in 1954, grounded on L'Île-aux-Marins near the French Islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on May 18, 1971, where she remains to this day. * MT ''Transpacific'', transported over 25,000 55-gallon drums of Agent Orange between South Vietnam and Johnston Atoll in the Summer of 1972 during Operation Pacer IVY. * , launched in 2001, is a petroleum Tanker that serves TransAtlantic Lines LLC between Japan, Okinawa, Marshall Islands, and Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o .... References {{Shipindex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Île-aux-Marins
L'Île-aux-Marins (literally "The Island of the Sailors"; before 1931 called ''Île-aux-Chiens'', literally "Island of the Dogs") is a small uninhabited island located off the coast of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. History L'Île-aux-Marins was settled in 1604 and once had a population approaching 700. It was a commune until 1945, when it was annexed by the commune of Saint-Pierre. Since the 1960s, the town has become a ghost town after the last of the population left for Saint Pierre Island; however, a small number of people live there on a seasonal basis between May to November. Several of the town's buildings are still standing, among them are the church (Eglise Notre-Dame-des-Marins), the Jézéquel house, a number of fisherman's homes, and the Archipélitude Museum located in the town's former school. Several of the buildings were designated with protected status by the French Ministry of Culture in 2011, with the addition of the Jézéquel house in 2014. The bow section o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
