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In 1860, Ingram died while sailing aboard the Lady Elgin, a steamship that sank after being hit by another vessel on Lake Michigan.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.
—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
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.
—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
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“Steamship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steamship. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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steamship
noun
steam·ship
ˈstēm-ˌship 
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