In the late summer, " Rattler " patrolled the Mississippi River near Rodney, Mississippi, above Natchez, Mississippi, to intercept crossing attempts by Confederate forces, inspect river craft, and convoy supply boats, helping to seal off the South from supplies and manpower west of the mighty river.
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It is these early steam-driven river craft that typically come to mind when " steamboat " is mentioned, as these were powered by burning wood, with iron boilers drafted by a pair of tall smokestacks belching smoke and cinders, and twin double-acting pistons driving a large paddlewheel at the stern, churning foam.
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The Black Death arrived in Norfolk in the spring of 1349 and spread up the river valleys from Yarmouth, suggesting that it arrived by ship and was spread by river craft . In the autumn of 1349, the harvest in the vicinity brought in less than half the usual amount of corn.
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Then " Carranca do S�o Francisco " would mean : " Carranca ( river craft talisman ) of the S�o Francisco River " which fits with the statement in the Carranca article that it was there they were once commonly found .-- Talk 13 : 31, 10 May 2007 ( UTC)
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The city was about three quarters of a mile in width and had about three miles of riverfront filled with steamboats and other river craft . St . Louis, located near the junction of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, was the last major city where travelers could get supplies before they headed west.
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From the Amazon the Napo is navigable for river craft up to its Curaray branch, a distance of about, and perhaps a bit further; thence, by painful canoe navigation, its upper waters may be ascended as far as Santa Rosa, the usual point of embarkation for any venturesome traveller who descends from the Quito tableland.
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Naval commandos managed to sink or damage 126 ships / coasters / ferries during that time span, while one source confirms at least 65 vessels of various types ( 15 Pakistani ships, 11 coasters, 7 gunboats, 11 barges, 2 tankers and 19 river craft by November 1971 ) . had been sunk between August November 1971.
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Initially, the brown-water navy patrolled the inland waterways of the Mekong River, primarily with South Vietnamese river craft ( RAG River Assault Groups ), boats, which were mostly inherited, from the French Navy, during the previous war and in turn, had been received from the U . S ., as military aid, in the French fight against the Viet Minh, the Communist-led Vietnamese alliance.
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The 40-foot river craft used in the raid Sunday, flown into Iraq aboard giant C-5 transport aircraft, were first deployed with their five-man crews during the battle for Fallujah this month, patrolling the stretch of the Euphrates that runs along the city's western edge to prevent attempts by insurgents to escape that way after U . S . troops had thrown a cordon around the city.
