Ships of the Sea - Maritime Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: sssavannah: first steamship to cross the atlantic ocean, anne: ship that carried the first 114 colonists to the colony of georgia, pulaski: ships that exploded in 1838 of the coast of north carolina, julia: name of william scarbrough's wife, william jay: full name of architect of the scarbrough house, telfair academy, and owens-thomas house, west broad street: name of school that inhabited the scarbrough house form 1878 to 1962, porthole: windows or openings in the hulls of ships used to admit light and air, capstan: vertical-axled rotating machine used on sailing ships to multiple the pulling force of seamen when hauling ropes, hardtack: biscuits commonly eaten by sailors on historical ships, marine chronometer: a watch used to determine longitude based on celestial navigation, ns savannah: first nuclear powered merchant ship, yawl: two-masted sailing vessel whose mainmast is taller than the mizzenmast, sextant: a navigational tool designed to find longitude by measuring angular distance between the moon and a nearby star, knot: one nautical mile per hour, used to measure speed, sailors valentine: sentimental gift customarily given to loved ones from sailors after long voyages, scrimshaw: decorative carvings on walrus tusks, whales teeth, or bits of bone, tugboat: a powerful boat used for towing larger vessels, bow: the front of a vessel, cargo: freight loaded into a ship, liner: a vessel advertising sailings on a specified trade route on a regular basis, port: left side of ship or a harbor with piers or docks, starboard: right side of a ship, stern: end of a vessel