Western Metropolis (1863 ship)
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Western Metropolis (1863 ship)
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Western Metropolis was a wooden side-wheel steamship built in 1863. She was chartered by the quartermaster corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War to provide logistical support. As a transport ship, she was unarmed, but nonetheless captured a Confederate blockade runner. After the war, she was in commercial service for another ten years. Notably, she made five trans-Atlantic voyages and brought several thousand immigrants to the United States from Northern Europe. She was idled in
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Steamship
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Metropolis_(1863_ship)
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2023-09-27T13:54:44Z
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