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    SS Ancon was an American cargo and passenger ship that became the first ship to officially transit the Panama Canal in 1914 although the French crane boat...
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    Garden[citation needed] "I Love You, California" was played aboard the steamship Ancon, which on August 14, 1914, became the first merchant ship to pass through...
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    opened to commercial traffic on 15 August 1914 with the transit of the SS Ancon. During World War II, the canal proved vital to American military strategy...
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  • barque that was scrapped in 1921 SS Ancon (1901), the first steamship officially to transit the Panama Canal in 1914 USS Ancon (AGC-4), a 1939 steamship that...
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    built on the hillside. The first ship to officially transit the canal, SS Ancon, was named after the district. The community continued to serve as housing...
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    Ancón Hill (Spanish: Cerro Ancón) is a 199 metres (653 ft) high hill that overlooks Panama City, Panama, adjacent to the township of Ancón. It was used...
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    formally opened on 15 August 1914, with the passage of the cargo ship SS Ancon. The opening of the Panama Canal in 1914 caused a severe drop in traffic...
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    interiors for a trio of American-built cargo liners named the SS Ancon, SS Cristobal and SS Panama. Wahl-Eversharp Symphony fountain pen. Dorsett "Catalina"...
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  • The first ship to transit the Panama Canal, the SS Ancon, passes through on August 15, 1914...
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    company included the Allianca, Advance, Finance, Panama, Cristobal, and Ancon, the latter becoming the first ship to officially complete a transit of...
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