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翻訳と辞書　辞書検索 [ 開発暫定版 ] スポンサード リンク J. W. Westcott II ： ウィキペディア英語版 J. W. Westcott II ''J.W. Westcott II'' is a boat that delivers mail to other vessels and also provides a pilot boat service to ferry pilots to and from other vessels. The boat operates out of Detroit, Michigan, and is the only floating post office in the world that delivers mail to ships as they are underway.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Facts about Michigan )〕 The Westcott company was established in 1874 by Captain J. W. Westcott, who ferried supplies (and by 1895 the mail) to passing ships via rowboat.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=J. W. Westcott Company )〕 By 1949 the company commissioned Paasch Marine Service of Erie, Pennsylvania to build ''J.W. Westcott II'', named in honor of the Westcott company's founder. The ship is in length and has a beam of . A single screw is powered by a marine diesel engine. The boat's speed is rated at 15 knots. Any mail addressed to members of ships' crews on vessels transiting the Detroit River can be delivered to them via ''J. W. Westcott II'' by being addressed "''Vessel Name'', Marine Post Office, Detroit, Michigan, 48222." The U.S. postal zip code 48222 is exclusive to the floating post office and its ship addressees. The mail will be delivered to the appropriate ships (mainly lake freighters) as they pass under the Ambassador Bridge. The postal station is located near the bridge on the U.S. side of the river. On 23 October 2001, ''J. W. Westcott II'' sank in the deep water under the Ambassador Bridge while caught in the wake of ''MT Sidsel Knutsen'', a much larger ship the boat was serving.〔Investigation of J.W.Westcott II sinking, US Coastguard〕 The captain and one other crew member were killed and two others were rescued. ''J. W. Westcott II'' was later salvaged, refurbished and returned to service. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. W. Westcott II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.