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2. Johnboat - Wikipedia

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   A small modern johnboat in the bed of a pickup truck. A johnboat[ 1] is a flat-bottomed boat [ 2] constructed of aluminum, fiberglass, wood, or polyethelene with one, two, or three seats, usually bench type. They are suitable for fishing, hunting and cruising. The nearly flat hull of a johnboat tends to ride over the waves rather than cut ...

3. PT boat - Wikipedia

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   PT-105, an 80' Elco boat, under way. A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II.It was small, fast, and inexpensive to build, valued for its maneuverability and speed but hampered at the beginning of the war by ineffective torpedoes, limited armament, and comparatively fragile construction that limited some of the variants ...

4. J/Boats - Wikipedia

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   J/Boats. J/Boats is an American boat builder based in Newport, Rhode Island and founded by Rod Johnstone in 1977. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The company's model names all start with "J/" and then the design's length overall (LOA), in feet (such as the J/24 ), or beginning in 1994 ...

5. Friendship Sloop - Wikipedia

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   Friendship Sloop in c. 1920. Fiberglass Friendship Sloop Bay Lady (launched in 1979) Diagram of a Friendship Sloop. The Friendship sloop, also known as a Muscongus Bay sloop or lobster sloop, is a gaff-rigged working boat design that originated in Friendship, Maine around 1880 and has survived as a traditional-style sailboat .

6. Marinette Yacht - Wikipedia

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   History. In 1954 George Garcia, owner of Falls City Flying Service, introduced the ‘Marinette’ which was an aluminum houseboat initially built as a twin-hulled cruiser. Choosing to use an aluminum-magnesium alloy, whereas previous attempts at an aluminum watercraft had mainly involved small row boats made of a copper-aluminum alloy, the ...

7. List of ships of the United States Army - Wikipedia

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   The Admiral Halstead, the Coast Farmer, and the MS Sea Witch, chartered by WSA; and the Anhui, the Yochow and the Hanyang, believed to be chartered by the British Ministry of War Transport (BMWT) for the U.S. Army, though no official information concerning their status had been received.