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Buffalo Maritime Center. Buffalo Maritime Center is a maritime museum and a collective woodworking and handcrafts center in Buffalo, NY that focuses on boat building and restoration to engage the community. It encompasses a museum displaying historic ships and displays about the history of shipping on the Great Lakes and New York state canals ...
Spouse. Angele Colsson Higgins (1889-1965) Children. 6. Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886 – 1 August 1952) was an American businessman and boatbuilder who founded Higgins Industries, the New Orleans –based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, or LCVPs) during World War II. The company started out as a ...
RMS Queen Mary [3] is a retired British ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line.Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, she was subsequently joined by RMS Queen Elizabeth [4] in Cunard's two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York.
Website. www.jboats.com. 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 ...
Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire), that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War. The mansion was constructed during the years following 1883 for the financier and politician Herbert Leon in the Victorian Gothic, Tudor and Dutch Baroque ...
Catalina 27 racing on San Francisco Bay. Catalina Yachts is a U.S.-based builder of fiberglass monohull sloop-rigged sailboats ranging in sizes from eight to 54 feet in length. It was founded in 1969 in Hollywood, California by Frank Butler . [1] Catalina Yachts is one of the largest boat manufacturers in the world, with over 80,000 boats ...
The Sea Org was established on August 12, 1967, by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Dianetics and Scientology, initially on board three ships, the Avon River, the Enchanter, and HMS Royal Scotsman. Hubbard later rechristened the three vessels to the Diana, the Athena, and the Apollo. The Apollo served as the flagship, or simply called "Flag", and ...
The American Boat and Yacht Council is a non-profit organization which sets standards for the safe construction and maintenance of boats in the United States. [ 1] It is a standards development member of the American National Standards Institute. [ 2] Founded in 1954, [ 3] it is currently chaired by Kenneth Weinbrecht of Ocean-Bay Marine ...