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2. Figure Eight Island - Wikipedia

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   The drugs were smuggled into the island's yacht marina by the use of a sports fishing boat. [26] Waterfront homes at Figure Eight. Since Dino De Laurentiis opened his studio in Wilmington in 1983, Figure Eight has been a popular temporary residence for Hollywood actors working on films in Wilmington.

3. Here are 17 public places to fish and boat in the Wilmington area

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   River Road Park: 6500 River Road in Wilmington offers a boat ramp for kayaks and small boats, and also has a handicapped-accessible fishing pier. Details: 910-341-4663. Details: 910-341-4663.

4. Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Wilmington - Wikipedia

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   At its peak it had 300 Victory ships and Liberty ships, many of which had been built at the nearby former North Carolina Shipbuilding Company Shipyard. Some ships in the fleet were reactivated for the Korean War and Vietnam War. Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Wilmington closed in 1962, with the last ship removed in February 27, 1970.

5. The Fergus Ark is part of Wilmington history, but The Boat is ...

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   Built in 1921 in Wilmington at the old Newport Shipbuilding Co., the boat was launched in September of 1922 as a U.S. Army vessel, used to transport troops between Wilmington and Fort Caswell in ...

6. List of ships of the Confederate States Navy - Wikipedia

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   The Secretary of the CS Navy, Stephen Mallory, was very aggressive on a limited budget in a land-focused war, and developed a two-pronged warship strategy of building ironclad warships for coastal and national defense, and commerce raiding cruisers, supplemented with exploratory use of special weapons such as torpedo boats and torpedoes.

7. North Carolina Shipbuilding Company - Wikipedia

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   North Carolina Shipbuilding Company was a shipyard in Wilmington, North Carolina, created as part of the U.S. Government's Emergency Shipbuilding Program in the early days of World War II. From 1941 through 1946, the company built 243 ships in all, beginning with the Liberty ship SS Zebulon B. Vance , and including 54 ships of the US Navy .

8. List of shipwrecks of North Carolina - Wikipedia

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   Leaking, she stopped for repairs at Newport News, Virginia where she was deemed seaworthy. She developed catastrophic leaks and sank 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) off North Carolina. The use of radio to communicate "S.O.S." messages were among the first recorded, saving 46 lives. [31] [32

9. Unsolved mysteries: The missing persons cases haunting the ...

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   Gaston Callum was last seen on Nov. 13 or 14, 2010, at the running track of the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He was riding a mountain bike. In January of 2010, Callum was evicted from ...