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Annapolis Yacht Yard was a major builder of sub chasers and PT boats during World War II.In 1947, after the death of Chris Nelson, Annapolis Yacht Yard sold to John Trumpy & Sons. [1]
Concluding a series of agreements between Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada acquires Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, forming the Northwest Territories. In the aftermath of the Red River Rebellion, Manitoba is subdivided from the new territory in the area around Winnipeg , becoming Canada's fifth ...
The SS Canada Victory was one of 531 Victory ships built during World War II under the Emergency Shipbuilding program. She was launched by the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation on January 12, 1944, and was completed on February 28, 1944. The ship’s United States Maritime Commission designation was VC2-S-AP3
USS Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), a Polish general who served in the American Revolutionary War.
USS SC-636 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy during World War II. It was laid down on 29 August 1941 by the Vineyard Shipbuilding Co. in Milford, Delaware and launched on 14 May 1942. It was commissioned on 11 July 1942. It foundered during Typhoon Louise on 9 October 1945 off the coast of Okinawa.
US Navy NH 96504 a 63 ft (19 m) air-sea rescue boat built by Fellows & Stewart US Navy submarine chaser SC-1011 built by Fellows & Stewart, off Terminal Island in July 1943. Fellows & Stewart Inc. was a shipbuilding company in San Pedro, California on Terminal Island 's Pier 206.
A US Navy 110-foot (34 m) submarine chaser in July 1943. Victory Shipbuilding was the name of two shipbuilding companies that built vessels during World War 2.The first was the Victory Shipbuilding Company, of Holland, Michigan, and the second was the Victory Shipbuilding Corporation, of Newport Beach, California.
USS SC-632 was a SC-497 class submarine chaser that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was laid down on 23 February 1942 by the Mathis Yacht Building Co. in Camden, New Jersey and launched on 25 June 1942. She was commissioned on 2 September 1942. She foundered on 16 September 1945 off the coast of Okinawa. Her hulk was ...