Higgins PT Boats

Well ;

    Do you know that many of the Higgins Bow Ramp boats ( LCVP ) are still around ?They convert to great little powered live aboard vessels wher speed is not a requirement . And they are fairly roomy too . Best "Tiny House  "afloat among many .

Higgins greatest accomplishment was probably the LCVP. Essentially this was the Eureka boat or LCPL with a hinged ramp as a bow door. Over 23,000 LCVPs -Landing Craft Vehicle, Personnel were built.

There is a recent book by Charles C. Roberts Jr. The Boat That Won The War available from the Naval Institute Press. The book tells the whole story.

Thanks Jake. Wow, 300 years!

Are you still living there? I loved that museum, and really need to go back. Always adding things.

I wore my "Battleships of Pearl Harbor" Aloha shirt on Memorial Day that I bought at the Museum gift store. One of my favorites.

Met Jon Bon Jovi right outside on the street.

Yes, I would love to go back.

Big Jake ;

 thanks for the links .Those photos reminded me of my three years as a apprentice at Rybovich Boats in Florida ! . You started as a sweeper and if you were smart ,Three years later you had a crew and when your boat was done , if the old man bought it .You were considered a proffessional boat Builder . 10 years and you could be a Master builder .

 I took a short-cut and joined the firm with those " Big Grey Boats ."

 When I visited the plant in the year before I switched services , I was told my time in the Navy , qualified me as a Master Boat builder . This from the old man himself !