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    255921°W / 33.765481; -118.255921 Wilmington Boat Works, Inc. or WILBO was a shipbuilding company in Wilmington, California. To support the World War...
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    Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington, 8 at Wilmington Boat Works Inc., Wilmington, California, 6 at Luders Marine Construction Co. of Stamford...
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    69-foot (21.0 m) wooden ship built in 1931 as a luxury yacht by the Wilmington Boat Works in Los Angeles for movie director Roland West, who named the ship...
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  • production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer who had her rebuilt by the Wilmington Boat Works in Wilmington, California in 1934 to resemble the three-masted full-rigged...
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    Implicit 455 Wilmington Boat Works Inc., Wilmington, California 1954-1994 Sold to Taiwan 1994 [34] Inflict 456 Wilmington Boat Works Inc., Wilmington, California...
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    Sub Chaser, & rescue boat Wilmington Boat Works in Wilmington, Sub Chaser, Harbor Tug, Rescue boat Pacific Boat, Terminal Island, Wood BC Deck Barge Patten-Blinn...
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    The Battle of Wilmington was fought February 11–22, 1865, during the American Civil War, mostly outside the city of Wilmington, North Carolina, between...
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    as an SC-497 class submarine chaser on 14 May 1942 by the Wilmington Boat Works in Wilmington, California and launched on 2 November 1942. She was commissioned...
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    by the U.S. Navy. She was laid down on 30 December 1952 by Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington, California, launched on 27 May 1954; sponsored by Mrs. Louis...
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    prevent the safe passage of ships. Implicit was launched by Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington, California 1 August 1953; sponsored by Mrs. Landon Horton...
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  • 18 October 1940, by purchase from Mr. Anton Sumic; conversion by Wilmington Boat Works, San Pedro, California, and completed on 22 March 1941; and placed...
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    Pivot by the Navy, AM–463 was laid down 31 March 1952 by Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington, California; launched 9 January 1954; sponsored by Mrs. Minor...
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  • destined for Hollywood "'The Boys in the Boat'." The News Journal, Wilmington, DE, Apr 19, 2016. "The Boys in the Boat." Alive, Delhi,  no. 381, 07, 2014,...
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    Navy, MSO-464, a minesweeper, was laid down 31 March 1952 by Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington, California; launched 6 February 1954; sponsored by Mrs. Robert...
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    of ships. Prestige (AM–465) was laid down 15 April 1952 by Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington, California; launched 30 April 1954; sponsored by Mrs. William...
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    - 38-ft Picket Boat Boat, 52' Wooden-Hulled Motor Lifeboat > United States Coast Guard > Boats (Less than 65 ft) Wilmington Fire Boat History Mike Legeros...
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    10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 8 February 2012 Wilmington Boat Works Archived 10 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 8 February...
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    Reaper by the Navy, MSO-467 was laid down 15 May 1952 by Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington, California; launched 25 June 1954; sponsored by Mrs. John...
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    Inflict by the Navy, AM-456 was launched 16 October 1953 by Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington, Los Angeles; sponsored by Mrs. Robert E. Carlson; and commissioned...
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    SC-497 class submarine chaser on 11 April 1942 by the Wilmington Boat Works, Inc. in Wilmington, California and launched on 7 September 1942. She was...
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    cross training on these small boats was mandatory. ASR-85s were built by 14 shipyards: Wilmington Boat Works in Wilmington, California, Peterson Builders...
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    to be named Loyalty by the Navy, AM-457 was laid down by Wilmington Boat Works Inc., Wilmington, California, 9 November 1951; launched 22 November 1953;...
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    SC-497 class submarine chaser on 2 November 1942 by the Wilmington Boat Works in Wilmington, California and launched on 1 May 1943. She was commissioned...
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  • Netflix show 'Outer Banks' files permits to shoot scenes in the Wilmington area". Wilmington StarNews Charleston. Retrieved February 29, 2024. Oyer, Kalyn...
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    Harbor Boat Building Company, Fellows & Stewart, Hodgson-Greene-Haldeman Shipbuilders, Peyton Company, Wilmington Boat Works, Al Larson Boat Shop, Garbutt-Walsh...
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    training and two short yard periods in May and August, at Wilmington Boat Works, Wilmington, California, for duty in the Far East. On 1 October 1956,...
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    Ackerman started the Ackerman Boat Company was in 1943. Ackerman Boat Company worked with Consolidated Steel's Wilmington shipyard to build the Tugboat...
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  • first fireboat, the Charles S. Windham. The Windham was built by Wilmington Boats Works and financed by the Harbor Department. Erin Kurinsky. "INVENTORY...
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    Wilmington, North Carolina, was a major port for the Confederacy during the American Civil War. It was the last port to fall to the Union Army (February...
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  • which surprised a much larger enemy encampment at New Topsail Inlet, near Wilmington, North Carolina. This small force captured ten men, one 12-pounder howitzer...
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