Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Aber­foil — Freight Schooner Built in Moss Point, Miss., 1919 Builder: Dant­zler Ship­yard Reg­is­tra­tion #220835 Descrip­tion: 267.3 Length, 46.0 breadth, 23.6 depth… Usage: Freight — Home­port: New York Dant­zler Ship­build­ing & Dry Docks Com­pa­ny Main Office &…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin The $35 mil­lion con­tract for 2 U. S. Navy Polaris Sub­ma­rine Ten­ders. A vital link in sup­port of the U. S. Navy’s Polaris Weapons Sys­tem. Capa­ble of mak­ing any sub­ma­rine repair, ser­vic­ing and main­tain­ing the nuclear…
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Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. 1939 Tom Daw­son, came from Bells, Texas

Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. 1943 Sue Wil­son of Van­cleave, Miss.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! They came to work! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. 1943 — E. C. Cok­er, of Philadel­phia, Miss.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Jobs, pay­checks! The Econ­o­my! Ship­build­ing from 1939 to 1945 was non stop. It was ’round the clock — A hard day’s night for many.

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin USS Con­sti­tu­tion added 2 new pho­tos. Take a look at the first offi­cial USS Con­sti­tu­tion com­mand pho­to tak­en in Dry Dock One locat­ed in Charlestown Navy Yard. HUZZAH!!!!

Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Just TWO more of the hun­dreds of ship­builders.… May 1877 Adver­tise­ments, Star of Pascagoula News­pa­per R. D. SMITH, SHIPBUILDER AND SPARMAKER, East Pascagoula, Miss. FIRST YARD ABOVE R.R. BRIDGE Ves­sel hauled out and repaired prompt­ly, and on…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin MARITIME Pio­neer Capt. THOMAS RHODES of the Mis­sis­sip­pi Sound, Pascagoula, Escataw­pa, Mobile and Alaba­ma Rivers. A real pio­neer, CAPTAIN THOMAS RHODES, was one of the first OR THE FIRST to estab­lish a line of STEAMBOATS between Mobile…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin USS Hayler (DD997) Mul­ti­mis­sion Destroy­er — Litton/Ingalls Feb 10, 1983 Naval His­to­ry & Her­itage Com­mand with Hoang De The USS Hayler (DD 997) pulls along side USS Theodore Roo­sevelt (CVN 71) for refu­el­ing at sea on June…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin JUNE 6 — On this day in 1944, Allied forces land troops on Nor­mandy beach­es for the largest amphibi­ous land­ing in his­to­ry — Oper­a­tion Over­lord (D‑Day). April 10, 1941 the C3 Car­go Ship “SS EXCELSIOR” — 3rd…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Pascagoula has been involved in boat build­ing for so many years! The Pascagoula Riv­er was the LARGEST ship­build­ing site on the Gulf Coast from 1811 to 1830. Twelve were record­ed in the New Orleans Port records, but…
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Con­tributed by Else Mar­tin Unit­ed States Coast Guard Divi­sion 8, Off­shore Patrol Force PASCAGOULA PORT, 1927–1935 Pascagoula Select­ed As Port  For Six 100-Foot Cut­ters of Coast Guard Flotil­la Will Arrive From Atlantic Seaboard Lat­ter Part of May. Cham­ber of Com­merce Gives Effec­tive Co-oper­a­­tion…
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