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D43210-8
Date(s)
- 1949-06-15 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding. Sea trials of the Acania show her on Commencement Bay. She was recently restored and refurbished at J.M.Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. The 126 foot motor vessel was built in 1929 by Pusey and Jones in Wilmington, Delaware, and designed by John H. Wells, an internationally known yacht designer. She operated on the east coat for years. When World War II began the Navy took the yacht over and made her into a fire boat on San Francisco Bay. (TNT, 7/3/1949, p.A-16)
J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ship trials--Tacoma--1940-1950;