The Defoe Shipbuilding Company was a small ship builder established in 1905 in Bay City, Michigan, United States. It ceased to operate in 1976 after failing to renew its contracts with the United Stat
Splinter fleet or Splinter navy was a nickname given to the United States wooden boats used in World War II. The boats served in many different roles during the war. These boats were built in small bo
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…Lightship Huron Wooden boats of World War 2 Information on the Defoe Shipbuilding Company on defoenet.com Archived October 18, 2006, at the Wayback Machine…
USN wooden subchaser SC-497, first of its class of subchaser that served in World War II
85-foot wooden crash boat P-520 on the Willamette River in Portland in 2007