US Army AF 42footairsearescueboat drydock 1945

Hunt Marine Service and Hunt Boat Company was a wooden

shipbuilding Shipbuilding is the construction of ships and other floating vessels. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, also called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to befor ...

company in

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. To support the

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demand for ships Ackerman Boat Company

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...

switched over to military construction and built 13 craft for the

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and five craft for the

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. These ships were assigned to the

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where they transported supplies and personnel around the

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. The shipyard was located at the

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in the same cannel as Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard. The address was 790 Wright Ave, Richmond on the Parr Canal. Hunt Boat Company was founded by R. J Hunt a Naval Architect. Before and after the war, Hunt built stock and custom-built speed boats and

cabin cruiser A cabin cruiser is a type of power boat that provides accommodation for its crew and passengers inside the structure of the craft. A cabin cruiser usually ranges in size from in length, with larger pleasure craft usually considered yachts. Many ...

s. The stock boat was 30-foot cruiser.

Rescue Boats

Built 42 foot

Crash rescue boat Crash Rescue Boat is a name used in the United States to describe military high-speed offshore rescue boats, similar in size and performance to motor torpedo boats, used to rescue pilots and aircrews of crashed aircraft. During World War II th ...

s for

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Air-Sea-Rescue Boat design 221, gasoline-powered, with twin screws, built in 1943. These used two

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/ Hudson Invader Marine Engine or a

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Sea Ranger 6 Marine engine. This was the smallest size Rescue Boats, the large boats were 63 or 85 or 104 feet. *P-256 *P-257 *P-258 *P-259 *P-260 *P-261 Later renamed ''Patono''

Patrol boat

Built US Army 42 foot,

Patrol boat A patrol boat (also referred to as a patrol craft, patrol ship, or patrol vessel) is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence, border security, or law enforcement. There are many designs for patrol boats, and the ...

s and command boats, design 221-B, in 1944 (utility boats), same specs as Crash rescue boats: *J-1363 *J-1364 *J-1365 *J-1366 *J-1367 *J-1368 *J-1369 *J-1370 *J-1371 *J-1372 *J-1373 *J-1374

Tugboats

Built

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Tugboat A tugboat or tug is a marine vessel that manoeuvres other vessels by pushing or pulling them, with direct contact or a tow line. These boats typically tug ships in circumstances where they cannot or should not move under their own power, su ...

s Design 329, at 36 feet in 1943. U.S. Army Marine Tractors or Motor Towboat ''MT'':U.S. Army Marine Tractors (MT, MTL) ''shipbuildinghistory''
/ref> *MT 383 *MT 384 *MT 385 *MT 386 *MT 387 *MT 388 *MT 389

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Rescue Boats

Patrol boat

Tugboats

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