After adding a front ramp to the design, the famed LCVP “Higgins Boat” was born. Higgins’ amphibious boat designs allowed for the mass delivery of men and equipment from ship to shore. His ships were ...

More than 20,000 boats built. By the war’s end, Higgins Industries had built more than 20,000 boats for the armed forces; contributed to the Manhattan Project; manufactured aircraft wing panels ...

Higgins boat begins to emerge from Lake Mead. (Image: YouTube – The Other Me) Higgins landing craft were built for the military between 1942 to 1945.

From 1932 to 1945, Higgins’ offices were located at 1755 St. Charles Ave., now the site of Houston’s Restaurant. Higgins, born in Nebraska in 1886, moved to New Orleans to manage a lumber company.

In total, 23,000 Higgins Boats were manufactured during the war — which means other companies built them too. Still, the one found at the lake has a distinctive trait linking it to Higgins.

Anyone who has seen “Saving Private Ryan” or “The Longest Day” has seen a Higgins Boat in action. The bow of the boat — a massive steel door — drops and GIs scramble to the beach ...

Ever wondered what it was like to land on the beaches of Normandy during D-Day? At the D-Day Ohio reenactment, we got a rare chance to experience the closest thing to it—riding in an authentic ...

A Higgins boat, one that carried soldiers who landed on beaches across Europe, Asia and Africa, arrived at the Nebraska National Guard Museum in Seward on Thursday. Skip to content.