The boat, one of only 16 left in the world, was discovered 18 months ago at the bottom of Lake Shasta in Northern California. It will be dedicated in Seward ...

In all, the Higgins plants produced more than 20,000 boats during World War II. Higgins boats were used in every major American amphibious operation in the European and Pacific theaters.

The Higgins Boats were manufactured in New Orleans. KTBS-3 News first learned of the coin release while interviewing Richie Self, owner of American Coin and Collectibles on Pierremont Road in ...

Higgins manufactured more than 20,000 boats during his decades-long career. His landing craft were used in every major amphibious assault of World War II, from the shores of Europe to the Pacific ...

American boatbuilder Andrew Jackson Higgins is 'the man who won' World War II – here’s his victorious story Andrew Jackson Higgins built shallow-draft boats in New Orleans for Delta oilmen and ...

Higgins boats were made out of mahogany plywood, and the boat in Lake Shasta is believed to have stayed preserved over the years by Lake Shasta’s cold water. Shasta-Trinity National Forest ...

Higgins designed the boats at his office on St. Charles Avenue. But his company operated seven facilities around the city including one where Delgado Community College is currently located in Mid ...

Andrew Jackson Higgins, the man Dwight D. Eisenhower once credited with winning World War II, was a wild and wily genius. At the New Orleans plant where his company built the boats that brought ...