The Higgins boat itself was rather small and simple. Its cargo space, located at the forward three quarters of the boat, could carry 8,000 pounds, or a little over 3,600 kilograms.

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 ...

The Higgins boat itself was rather small and simple. Its cargo space, located at the forward three quarters of the boat, could carry 8,000 pounds, or a little over 3,600 kilograms.

Meyer says this Higgins boat was in the lead assault on Sicily. "Tarawa and the Pacific, the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Guam and the Philippines and Okinawa. Yeah, she’s quite the lady.

Invented by 2019 NIHF Inductee Andrew Higgins, the Higgins Boat, or Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP), was used to land American troops on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. D-Day; June 6, 1944.

Military history buffs, family of veterans and engineers, curious locals and several out-of-town visitors watched excitedly as a Higgins boat rolled into Pawnee Park on July 5. The boat, on ...

Andrew Jackson Higgins invented the landing craft. It was paired with the LST 325 boat built in Evansville. The boats played a major role in helping the United States win the war.

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 ...

The flat-bottom Higgins boat itself was slightly more than 36 feet in length with a beam of just under 11 feet and was powered by a 225-horsepower Gray Marine 6-71 diesel engine at a maximum speed ...

Thanks to a Lufkin man and others, a World War II Higgins boat will get a new lease on life. Former Lufkin council member Rufus Duncan, along with A. Baker Duncan III and Robert B. Phelps, donated the ...

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.