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Frolic - Passenger Launch Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Frolic - Passenger Launch Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
Leader - Passenger Launch Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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Bluenose I - Passenger and Motor Vehicle Ferry Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Bluenose I - Passenger and Motor Vehicle Ferry Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
Vinalhaven II - Ferry Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Vinalhaven II - Ferry Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: For over a year [after the start of WWII] the Penobscot Bay islands had no regular ferry service. Local fishermen and boat owners filled in as best they could. Then, at a special town meeting in August 1942, Vinalhaven voted to raise $55,000 to build a powerboat. The result was a sixty-five-foot, diesel-powered “motorship” named “Vinalhaven II,” built in Southwest Harbor, Maine. The boat went into service in July 1943, and Charles Philbrook was her captain…” – “Stories from the Maine Coast: Skppers, Ships and Storms” by Harry Gratwick, The History Press, 2012, p. 54-55. "The “Vinalhaven II”, 57 gross tons owned by the Vinalhaven Port District, Inc. of Rockland was built [by Southwest Boat Corporation] in 1943 to serve the island of Vinalhaven with passenger and freight service to Rockland." - "Boatbuilding During World War II: MDI, Ellsworth, Stonington and Bluehill" by Ralph W. Stanley, p. 10 - 1997. “Vinalhaven II” was designed by Cyrus “Cy” Hamlin. “Clarence” Bennett, a fisherman, was one of the group that raised the money to build “Vinalhaven II.” – Ralph W. Stanley 2011. [show more] | |||
Restless - Ferry Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Restless - Ferry Southwest Harbor Public Library | |||
Swans Island Ferry William S. Silsby Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Swans Island Ferry William S. Silsby Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: “William S. Silsby,” 98 tons, was built by Wiley Manufacturing, Port Deposit, Maryland, in 1959 for the Maine State Ferry Service from Bass Harbor to Swans Island, Maine. The vessel was named for William Schoppee Silsby (1902-1986). She was auctioned off in 1992 and ended up as a floating restaurant, renamed "Monhegan," at Monhegan Island, Maine, owned by Captain Ray Remick. |