USS Puffer (SS 268), the fourth submarine constructed by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company during World War II, was launched on Nov. 22, 1942. Over nine successful patrols in the Pacific ...
The company was incorporated in 1902 by Elias Gunnell, Charles C. West and Lynford E. Geer, bought the plant from H. B. & G. B. Burger at Manitowoc and developed it into a modern shipbuilding ...
MANITOWOC – Wisconsin Maritime Museum is celebrating the legacy of Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company building 28 submarines for World War II with a "28 Boats, 28 Days" campaign in February.
Seven crewmen on deck of USS Lagarto circa 1944. Bottom row, from left: Wardour Britain, Glen Halstead, Leslie Doud and Doran Taylor. Top row, from left: Samuel Remington, Robert Patterson and ...
In his two-hour speech last week, President Trump announced plans to create an office of shipbuilding to increase naval strength.