15 MARCH 1910 USS NINÀ The expansion of our fleet during the Civil War necessitated a supporting infrastructure that included a variety of yard craft. In the latter years of that war, our Navy contracted for the construction of nine iron Read More
30 DECEMBER 1944 USS PORCUPINE AND THE IX-TANKERS The Allied island-hopping drive across the Pacific in WWII created logistical problems for our Navy. Not the least was the need to fuel our massive naval and air fleets. Rather than build fixed Read More