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For more information about Dr. We publish both hardcover and paperback books. It is our goal to publish books of value that provide both reference and entertainment. We are here to help new writers become published authors. Energy - Its Mystique, Uses, and Consequences. A Sun That Did Not Rise.

82 WW II Subchaser model - Delivered Door County Maritime Museum, March, 2017. Still playing with boats, trains and sawdust - Labradors, fishing and buck hunting! Grandpa John, E. FOSS tugboat at Woodlake, Kohler, WI.

These pages tell the story of the U. Davenport, a Tacoma Class U. Navy Patrol Frigate that was manned by U. During 1945, she saw duty on an anti-sub patrol, as an escort for a North Atlantic convoy and as a weather ship off the coast of Newfoundland, logging more than 24,000 nautical miles at sea. Photo of the USS Davenport, taken on 26 June 1945 in Charleston Harbor, SC, en route to Argentia,.

Industrial site since the Gold Rush. Built first steel ships on Pacific. Largest repair yard in the west, employing hundreds. Historic industrial structures wait for new uses. More than 60 bay front acres seek the right mix of preservation and development.