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Astoria Yard’s WW II YMS Minesweepers

Posted on March 8, 2017 by seamarsh

AMCCO Shipyard’s Minesweeper (YMS) Production Remembered The 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor last December gives us a chance to review the incredible history of the “war at home” in Astoria—a time when thousands of ordinary women performed … Continue reading →

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WW II Minesweeper Tradition Lives on in Seattle Yard

Posted on December 18, 2016 by seamarsh

Wooden Hulls Still Restored at Pacific Fishermen Yard Almost every kind of boat imaginable has traveled up and down the Seattle Ship Canal and through the locks over the last 100 years, but few of the thousands of crew or … Continue reading →

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