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Shipyard

Shipyard

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2009

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73 min

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Documentary

Overview

Shipyard is a landmark documentary covering the creation and life of Bellingham, Washington's wooden boat shipyard, which was built in response to the Axis threat of WWII, it's continued growth through the '50's and '60's, as well as it's innovative role in the development and production of fiberglass boats, including patrol riverboats for the Vietnam war.

Keywords

vietnam war
world war ii
maritime
shipbuilding
history and legacy
fiberglass boats
bellingham wa

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RomStadt

September 22, 2022

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9/10

Great interesting documentary on a little-known detail of another Northwest contribution to important U.S. history and industry. Who knew that the small city of Bellingham, WA was responsible for the majority of minesweepers, and later, Vietnam era PT riverboats? Fascinating stuff. Shipyard presents

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