A Little History...about this 72 year old USN Lifeboat...
We like History - History, Local History, and Local History About Boats, and about One Boat in particular... Here is one article written seven years ago in the Manchester Cricket... " In 1953, Burrage Woodberry, an employee at Manchester Marine boat yard purchased a 26 foot double-ended open whale boat which had been built in 1942 as a utility craft for the U.S. Navy. During World War II, she was shipped overseas as part of America's Lend Lease Program, and saw service with

