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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZT_u-s-s-puffer-ss-268-historical_Manitowoc-WI.html
Keel Laid 16 February 1942 Launched 22 November 1942 Commissioned 27 April 1943 On 7 September 1943 the U.S.S. Puffer departed Darwin, Australia, to begin her first patrol. She sank 3 vessels, including a submarine tender and a 5,113 ton tank…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZS_u-s-s-rasher-ss-269-historical_Manitowoc-WI.html
Keel Laid 4 May 1942 Launched 20 December 1942 Commissioned 8 June 1943 On 3 October 1943 the U.S.S. Rasher departed Darwin, Australia, to begin her first patrol. By the end of the war she completed 8 patrols. She was credited with sinking 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UZM_u-s-s-pompon-ss-267-historical_Manitowoc-WI.html
Keel Laid 26 November 1941 Launched 15 August 1942 Commissioned 17 March 1943 On 10 July 1943 the U.S.S. Pompon left Brisbane, Australia, to begin her first patrol. She sank a 5,871 ton transport during this patrol. On her sixth and most succ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UUB_u-s-s-pogy-ss-266-historical_Manitowoc-WI.html
Keel Laid 15 September 1941 Launched 23 June 1942 Commissioned 10 January 1943 On 15 April 1943 the U.S.S. Pogy departed Pearl Harbor to begin her first patrol. The Pogy sank 3 vessels, including a 5,000 ton transport loaded with troops, duri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UTH_u-s-s-peto-ss-265-historical_Manitowoc-WI.html
Keel Laid 18 June 1941 Launched 30 April 1942 Commissioned 21 November 1942 The U.S.S. Peto was the first submarine built by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company. On 2 April 1943 she left Brisbane, Australia, to begin her first patrol. By the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KGV_vernon-disaster_Two-Rivers-WI.html
BURIED here are the bodies of nine unidentified members of the crew of the Steamer Vernon, which foundered off Two Rivers in a violent storm the night of October 28-29, 1887. Forty persons were aboard the vessel. Only one, a stoker survived. He su…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AUX_steamer-vernon_Two-Rivers-WI.html
Type: packet steamerBuilt: 1886, J.P. Smith, ChicagoSank: October 29, 1887 Lives lost: 40 to 50Length: 177' Beam: 26'Cargo: passengers, pig iron, produce, fish, package freight, barrel stavesPropulsion: steam screw (propeller)Depth of Wreckage: …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13AI_rawley-point-lighthouse_Two-Rivers-WI.html
On this prominent point of land, a major threat to navigation on Lake Michigan's western shore, Rawley Point Lighthouse was erected in 1894 and is the only one of its kind on the Great Lakes. The tower is a reconstruction and enlargement of an old…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM133S_kiel-veterans-park_Kiel-WI.html
In memory ofour departed comradeswho gave their todayfor your tomorrowPost 6707
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM132K_fricke-brewery_Manitowoc-WI.html
Fricke Brewery934-936 South Tenth Streetc. 1865is listed in theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior8th Street Historic DistrictManitowoc, Wisconsin
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