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WWII Globe American Corp Boat Builder Plate 1944 Kokomo IN Naval Military

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Original WWII naval builder plate manufactured by Globe American Corp. Dated Built 11-22-44 and stamped with complete vessel specifications including length, beam, depth, persons capacity, and metal specifications. Engraved inspector code and Pat. This metal identification plate was originally attached to a U. Navy small craft or auxiliary boat produced during World War II, part… (read more)

Ship model John Adams 184 scale by renown Model builder Nikita Karpenko

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Karpenko was born in Poltava, in the Ukraine. Member of the’45 Group with his wife Margaret. President Roosevelt had a Carpenko (sometimes spelled this way), a true model of the Hudson River packet sloop Experiment, which sailed for China in 1785, in his Oval Office. He gave this trade up in the 1940s and began… (read more)