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industry; 64 boats were in service and seven under construction in 1879. By this time, shipbuilding (pleasure craft, cargo vessels, fishing vessels) boomed in Greenport. The Greenport Basin and Construction Company, famous yacht builders, became a large repair and docking facility for menhaden
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for private customers. In 1917 the company became involved in a tax case against the United States, in which it protested the assessment of an "excess profits" tax. The case made its way to the
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vessels. (Today, the company is known as Greenport Yacht and Shipbuilding.) Menhaden vessels or "bunker boats" were said to have lined the shoreline along Main and Front Streets.
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Village of Greenport Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
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by Greenport Basin and Construction Company, in 1940.
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Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry
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Index

Greenport Basin and Construction
shipbuilder
Greenport, Suffolk County, New York
menhaden
United States Navy
World War I
World War II
yachts
U.S. Supreme Court
historic preservation
USS Acme (AMc-61)
minesweeper
USS Adamant (AMc-62)
USS Advance (AMc-63)
USS Aggressor (AMc-64)
USS Alarka (YTB-229)
tugboat
USS Ardent (SP-680)
USS Atlantis (SP-40)
motorboat
USS Avalon (1908)
patrol vessel
USS Beluga (SP-536)
USS Chingachgook (SP-35)
USS Condor (AMS-5)
USS Fulmar (AMc-46)
USS Hatak (YTB-219)
USS Iona (YTB-220)
USS Jacamar (AMc-47)
USS Lark (AMS-23)

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