Wheeler Shipbuilding

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Wheeler Shipbuilding was an American boatbuilding company best known for constructing the yacht Granma, which carried Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba in 1956.

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Wheeler Shipbuilding canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf boat builder ⓘ
motor yacht ⓘ
shipbuilding company ⓘ
activity constructing boats ⓘ
designing boats ⓘ
associatedWith Cuban Revolution ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Cuban Revolution (indirectly, via Granma) ⓘ
linked to: Cuban Revolution
basedIn Brooklyn, New York ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn

New York City ⓘ
builder Wheeler Shipbuilding ⓘ
builtFor government agencies ⓘ
private owners ⓘ
builtVessel Granma ⓘ
ceasedOperation 20th century ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
displayedAt Museum of the Revolution, Havana ⓘ
foundedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance builder of the yacht used in the start of the Cuban Revolution ⓘ
industry boatbuilding ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
knownFor constructing the yacht Granma ⓘ
launchedInDecade 1940s ⓘ
locationCountry United States ⓘ
notableEvent voyage from Tuxpan, Mexico to Cuba in 1956 ⓘ
notableWork yacht Granma ⓘ
operatedDuring World War II ⓘ
operator 26th of July Movement ⓘ
Fidel Castro ⓘ
product commercial vessels ⓘ
motorboats ⓘ
pleasure craft ⓘ
yachts ⓘ
status preserved as a memorial in Havana ⓘ
supplied United States Coast Guard ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedFor recreational cruising ⓘ
transporting revolutionaries from Mexico to Cuba ⓘ

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Granma → builder → Wheeler Shipbuilding ⓘ
Granma → builder → Wheeler Shipbuilding ⓘ
subject linked to: Wheeler Shipbuilding