Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886 to 1 August 1952) was an American businessman and boatbuilder, born in Columbus, Nebraska, who founded Higgins Industries, the New Orleans manufacturer of the Higgins boat, the LCVP landing craft of the Second World War. After working in the lumber, shipping and boat building trades he formed the Higgins Lumber and Export Co. in 1922, and in 1926 he designed the Eureka boat, a shallow-draft craft for oil drillers and trappers on the Gulf coast whose propeller was recessed into a semi-tunnel in the hull and which had a spoonbill bow. When the lumber company failed he kept going the boatbuilding firm he had established in 1930 as Higgins Industries. The Navy and Marine Corps tested his Eureka boat in 1938, and giving it a ramp bow produced the LCVP, of which over 23,000 were built. His company grew to over 85,000 workers by the figure the Wikipedia article gives, and he insisted on a workforce of all races and genders. Dwight Eisenhower is quoted as saying Higgins was the man who won the war for us.
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Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886 – 1 August 1952) was an American businessman and boatbuilder who founded Higgins Industries, the New Orleans–based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, or LCVPs) during World War II.
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Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886-1 August 1952) was an American businessman and boatbuilder who founded Higgins Industries, the New Orleans-based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, or LCVPs) during World War II.
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Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886-1 August 1952) was an American businessman and boatbuilder who founded Higgins Industries, the New Orleans-based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, or LCVPs) during World War II.
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Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886-1 August 1952) was an American businessman and boatbuilder who founded Higgins Industries, the New Orleans-based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, or LCVPs) during World War II.
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Andrew Jackson Higgins (28 August 1886-1 August 1952) was an American businessman and boatbuilder who founded Higgins Industries, the New Orleans-based manufacturer of "Higgins boats" (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel, or LCVPs) during World War II.
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He kept his boatbuilding firm (established in 1930 as Higgins Industries) in business, constructing motorboats, tugs and barges, for the private market as well as the United States Coast Guard.
View the Source2. University of New Orleans Library: MSS 177 - Higgins Industries Collection, Addendum 1: Inventory
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Andrew Higgins died of a stomach ailment at age sixty-five on August 1, 1952
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