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2. Pilar (boat) - Wikipedia

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   Ernest Hemingway owned a 38-foot (12 m) fishing boat named Pilar. It was acquired in April 1934 from Wheeler Shipbuilding in Brooklyn, New York, for $7,495. [1] ". Pilar" was a nickname for Hemingway's second wife, Pauline, and also the name of the woman leader of the partisan band in his 1940 novel The Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls.

3. United States Navy torpedo retrievers - Wikipedia

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   Some gasoline powered boats could reach 20 knots, while others powered by twin Gray Marine 165 diesel engines, reached a speed of 11 knots. They sailed with a crew of six. [23] [9] President Truman fishing off Key West on Big Wheel, a converted 63' torpedo retriever in 1949.

4. Wisteria Island - Wikipedia

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   Wisteria Island. / 24.5678; -81.8108. Wisteria Island is a federally owned, uninhabited island in the lower Florida Keys 645 yards (590 m) northwest of the northwestern corner of the main island and city of Key West, Florida, Monroe County, United States. It is located 280 yards (260 m) north-northeast of Sunset Key ( Tank Island ), its closest ...

5. Two tragic Keys boat crashes, two vastly different charges ...

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   A Key West boat mechanic named ... as it cruised through Safe Harbor Channel at around 25 to 30 mph. ... A rescue boat is at the scene of the boat wreck in Biscayne Bay off North Key Largo on ...

6. Western Union (schooner) - Wikipedia

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   Western Union. /  24.55833°N 81.80750°W  / 24.55833; -81.80750. Western Union is a historic schooner located in Key West, Florida, United States. She is berthed at the Key West Bight at 202 William Street. Western Union is the last surviving authentic working tall ship built in Florida. On May 16, 1984, Western Union was added to the US ...

7. Mariel boatlift - Wikipedia

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   On April 21, the first boat from the harbor docked in Key West and held 48 refugees. By April 25 as many as 300 boats were picking up refugees in Mariel Harbor. Cuban officials also packed refugees into Cuban fishing vessels. [29] Around 1,700 boats brought thousands of Cubans from Mariel to Florida between the months of April and October in ...