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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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