The Higgins boat is one of the iconic vessels of World War II. The Higgins boat, known as an LCVP, took US and allied troops ashore across Europe and the Pacific. The man behind it, Andrew Higgins, ...
During the 1930s, Higgins Industries perfected a work boat, dubbed the “Eureka’’ model, designed for the swamps and marshes of the Gulf Coast. The shallow-draft boat could operate in just 18 inches of ...
Thanks to a Lufkin man and others, a World War II Higgins boat will get a new lease on life. Former Lufkin council member Rufus Duncan, along with A. Baker Duncan III and Robert B. Phelps, donated the ...