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Flash I

This sailboat (Star #902) was purchased by JFK and his brother Joe and was built by Parkman Yachts in Brooklyn, New York in 1932. Jack…

Flash II

JFK and his brother Joe owned this Star class boat (star #721) from 1934 to 1941. The boat was built by H.B. Atkin of the…

The Honey Fitz

JFK loved to sail and regularly used the presidential yacht throughout his presidency. The 92 foot vessel was originally built in 1933 and was christened…

marlin

Marlin

Marlin was JFK’s 52 foot cruiser that was normally docked at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport. It had been built in 1930 for Edsel Ford…

One More

Along with the Tenovus, this was a 16 foot Wianno junior class sailboat that was popular on Cape Cod when JFK was growing up. It…

Onemore

Onemore was a sailboat purchased by the Kennedy family in 1935. [454, p. 248]

PT 109

PT 109

PT 109 is the motor torpedo boat that JFK was commanding when it was sliced in two by a Japanese destroyer off the Solomon Islands…

PT 59

PT 59

JFK was given command of this Navy vessel on September 1, 1943 after returning to duty following his recovery from the sinking of PT-109 in…

Rose Elizabeth

JFK’s first boat was the sailboat that he co-owned with his older brother Joe, Jr. after it was given to them by their parents in…

Tenovus

This was a 16 foot Wianno junior class sloop that was purchased for use by all the Kennedy children but especially Joe, Jr. and Jack…

The Caroline K

This was a outboard runabout type boat purchased in July, 1960 by Joseph P. Kennedy as a birthday present for Jacqueline Kennedy. It was made…

Victura

This 26 foot Wianno Senior class sailboat was given to JFK by his parents for his 15th birthday.

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