Higgins Industries

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Higgins Industries was the company owned by Andrew Higgins based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Higgins is most famous for the design and production of the Higgins boat, an amphibious landing craft referred to as LCVP, which were used extensively in D-Day Invasion of Normandy. Higgins was also one of the manufacturers of PT boats, and produced the first American airborne lifeboat, the model A-1 lifeboat. Andrew Higgins also owned the Higgins Lumber and Export Co. and Higgins Aircraft.