Two Tall Ships With World War II Connections Visiting Chicago-- Part 1

From the July 28, 2013, Chicago Tribune "Tall Ships Chicago 2013."

Two of the 14 ships in Chicago August 7-11th have World War II connections.

HINDI (USA)-- Designed in 1925 by the famous William H. Hand Jr. who pioneered V-bottom power boats and first sailed under the name "Princess Pat." She was purchased and sailed to India in 1928 as a spice trader and her name changed one last time to Hindu.

In World War II, the Hindu was commissioned by the U.S. Navy to patrol the coast of the United States searching for German U-boats. After the war, she remained in Provincetown, Mass., as a charter vessel, helping pioneer the whale-watching industry before being restored in 2012.

--GreGen