E.C. Joullian Fish & Ice Company/E.C. Joullian Packing Company Born and raised in Selma, Alabama in 1861, Edward Carey Joullian would...

Elizabeth “Libby” Roberts, born in 1958 in Moss Point, MS, was a trailblazer for women in the merchant marine industry. When she first...

Richard Lusk, Sr. and son, Fred Lusk, Sr. began operating the Lusk Shipyard in 1919. This year, Fred Lusk left school his eighth-grade...

Ronnie Bosarge learned the craft of boat building at an early age from his uncle, Laz Bosarge. Born in 1937, he built his first skiff...

Born in Abbeville, Louisiana in 1909, Anna Faulk resided much of her life in Biloxi and was a dedicated worker in the seafood industry....

Born in Biloxi in 1901, Leon Suarez was one of the six children of Anthony Joseph Suarez and Dona Agnes Penton. In Leon’s own words, he...

Biloxi native, Edward Joseph Brou, had a true love of the water from his birth in 1921. His grandfather, Philip Bellman, who owned and...

Born into the prominent seafood and boatbuilding Fountain family of Biloxi, Ethel Fountain was destined to be an active part of the...

Santo Strangi was born to Alberto and Audenzia Pipitone Strangi of Castelvetrano, Trapani, Sicily, Italy in 1886. His family immigrated...

Captained by John M. “Bruno” Rosetti, the ANNIE L was the only steel hull vessel in the area at the time the Hurricane of 1947 was...

Born in 1920 to William and Mary E Witt Thornton, Mary Ellen Thornton was a lifelong native of Biloxi whose life was enveloped in the...

John Mark Rosetti was born in Biloxi in 1912, to Giovanni (John) Paulo Johann Rosetti and Sima (Simeona) Kovacevich, who had earlier...

Designed and built, in 1956 by Master boat builder “Tony Jack” Covacevich, the SILVER KING III was a vessel familiar to John Compton, Sr....

Biloxi native, Mark Compton, grew up fishing the Gulf waters aboard the HAPPY LANDING with his father, John Compton, Sr., a Chandeleur...

Built in 1935 by master boat-builder Jules Galle, the PROGRES was originally owned by Marco Anticich of Anticich Canning Co. The 40-foot...

Alvin Baker was born and raised on Deer Island, just off the Biloxi shore in 1941. Born the son of a third-generation fisherman, Alvin...

Lewis Voorhis Langlinais was born in 1916, in Youngsville, Louisiana, to Jules and Livie Langlinais. At the age of nine years, the family...

Mandeline “Manda” Langlinais was born January 6, 1920 to Peter and Frances Skrmetta in Biloxi. At the age of two, she tragically lost her...

In its original role, the FLYING CLOUD served as a mail delivery boat for the Kiln, MS area. The 35-foot, cypress hull lugger was...

A native of Hancock County, Herman Rieux, also known by friends and family as “Ribs” and “Rosemond”, has contributed to the growth,...