Peter M. Jurich was born on the island of Brac, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia to Dominick and Katherine Sekul Jurich. He and his four...

The daughter of Joseph Remus Langlinais and Ophelia LeBlanc Langlinais, Ophelia was born in 1905. In search of a better life, the family...

Born in 1920 to Mateo “Mike” and Margaret Misko Marinovich, Mary Helena was the second child, and eldest of the daughters. Their parents...

Joseph Alcide Barras was born in St. Martinville, Louisiana in 1875 to Alexandre and Madeline (Guilbeau) Barras, both of French descent....

Born in Biloxi, in 1846 to Charles Eugene McCaleb and Mary Ellen Webb, Frederick Henry McCaleb became a prominent member of the Biloxi...

Beginning in a small, wooden workshop on Fayard Street in Biloxi, Philip Dellenger, Sr. establish his sheet metal business in 1949....

Biloxi native, Charles E. Gilbert, Sr. was born in October1927 to Alphonse and Henrietta Gilbert. One of twelve children, he was...

Alec and Alice McCaleb were the owners and operators of the ALICE M. Alec, also referred to as "Alex", was a boatbuilder for A.W....

Robert Begnaud served as captain of the PECK WILLIAMS for 18 years. Built in Mobile, Alabama, in 1971, the PECK WILLIAMS was the largest...

Peter Buzolich was born in Milna, Austria on December 24, 1886. He arrived at the Port of New York on the "Pennsylvania" on October 24,...

Artist rendering of the THELMA BEE at the Annual Blessing of the Fleet. Biloxi lugger, length=35ft Built 1946 in Louisiana Owned by Jack...

Wooden Lugger; 40-50 ft Built by George Ross, Jr. – Heron Bay/Dauphin Island, AL (circa 1870) The ORA MAE was the first of several boats...

Wooden trawler, length=42 ft. Owned and refurbished by Earl Wildon Ross The LITTLE PUMPKIN was the first actual shrimp boat owned by Earl...

Biloxi Lugger, length=47.7; beam=5.9 Built in 1936 by Oral “Fatty Jack” Covacevich of Covacevich Brothers Shipyard, Biloxi, MS Owned by...

Dual mast schooner, length=37 feet, beam= 14 feet; and hole depth 6 feet. Built in the 1891 by Casimer Harvey in Biloxi, MS. Named for...

Biloxi Lugger, length=37.7; beam=12 Built in 1929 by Jules Galle. Owned by John Skrnich, Jr. The DEBORAH was purchased in 1935 by John...

Biloxi lugger, length=45 feet; Wooden Built in 1930 by Adolph “Doffie” Ross in Biloxi, MS. Named for his youngest son, Clyde Ross. The...

Serendipitously named the “MYSTERY”, the fishing vessel owned by Biloxi’s Mateo “Mike” Marinovich, mostly remains that… a mystery. While...

Mateo Marinovich was born in Milne, Brac Dalmatia, Austria and immigrated to America arriving at the Port of New York in 1905 under the...

Captain Jack Gazzo, Sr. was the third generation of Gazzo’s in Biloxi after Frank Gazzo immigrated to the United States from Italy in...