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And that saves you not only time, but money. tanker could be used to supply oil for his bunkering oper- ation. "I remember when Charles (La Duca) came out to

Rhode Island, it was a beautiful, clear day — January 10, 1949 to be exact," Blount reminisced. "I took he and his wife out on the Rhodoyster."

After demonstrating his feel for tank construction and design (the Rhodoyster was built using 7-diameter tanks),

La Duca expressed that he would need a much larger ves- sel to put his ideas the use — the fueling of oil burning

Great Lakes steamers. Blount's response: "If you can pay me, I'll do it."

Before the ink on his agreement with La Duca was dry,

Blount began construction of his first contracted vessel — the 95 ft. (28.9 m) William H. Bennett. Carrying 50,000 gallons of oil, the tanker was then followed by three additional newbuilds delivered to La Duca by

Luther Blount. Thus began the inauguration of Blount

Industries.

Teaming up with his brother, Nelson, Luther designed and engineered the vessels on grandfather Eddie's oyster property, while Nelson ran the Blount Seafood plant one

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TOP: Autocisco II, which is the Indian translation of "Resting Place" was one of

Blounfs earlier passenger ferries built for operation out Casco Bay, Maine.

LEFT: The first "unofficial" Blount vessel that spawned a successful business ven- ture — the Rhodoyster, Jr. — launched in 1949.

RIGHT: Luther Blount in a recent photo.

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