Family Heirloom

Kathleen Anderson and her boat Gremlin grew up together. In 1953, a month after Kathleen was born, the U.S. Navy motor whaleboat MWB 20039 showed up in her driveway. Her father, Burrage Larcom “Woody” Woodberry, had bought the boat as surplus. Woody and Kathleen’s mother, Dorothy, named the boat Gremlin. Almost 67 years later, Kathleen and Gremlin are still together.

Kathleen’s father, a World War II U.S. Navy veteran who’d served as a machinist mate aboard a minesweeper