Defoe Shipbuilding Company as a Presidential Yacht. It was called the "Barbara Anne" by President Eisenhower after his granddaughter, the "Honey Fitz" by President Kennedy in honor of his maternal grandfather John Francis Fitzgerald, and the "Tricia" by President Nixon after his daughter. In 1941, the name of the company was changed to Defoe Shipbuilding Company. During World War II, all production went to the war effort. From 1939 to 1945, the company built 154 ships, including four s, 13 destroyer escorts, 11 destroyer transports (converted destroyer escorts), patrol craft, and numerous landing craft of various types. The brand-new Defoe family yacht even
A Taste for Honey A Taste for Honey A Taste for Honey is a 1941 mystery novel by H. F. Heard. "A Taste for Honey" was the first of three novels Heard wrote about a Mr. Mycroft, strongly implied to be an elderly Sherlock Holmes in retirement on the Sussex Downs. The novel's two sequels are "Reply Paid" (1945) and "The Notched Hairpin" (1949). Heard also wrote two short stories featuring the detective for "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine": "Mr. Montalba, Obsequist" (September 1945) and "The Enchanted Garden" (March 1949). Christopher Morley called "A Taste for Honey" the only worthwhile Sherlock Holmes sequel, adding that