CC Hull Number 40644 State Registration WN 2966 LH VHF Call Sign WUT 4323
Dowd Ownership
A photo of Ernest Healy "Sonny" Dowd. His father, Ernest Swepston Dowd, custom-ordered hull #40644 from the Chris-Craft factory in the spring of 1940, and named his new boat Sonny D in honor of his only son.
This is Maranee's hull number plaque. Each boat that Chris-Craft built received a hull number displaying the series and unit numbers in order to identify every vessel that came out of the factory. Maranee was the 44th out of the total 45 42-foot cruiser hulls built in the 1940 model year, as indicated by the last two digits.
This is the original hull card (like a new car window sticker), misspelling Maranee's original name as Sunny Dee, as well as indicating her government numbers, 41 M 588.