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 of 45 forty-two foot cruiser hulls built in the 1940 model year, as indicated by the last two digits. She is one of only five of this model known to still be afloat, and the only one in her original configuration.
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.