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Old 11-05-2007, 08:29 AM
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Default Re: Navy Top ?

The Navy top comes from the civilian copying of the canopy on the old captain's gig, according to my neighbor, who is 84 years old, and a retired Navy Lt. Commander. I asked them what they called it in the Navy back in WWII, and he said they just called it the boat canopy.
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