Courtesy the Times Picayune.
Click on the photo for the original article.

“LCVPs and PT boats line Bayou St. John. They were tested on the water, then placed on railcars and shipped overseas from the river docks.”

From the November 8, 2011 Times Picayune
http://photos.nola.com/tpphotos/2011/11/175higgins_22.html

Photo to the left features Andrew Higgins. The factory was located at what is now
Delgado Community College

3 photos courtesy Jerry Strahan

http://www.nola.com/175years/index.ssf/2011/11/1944_higgins_industries_in_new.html