Biographie
He graduated from California Maritime Academy in 1944.
He went to sea in the Merchant Marine in the Pacific during World War II, and after the war continued to go to sea, rising in rank to chief mate, and obtaining his master's license.
He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1947.
He he worked ashore in San Francisco and Tacoma with Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company.
In 1957 he negotiated the sale of the C.A. Thayer to the State of California as a museum vessel. Captain Huycke spent several years in the shipping industry, loading ships as a cargo supervisor from Central American ports to British Columbia and extending to Hawaii.
He also participated in the restoration of the wooden steam schooner Wapama. Capt. Huycke retired after 18 years as a self- employed marine surveyor, during which time he was hired to survey cargo, big and small ships, commodities, drafts, U.S Navy wooden minesweepers, fishing boats of all sizes, and yachts.
He wrote several books on maritime history, including "To Santa Rosalia, Further and Back", a detailed history of a dozen German sailing ships detained in Mexico during the First World War. His great passion was researching sailing ships, steam schooners, shipbuilding, and the sea-going experiences of the men who sailed on those ships.
Références
- Snapp, Jeremy S. (1999)
- Newell, Gordon (Ed.) (1966)
- Newell, Gordon (Ed.) (1977)
