Boston Duck Tours | New England By the Numbers

TWO ways (on ground and by water) the DUKW explores Boston; DUKW is derived from General Motors terminology: D (designed in 1942), U (utility), K (all-wheel drive), W (dual real axles) 21,000 number of DUKWs built by General Motors during WWII 28 number of DUKW replicas in the fleet conducting the part-terrestrial part-aquatic tour of Boston 36 number of passengers who can ride in each vehicle EIGHTY percentage of energy for the Boston Duck garage generated from solar panels 1994 year the Duck Tour was launched in Boston FORTY percentage of all over-beach supplies in Normandy delivered by DUKWs, a.k.a. “Ducks,” in WWII 57 conDUCKtors ZERO cost for a WWII veteran to ride the Duck Tour TWENTY ONE mech­anics on staff keeping DUKWs running 100 percentage of the Duck Tour fleet running on biodiesel 600,000 number of passengers carried by the Duck Tour fleet each year

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