EFFORT Advertising Sign, Brooklyn, NY – 1958 Advertising signs like this one for the party fishing boat "EFFORT" promoted deep sea fishing boats at sporting goods stores and other local businesses in Brooklyn, NY circa 1958. Captain Charles VanDerVoort was at the helm of the "EFFORT" at the time and would later take over operation of the business when Captain Fred Wrege passed away in 1961. The "EFFORT" was a converted World War II U.S. Navy Subchaser built in 1942 by Perkins and Vaughn, Inc. at Wickford, RI as the "SC-1300". The sign is courtesy of the Captain Fred Wrege and Captain Charles VanDerVoort families.