What Happened to the S.S. Minnow from ‘Gilligan’s Island’?

Dawn Wells, Tina Louise, Russell Johnson, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, and Alan Hale Jr in Gilligan's Island
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If you remember the opening credits of Gilligan’s Island, you remember that the boat the castaways were on when they got lost at sea was the S.S. Minnow — named after U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton Minnow. But while the boat was wrecked on the show, what happened to the boat in real life? As it turns out, there were a few S.S. Minnows — and one of them is not only still around, but rentable for your next charitable function.