Granma is the ship that transported the fighters of the Cuban Revolution to Cuba in 1956. It is also the name of the official newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party, (see Granma (newspaper)), Granma University in Bayano and Granma Province, which were named after the yacht. Italian ship-rigged vessel Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor, 1976 A ship is a large, sea-going watercraft, sometimes with multiple decks. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Communist Party of Cuba (Spanish: Partido Comunista de Cuba, PCC) is the ruling party of Cuba. ... Granma is the name of the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party. ... Bayano, also known as Vaino, was an African enslaved by Spaniards who led the biggest of the slave revolts of 16th Century Panama. ... Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. ...

The ship

Granma is a 60-foot yacht, designed to accommodate 12 people. It was purchased from a retired USA citizen in 1956, who had named it for his grandmother, and filled with 82 Cuban exiles under the leadership of Fidel Castro to start a revolution against Fulgencio Batista. Other rebels on the boat (known as expedicionarios del yate Granma) were Che Guevara and Raúl Castro. They sailed from the Mexican port of Tuxpan, Veracruz, and landed on the shores of what is now Granma Province. A yacht A yacht was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (pron. ... Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was the de facto military leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and the de jure President of Cuba from 1940 to 1944. ... Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14, 1928 â€“ October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara or el Che, was an Argentine-born physician, Marxist revolutionary, politician, and Cuban guerrilla leader. ... Raúl Castro waving the Cuban flag. ... Tuxpan or Tuxpam (IPA: ) is a name shared by different cities in Mexico. ... Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. ...

It is now exhibited at the Granma Memorial adjacent to the Museo de la Revolución in Havana. A portion of old Oriente Province was renamed Granma Province in honor of the vessel. Is a museum in Havana, Cuba dedicated to the Cuban Revolution. ... Aerial view of Havana Havana (Spanish in full: San Cristóbal de La Habana, usually shortened to just La Habana; UN/LOCODE: CU HAV) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ... Cuba consists of 14 provinces, plus one special municipality. ... Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. ...

External links

• Landing of the Granma ship on historyofcuba.com