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NH 104251 USS Adirondack

Photo #: NH 104251 USS Adirondack
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Title: USS Adirondack
Description: (AGC-15) Radioteletypewriters in use circa 1946. Radioman Second Class J. V. Miceli is shown in the foreground seated at the Model 19 teletypewriter used in copying MERFOX radio broadcast schedules. He is using the tape machine next to the teletypewriter to work with a message punched onto paper tape. Seaman First Class J. K. Wooster is seated at a Model 19 teletypewriter that was used to handle traffic to and from NSS, the Navy's long-range communications station at Annapolis, Md. Behind him are two Model 15 teletypewriters. The transfer panel on the rear bulkhead was used for connecting various teletypewriters throughout the ship. The photo may have been taken on 26 August 1946; it later appeared in All Hands magazine. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the All Hands Collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 104251
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