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NH 105458 USS Buffalo

Photo #: NH 105458 USS Buffalo
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Title: USS Buffalo
Description: (1898-1927, later AD-8) Hoisting or lowering a newly-assembled pontoon at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in May or June 1914, during the 1914 Alaskan Radio Expedition. The pontoon consisted of two of the ship's boats with a rectangular deck constructed on top and connecting them. It was used to take supplies ashore from the ship at several radio stations and later for laying a communications cable at Sitka, Alaska. Many of the radio and construction personnel in the expedition were civilians. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, donated by Louisa R. Alger, 1962. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 105458
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