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NH 105471 USS Buffalo

Photo #: NH 105471 USS Buffalo
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Title: USS Buffalo
Description: (1898-1927, later AD-8) Completing the laying of a communications cable at Sitka, Alaska, in October or late September 1914, during the 1914 Alaskan Radio Expedition. The cable connected the Navy-built radio station on Japonski Island (foreground) with the Alaskan Military Cable office at Sitka on the mainland (background). The improvised pontoon carrying the cable reel is beached on the Japonski Island side after delivering the end of the cable to the shore. The pontoon consists of two of the ship's boats covered and connected by a rectangular deck. Note the town of Sitka in the background. 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 105471
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