Coast Guard crew practicing fire fighting drills, Alaska
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Coast Guard crew aboard a fireboat practicing fire fighting drills. Caption on reverse: "0317445. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo. COAST GUARD IN ALASKA. This Coast Guard Port Security fireboat at Ketchikan, Alaska, demonstrates its technique of quenching blazes of this type. Wharf fires are a serious menace to the war effort and this Coast Guard outfit has had actual experience fighting them in Alaska. The chemical warfare department of the Coast Guard created the realistic effect by setting off smoke pots." Ketchikan, Alaska. No date
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1941
1945
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Items from the service of John J. Scanlan Jr., who served in the United States Coast Guard. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Scanlan worked for a newspaper prior to joining the Coast Guard. During the war, he acquired photographs published by the Public Relations Division of the United States Coast Guard. The collection consists of photographs from most of the theaters of operations and depict life in the field and aboard a ship for Coast Guardsmen and Marines. Also included is a satirical piece of military correspondence. See collection 2012.321 for more items from the collection subject.
Geography:
Ketchikan
Latitude:
55.333
Longitude:
-131.633
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Alaska
Fire fighting--Alaska