Merchant seaman being tranported to a US Coast Guard ship, Atlantic Ocean
Official U.S. Coast Guard Photo, Gift of Jeffrey and Mary Cole.
Description:
Photograph. Wounded merchant seaman being transported from his ship to a Coast Guard-manned ship via a breeches bouy. Official caption on reverse: "2243 [crossed out] 2224 [written in] / From: U.S. Coast Guard / Public Relations Division / Washington, D.C. / Official Coast Guard Photo / Mid-Ocean Transfer by Breeches Buoy / Over the chasm between two ships in the Mid-Atlantic, an ailing merchant seaman is transferred by breeches buoy from his ship to a Coast Guard combat cutter for medical treatment. The buoy is rigged after a line is fired from one ship to the other. It is used when the launching of small boats is deemed inadvisable." Atlantic Ocean. No date
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1944
1945
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This collection consists of 36 official United States Coast Guard photographs of the European and Mediterranean Theater of Operation. The bulk of the photographs depict scenes from the Normandy invasion.
Geography:
Atlantic Ocean
Latitude:
1.000
Longitude:
-40.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Atlantic Ocean