Coast Guardsman using a speaking tube an engine room
Gift of the Scanlan Family
Description:
Photograph. Coast Guardsman in the engine room communicating to the bridge via a speaking tube. Caption on reverse: "2058. From: Public Relations Division / U.S. Coast Guard / Washington, D.C. 'FULL SPEED IT IS, SIR.' From the engine room of a U.S. Coast Guard cutter somewhere along the North Atlantic ship lanes, one of the black gang repeats an order over the speaking tube to the bridge. These men stick to their posts below decks unaware of the course of battle as the cutters protect convoys of merchant ships to Allied ports in Europe." Location unknown. 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:
Atlantic Ocean
Latitude:
1.000
Longitude:
-40.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Ships--American--Atlantic Ocean
Military officers--American