Information from Coast Guard: The cruise ship PRINSENDAM was abandoned 200 miles off the coast of Alaska, due to fire; over 500 passengers and crew were rescued; the ship sank seven days later
Information from Coast Guard: The cruise ship PRINSENDAM was abandoned 200 miles off the coast of Alaska, due to fire; over 500 passengers and crew were rescued; the ship sank seven days later
Title taken from slide mount. Base Ketchikan was established in 1920 as a Lighthouse Service Depot and officially became part of the Coast Guard in 1940.
Title and description taken from photo verso. A Coast Guard patrol boat from Station Juneau darts across the bow of the Exxon Valdez as the tanker is towed to Naked Is., Prince William Sound for temporary repairs, April 5 1989. Photo by PAC Ed...
Group portrait of small children and babies with three adults standing in front U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Tidal Station on the Fourth of July in Seward, Alaska. Girls in front row hold gun and flag. Sign on building reads: "U.S. Coast & Geodetic...
Two separate maps on one sheet. Nautical chart shows Eclipse Harbor, Labrador, with soundings, surveyed by Lieut. Comdg. A. Murray; sketch map includes map of a segment of the coast of Labrador and seven views of locations along the coast of...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Compiled from British and Russian authorities and reconnaissances by George Davidson and W. H. Dall. Upper left margin: No. 701. Annotation upper left margin: Schr. E. Hays. ...
Manuscript map, in ink, with place names in the Inupiaq language. Place names are generic, e.g., "Big Bay," and exact identification of location has not been possible; however, the coast as it appears on the map is suggestive of the irregular...
2 maps on one sheet. Shows present-day Angoon area and Kootznahoo Inlet on the west coast of Admiralty Island and present-day Wrangell Harbor. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "From a sketch by G. Davidson,...
Relief shown pictorially. Color outline. Shows coast of western North America from northern Mexico north to Bering Strait. Inset shows western North America including Bering Strait and Arctic coast. At upper right: "Suppl. 4e carte." At...
Relief shown pictorially. Mounted on paper. Chart of the Pacific Coast including Vancouver Island, Juan de Fuca strait, and the mouth of the Columbia River, showing tracks of Vancouver's voyage. "In which the continental shore traced and...
Relief shown pictorially. Mounted on paper. Chart of the Pacific Coast including Vancouver Island, Juan de Fuca strait, and the mouth of the Columbia River, showing tracks of Vancouver's voyage. "In which the continental shore traced and...
Title from attached news release. Series of 12 photos showing a safety award being presented. Full news release reads: "Sid Hayman Manager, Service Department Alaska Steamship Company Pier 42 - MA 2-4530 (nights: WE...
Title taken from caption. View of the United States Coast Guard Cutter Ingham while docked. Location is likely Valdez. Location is not noted with photo but several others in colection are labeled from Valdez. "U.S.C.G. Cutter Ingham" and "Dow 120"...
From caption: "H[ead]q[uarters] B[at]t[e]ry 1st B[attalio]n 250th C[oast] A[rtillery], Sitka 1941." View of soldiers of the Headquarters Battery, First Battalion, 250th Coast Artillery standing at attention for an inspection in Sitka, Alaska,...
Title taken from caption. View of the deck aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Alert. The life preserver reads: "U.S. Coast Guard Alert." From May's journal, dated June 28th: "The Alert is about 120 feet long and has five hundred tons...