1)Ship with #282 Ready for Cold Weather (Day 10677') The Coast Guard Icebreaker Northwind stopped for a few days at New London moorings... 2) Photo of a ship (day 2/03/78) Just before launch...general purpose assault ship LHA-4 to be named Nassau..

Coast Guard Icebreaker Northwind 10/06/77
Coast Guard Icebreaker Northwind 10/06/77

Name/Title

1)Ship with #282 "Ready for Cold Weather (Day 10677') The Coast Guard Icebreaker Northwind stopped for a few days at New London moorings..." 2) Photo of a ship (day 2/03/78) Just before launch...general purpose assault ship LHA-4 to be named Nassau..

Entry/Object ID

2016.1.0817

Scope and Content

1) B & W news photo of a Coast Guard ship with #282 - Caption reads " Ready for Cold Weather ('Day 100677' is handwritten in pencil) The Coast Guard Icebreaker Northwind stopped for a few days at New London moorings with its winter assignment not far away . Last winter the Northwind was station near Antarctica…" 2) B & W news photo of a ship - Caption reads"('Day 020378' handwritten in black pen) Just before launch. This 22,000-ton general purpose assault ship LHA-4 to be named Nassau, was launched recently at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss, Ingalls is one of the nation's biggest shipbuilders for the Navy. The man in foreground is checking the water's depth."…"

Collection

James L. Streeter Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2016.1

Source or Donor

Streeter, James L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Clipping, Newspaper

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Clipping

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Defense industry, Shipbuilding, Ships

Search Terms

Ships, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, New London, Shipbuilding, United States Coast Guard, United States Navy, USCGC Northwind (WAGB-282), USS Nassau (LHA-4), U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy

Archive Details

Creator

AP Laserphoto, The Day

Date(s) of Creation

1977 - 1978

General Notes

Note

Status: Fair Status By: Maureen A. McClellan Status Date: 2019-06-24