USCG Cutter Unimak (379) Deck with Sailors Clearing Ice Off Rigging and Chains
Entry/Object ID
P-10168
Description
AP News feature, March 20, 1955. Breaking ice on bow of cutter as shop returns to New York from a weather station off Labrador. Heavy seas are routine on weather duty. In winter they coat the cutter with ice, which reforms within hours of it being hacked away. The Coast Guard mans Atlantic Weather Stations by international agreement. In addition to helping forecast the weather the ship operates radio beacons for trans-Atlantic planes and are always ready for rescue missions.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Black and White
Collection
Photograph Collection
Made/Created
Artist
Associated Press
Date made
Mar 8, 1955
Place
Location
Off Labrador
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Print, Photographic, Associated Press Photo, III-C-11 Coast Guards U.S. and Foreign - Special activities, Persons, Events, Etc.
