Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2011.09.001
Accession#:
2011.09
Credit Line:
Donated by David Abel.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Susan Chopping Wood — Dry Docked in Sitka
Photographer:
Abel, David
Place:
Halibut Point, Sitka
Date:
2005
Description:
Color photograph in horizontal view of a wooden boat in dry dock. The upper boat is white and the waterline to keel is red. A ladder reaches to the deck. A woman in skirt and blue jacket kneels on the ground at the bottom of the ladder. A tarp is over part of the deck and the aft end of a skiff is visible sticking out from the tarp. In lower proper right is a label: "Susan chopping wood Dry docked in Sitka".
Notes:
Boat was built in a Seattle yard, the same firm and architect as the USFS Ranger boats, H.C. Hansen. Built of yellow cedar. Built by the Forest Service to service the Maybeso Experimental Forest Station, near Hollis on Prince of Wales. It was used to move USFS goods and personnel around Southeast Alaska. Later the University purchased it from the US Navy. It was used by the EPA,Alaska State Fisheries, and NOAA for periods. Dave Abel purchased it from the University on a bid in 1996, who uses it to make service calls to other boats in the Elfin Cove area. Its a good ocean boat. Draws 7'.
People:
Abel, David
Search Terms:
Boat
Forest
Government
MV Maybeso
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Maybeso Research boat in dry dock at Sitka 2005Maybeso Research boat in dry dock at Sitka 2005