Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2011.29.020
Accession#:
2011.29
Credit Line:
Donated by Renee Guerin.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
US AFF P510 docked at Finger Bay, Adak Island
Place:
Finger Bay, Adak Island, Alaska
Year Range from:
1935
Year Range to:
1950
Description:
Black and white photographic print of a boat docked. There are four men standing and working on deck at the stern of the ship. There are two men on the dock lifting something toward the boat . The ship has an American flag on its mast at center. The text "US AAF P 510" is on the exterior side of the cabin. Water in background. Grass covered land in foreground.
Photograph was a white boarder around all four sides.
Verso has handwritten text in black pen along upper edge approximately center. Text reads: "P—510 IN FINGER BAY — ADAK ISLAND".
Photograph was a white boarder around all four sides.
Verso has handwritten text in black pen along upper edge approximately center. Text reads: "P—510 IN FINGER BAY — ADAK ISLAND".
Notes:
The US AFF P—510 was an emergency rescue boat in the Aleutians during WWII. 11th Air Force bombed Kiril Islands of Northern Japan in 1943—1945. The 10th Emergency Rescue Boat was assigned to them to recover air crews ditched at sea. The P—510 was built in 1944 by Fellows and Stuart in Wilmington, California with two 1500 HP Packard Engines. It was 85 feet long. Its official description was an Offshore Rescue Boat stationed at Attu.
People:
Guerin, Eckley Coxe
Guerin, Renee Penny Blood
Guerin, Renee Penny Blood
Search Terms:
Print
Photograph
Military
Ship
Water
Landscape
Photograph
Military
Ship
Water
Landscape
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