Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2011.29.097
Accession#:
2011.29
Credit Line:
Donated by Renee Guerin.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
US AFF P510 Drydocked
Year Range from:
1935
Year Range to:
1950
Description:
Black and white photographic print of a boat on a dry dock. There is a man standing on the dock working on the hull of the ship. Text reading "US AAF P 510" is visible on the side of the ship and "P510" is visible on the back of the ship. Buildings and machinery are all seen in the background.
Image has a white boarder on all four sides. Verso is two section of black paper and tape. One in the upper proper left corner and one in the lower proper right corner.
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
Search Terms:
Print
Photograph
Military
Ship
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