File:39' ASB - DPLA - 7b7847dfe38283c0e09d5ce8154557fa.jpg

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Summary

Creator

Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Bureau of Ships. 9/18/1947-5/1/1966

Title

39-foot ASB, an Arctic survey boat (ASB) built in the 1950s and 1960s by United Boat Builders, now (Uniflite) in Bellingham, Washington. Arctic survey boats were carried aboard icebreakers to conduct cold climate surveys, take depth soundings ahead of the ship, assist in rescue operations, ferry personnel from ship to shore and serve as a life boat. On such Wind-class icebreakers, like the USS Glacier (AGB-4) (1955-1987).

Collection

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
Parent institution	National Archives at College Park
Location	College Park , United States of America
Coordinates	39° 00′ 02.16″ N, 76° 57′ 34.7″ W
Website	www.archives.gov/college-park/photographs
Authority file	: Q59661040 NAID: 31

Source/Photographer

This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by National Archives and Records Administration as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Digital Public Library of America.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: 7b7847dfe38283c0e09d5ce8154557fa
National Archives Identifier: 7576420

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