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Item Title
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter BALSAM, Adak, Aleutian Islands, AK
Location
Adak vicinity, AK
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER AK-43
Building/structure dates:
1941 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1975 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1977 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1979 subsequent work
Significance: This vessel was built to serve as a 180' U.S. Coast Guard cutter. The federal government purchased or built thirty-nine of these vessels, built in three sub-classes from 1942-1944. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) designed the 180s to service Aids-to-Navigation (AtoN), perform Search and Rescue missions (SAR), carry out Law Enforcement duties (LE), and conduct ice-breaking operations. Members of the class have served in the USCG from 1942 to the present. They have significantly contributed to safe navigation on inland and international waters in times of peace and war.
Subjects
War (World War II)NavigationRadar
Related Names
U.S. Lighthouse Service
Marin Iron & Shipbuilding Corporation
Zenith Dredge Company
U.S. Coast Guard
Porter, Marc, Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
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