Photo #: NH 105456
USS Buffalo (1898-1927, later AD-8)
Hoisting a newly-assembled pontoon at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in
May or June 1914, during the 1914 Alaskan Radio Expedition.
The pontoon consisted of two of the ship's boats with a rectangular
deck constructed on top and connecting them. It was used to take
supplies ashore from the ship at several radio stations and later
for laying a communications cable at Sitka, Alaska.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Collection of Admiral
Montgomery M. Taylor, donated by Louisa R. Alger, 1962.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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