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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.

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Image posted 13 February 2008