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Photo #: NH 105449

USS Buffalo
(1898-1927, later AD-8)

Loading supplies at the Mare Island, California, Navy Yard circa April 1914 while preparing for the 1914 Alaskan Radio Expedition.
The large metal drums may be fuel tanks for installation at Alaskan radio stations. The radio equipment was powered by storage batteries that were recharged by kerosene fueled generators.

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Image posted 29 January 2008