Photo #: NH 105471
USS Buffalo (1898-1927, later AD-8)
Completing the laying of a communications cable at Sitka, Alaska,
in October or late September 1914, during the 1914 Alaskan Radio
Expedition.
The cable connected the Navy-built radio station on Japonski
Island (foreground) with the Alaskan Military Cable office at
Sitka on the mainland (background). The improvised pontoon carrying
the cable reel is beached on the Japonski Island side after delivering
the end of the cable to the shore. The pontoon consists of two
of the ship's boats covered and connected by a rectangular deck.
Note the town of Sitka in the background.
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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