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pl23_cgs01784.jpg

Ship's officers, Hubbard, Nelson, Knox and Reed taking horizontal sextant angles on starboard bridge wing of USC&GSS; SURVEYOR

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Ship's officers, Hubbard, Nelson, Knox and Reed taking horizontal sextant angles on starboard bridge wing of USC&GSS; SURVEYOR. Probably determiningposition of radio acoustic ranging buoy as 4 angles would give multiple checkson position.

Photographer

Woodrow Wilson Gholston

Collection

Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey