13367. (photo) U.S. Coast Guard Small Boat Auction, Curtis Bay Yard c.1933
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13367. (photo) U.S. Coast Guard Small Boat Auction, Curtis Bay Yard c.1933
13367. (photo) U.S. Coast Guard Small Boat Auction, Curtis Bay Yard c.1933. Clear, close original 8” x 10” press photo shows great detail of a number of different Coast Guard small boats as they are auctioned off by the Government at U.S. Coast Guard Depot, Curtis Bay, Maryland. Included in the view are three carvel hull version Monomoy pulling surfboats (one of them numbered 3316), plus one Beebe-McLellan or Type H pulling surfboat that is lettered for Station Hereford Inlet (Probably it was their Beebe-McLellan type No. 494, which would have been by 1933 ready for decommissioning). Also to the left is a station dory. Includes surfboats, peapods and more. Photo is b/w and includes credit line and description on back. Dated August 21, 1933. Clear and close view, some crop marks. (VG). $46.