"Crash Boat" for Seaplane Base Has a Four-Bed Hospital

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In the forward cabin of an army “crash boat” assigned to a Gulf coast seaplane base is an emergency hospital accommodating four litters. Intended for rescue work at army seaplane stations, the twin-screw boat can step out at better than thirty miles an hour. It carries a portable derrick and six-man raft and has a ship-to-shore radio telephone. The boat is forty feet long and has an eleven-foot beam.

Title (Dublin Core)
"Crash Boat" for Seaplane Base Has a Four-Bed Hospital
Subject (Dublin Core)
en
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
"Crash Boat" for Seaplane Base Has a Four-Bed Hospital
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
1940-06
Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
Popular Mechanics, v. 73, n. 6, 1940
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
871
Rights (Dublin Core)
Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core)
Google books
References (Dublin Core)
Gulf Coast of the United States
Archived by (Dublin Core)
Enrico Saonara
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core)
United States of America