Hatch Team #9 slinging cargo

derivative filename/jpeg: 363-02805.jpg
Digital Object Identifier: 363-02805
Title: Hatch Team #9 slinging cargo
Description: Original caption: "The Heat is On - George Nolan, Boatswain's Mate 1C, assists Robert J. Ely, Boatswain's Mate 2C, and Bobby R. Loftis, seaman, members of his Hatch Team #9, in slinging cargo in the 130 degree heat of #1 hold aboard S.S. Sir John Franklin. The men alternate between topside and below decks every 20-30 minutes due to extreme heat." American sailors tie up a crate of cargo with rope, preparing it for loading into a ship. They appear to be on a wooden dock.
Date: 1966, May 19
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Sailors; United States. Navy; Cargo handling; Military supplies; Cargo ships; Shipyards
Location: South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B145, F13
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Navy
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright Information: These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher: Archives & Special Collections
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