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1930s Roebling Era

At Dock
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Stern
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At Skidway Dock
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Bow
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The bow shot of the Black Douglas was taken on ways at Savannah Machine & Foundry. The vessel had not been hauled in about 8 years and they scraped 13 truckloads of oysters off its bottom! Note the filigree ornamentation on its bow.

Being Towed
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Black Douglas at SkIO dock with steam tug in September 1941 to tow the Black Douglas to Mingeldorff's yard (Savannah Machine & Foundry) on Bay Street for reconditioning, before departing for Seattle and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Savannah Machine & Foundry later became Intermarine and moved up the Savannah River.

10 29 New Use
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Photo of the Black Douglas leaving Savannah on October 29, 1941. On the hull, is the wording "United States Seal Investigation." The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service purchased the Black Douglas in September 1941 for use in seal research in the Aleutian Islands. Although the U.S. hadn't entered World War II at that time, German submarines were operating throughout the Caribbean during this period and the Fish and Wildlife Service didn't want their new "flagship" mistaken for a British or French vessel. After refitting at Mingledorffs shipyard in Savannah, the Black Douglas was en route to her new base in Seattle when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

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