Officer in Adak, Alaska

Object NamePhotograph

Historic Owner Bill Daack

Association USS Growler (SSG-577)

Date1960–1963

PeriodCold War

Mediumphotographic paper

ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts

Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Bill Daack, crew member 1960–1963. P2018.13.08

Object numberP2018.13.08

DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Horizontal modern reprint image of an officer on the pier next to the submarine USS Growler at the Naval Facility in Adak, Alaska. The officer at the center of the image is wearing khakis, a jacket and a peaked cap. He has a beard and light skin. Growler is on the right and moored to the pier. Men are on the deck of the submarine. The pier has pipes on the left and two pulleys hanging down on the right. There is a rocky shoreline in the distance. There is a small loss of the image in the upper right corner. The back has “Adak” written in black ink.

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