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White silk survival chart instructions with black text, tables and cartographic examples
Survival Chart Instructions
White silk survival chart instructions with black text, tables and cartographic examples
White silk survival chart instructions with black text, tables and cartographic examples

Survival Chart Instructions

Date1940s
Mediumsilk, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of the family of Charles Paul Amerman. 2021.27.24
Object number2021.27.24
DescriptionInstructions; Rectangular white silk cloth panel titled "The use of cloth survival charts in the navigation of rubber rafts". One side of the fabric is printed with black text, tables and cartographic calculation examples. Topics include navigation, rigging a drogue and charting a course. Information at the bottom right corner of the instructions indicates that the chart was prepared by the Air Intelligence Group OP NAV-16-V#S109.
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