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Life Raft Fragment
Specifications
Life Raft Fragment
Category
Military
Classification
CHENHALL - Distribution & Transportation Objects - Water Transportation Equipment - Watercraft - Vessel, Emergency - Lifeboat - Raft, Life
Object Origin
Date Manufactured:
c. 1940
Place of Production:
Germany
Physical Characteristics
Object Description: Rectangular fragment of yellow life raft from the U-505. Text is printed in black on the front of the fragment. The reverse side is black.
Marks: “Bootsriemen durch Ruderdolle stecken / und durch Gummischlaufe sichern”
Measurements: Object:
Length: 2 in, Width: 9.5 in
Credit
Gift of William C. Chapman, SOM 2-C., 1999.14.2
Display Status
On Exhibit
Life Raft Fragment
About: Life Raft Fragment
About: Life Raft Fragment
This is a fragment of a German lifeboat reading “Put the boat strap through the oarlock and pull it through the rubber loop” in German.
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