Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2017.10.20 |
Object Name |
Image, Digital |
Description |
Image, digital, black and white, Front- Man, shirtless sitting at a desk surrounded by communication equipment. Eugene Haase was stationed on the U. S. S. Salisbury Sound AV-13 during the Korean War. In a 1951 letter to his family, Gene explained the meaning of the AV-13. "Well, it is really just code letters meaning seaplane tender, and each one has a number." Haase served as a radioman in the "shack," which is service jargon for the radio room, pictured here. In the same 1951 letter, he also wrote about his ship's watch. "Yes we have 8 or 9 guys on each watch. There are six different positions, and we have a supervisor which is in charge of the watch and a non-rated man (seaman) that cleans up the shack..." |
Year Range from |
1951 |
Year Range to |
1953 |
Event |
Korean War |
Place |
U. S. S. Salisbury Sound |
Number of images |
1 |
Search Terms |
Korean War Navy U. S. S. Salisbury Sound |
Relation |
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Subjects |
Naval personal Sailors Telephone operators Telephones War War ships |
People |
Haase, Eugene |
Accession number |
2017.10 |