[Coast Guard ship being hit by a wave]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Coast Guard ship being hit by a wave]
ca. 1945
Gelatin silver print
4/7
Image: 7 11/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.5 × 24.1 cm)
Paper: 8 1/8 × 10 in. (20.6 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions Printed in blue ink on verso, TC: 4758
Printed in blue ink on verso, TL: FROM: \ PUBLIC INFORMATION DIVISION \ U.S. COAST GUARD \ WASHINGTON, D.C. \ OFFICIAL COAST GUARD PHOTO
Printed in blue ink on verso, C: A WAR THAT IS WON, BUT NEVER ENDED-- \ COAST GUARD'S CONSTANT BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS \ (NO. 4 IN A SERIES OF 7) \ THE SEAS KNOW NO PEACE---THROUGH 155 YEARS OF SERVICE IN WAR AND PEACE, \ THE COAST GUARD HAS LEARNED TO MASTER "SURF AND STORM AND HOWLING GALE." \ HERE, AN ANGRY SEA LASHES THE BOW OF A COAST GUARD-MANNED TRANSPORT IN \ THE ATLANTIC. THE STURDY, STORM-DEFYING VESSELS OF THE COAST GUARD TAKE \ THE WORST THAT WIND AND WATER CAN GIVE WHILE CARRYING OUT RESCUE MISSIONS.
Printed ink blue ink on verso, BC: ***
Printed in blue ink on verso, BRC: RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION \ AUG. 24, 1945 \ U.S. COAST GUARD \ WASHINGTON, D.C.
Printed in blue ink on verso, TL: FROM: \ PUBLIC INFORMATION DIVISION \ U.S. COAST GUARD \ WASHINGTON, D.C. \ OFFICIAL COAST GUARD PHOTO
Printed in blue ink on verso, C: A WAR THAT IS WON, BUT NEVER ENDED-- \ COAST GUARD'S CONSTANT BATTLE WITH THE ELEMENTS \ (NO. 4 IN A SERIES OF 7) \ THE SEAS KNOW NO PEACE---THROUGH 155 YEARS OF SERVICE IN WAR AND PEACE, \ THE COAST GUARD HAS LEARNED TO MASTER "SURF AND STORM AND HOWLING GALE." \ HERE, AN ANGRY SEA LASHES THE BOW OF A COAST GUARD-MANNED TRANSPORT IN \ THE ATLANTIC. THE STURDY, STORM-DEFYING VESSELS OF THE COAST GUARD TAKE \ THE WORST THAT WIND AND WATER CAN GIVE WHILE CARRYING OUT RESCUE MISSIONS.
Printed ink blue ink on verso, BC: ***
Printed in blue ink on verso, BRC: RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION \ AUG. 24, 1945 \ U.S. COAST GUARD \ WASHINGTON, D.C.
