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An ailing merchant seaman is transferred by breeches buoy from his ship to a Coast Guard combat in the Atlantic : Photograph 1944-1945.

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Description: An ailing merchant seaman is transferred by breeches buoy from his ship to a Coast Guard combat in the Atlantic. Caption: "2243 [crossed out] and 2224 [written in]. From: U.S. Coast Guard. Public Relations Division. Washington, D.C. Official Coast Guard Photo. Mid-Ocean transfer by breeches buoy. Over the chasm between two ships in the Mid-Atlantic, an ailing merchant seaman is transferred by breeches buoy from his ship to a Coast Guard combat cutter for medical treatment. The buoy is rigged after a line is fired from one ship to the other. It is used when the launching of small boats is deemed inadvisable." Unknown Location in the Mid-Atlantic.
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