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A starboard bow view of the salvage ship USS GRAPPLE (ARS 53) performing a fire monitor's test during acceptance trials - DPLA - 35aa27c763492b3e1316d2e802beb6e2
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sturgeon Bay State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Peterson Builders, Inc. Release Status: Released to Public
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Aerial view Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin postcard Bosselman
Aerial view of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin from a postcard published in 1908 or earlier
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Cheese Head Coast Guard cutter 130804-G-ZZ999-001
Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. John Kaser, supervisor of the prevention division of Marine Safety Detachment Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and Petty Officer 2nd Class Dave Jones, a damage controlman at the MSD, carry their boat to the water during the 23rd Annual Classic and Wooden Boat Festival at Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Aug. 4, 2013. The teams were given three sheets of plywood, several boards and eight tubes of caulk to build their vessels and propulsion instruments.
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Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay rescues dog 131208-G-ZZ999-100
Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Wisecup, from Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wis., slowly makes his way across a thin layer of ice as he works his way toward a dog that had fallen through the ice after it reportedly chased a goose across the Sturgeon Bay Canal, Dec. 8, 2013. Wisecup was able to rescue the dog and turned it over to veterinarians who slowly increased its body temperature and observed it for 10 hours before returning it to its owner. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Off
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Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay rescues dog 131208-G-ZZ999-101
Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Wisecup, from Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wis., slowly crawls across a thin layer of ice as he works his way toward a dog that had fallen through the ice after it reportedly chased a goose across the Sturgeon Bay Canal, Dec. 8, 2013. Wisecup was able to rescue the dog and turned it over to veterinarians who slowly increased its body temperature and observed it for 10 hours before returning it to its owner. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Wa
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Coast Guard responding to grounded vessel Roger Blough in Lake Superior 160529-G-ZZ999-001
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay, homeported in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., enforces a 500 yard safety zone alongside the motor vessel Roger Blough, May 29, 2016, near Gros Cap Reef in Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior. Crews have been working to salvage the Blough, which ran aground May 27, 2016. Unit: U.S. Coast Guard District 9
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Coastie 130804-G-ZZ999-001
Coast Guard Senior Chief Wayne Spritka, officer in charge at Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay Canal, in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and his son interact with Coastie, a robot designed to teach about boating safety, at the 23rd Annual Classic and Wooden Boat Festival at Door County Maritime Museum in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Aug. 4, 2013. The 44-Inch Low Endurance Coastie Cutter class is the smallest cutter ever built for the U.S. Coast Guard and Auxiliary.
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Federal, state, local agencies in region to hold mass rescue operations preparedness exercise 120118-G-KY418-067
Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Schierberg and Seaman Grant Jansen, both of Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wis., simulate evacuating a victim during a mass rescue operations preparedness exercise at Red River County Park, Jan. 18, 2012. The exercise provided the participating agencies the opportunity to evaluate their response plans, capabilities and coordination in a simulated emergency situation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by: Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen)
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Federal, state, local agencies in region to hold mass rescue operations preparedness exercise 120118-G-KY418-158
Petty Officer 3rd Class Shane Wagner and Seaman Grant Jansen, both crew members at Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and members of Brown County Sheriff's Department, simulate rescuing victims at Red River County Park during a mass rescue operations preparedness exercise Jan. 18, 2012. The exercise provided the participating agencies the opportunity to evaluate their response plans, capabilities and coordination in a simulated emergency situation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by: Petty Officer
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Former Butch's Bar and Cling's Bar building in the Third Avenue Historic District, Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin 2020
Former Butch's Bar, Cling's Bar, Eagles Lodge Bar, and Goodrich Hotel building in the Third Avenue Historic District in downtown Sturgeon Bay, Door County, Wisconsin. The original caption states that the negative is at the State Historical Society and this, photo 18 of 41, was taken of 112 S. Third Ave. and the 100 block (northeast side) of S. Third Ave., view from west. For a history of the building, see Sturgeon Bay Loses a Piece of History by Patty Williamson, March 17, 2022, doorcountypulse.
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View of Bayview Bridge from the marina in Sturgeon Bay in January
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Great Lakes Inspections by Jim Brooksher DVIDS1090863
Service members from the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) in Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., perform safety inspection of the Adam E. Cornelius, an iron ore carrier. The Cornelius, like the Herbert C. Jackson pictured on the left, is called a Laker--a large cargo vessel which docks on the Great Lakes during winter. Each spring, the Coast Guard performs annual inspections just before the Lakers leave Sturgeon Bay shipyard. The MSD is also responsible for port safety and security and marine
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ISS011-E-15174 View of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
The city of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and the bay of Sturgeon Bay. Photo of Door County, Wisconsin taken on May 16, 2005 from the International Space Station during Expedition 11.
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Sturgeon Bay WIsconsin Door County Wisconsin aerial published 1930
Caption reads "Sturgeon Bay from the air", published 1930
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MILWAUKEE BOAT RODEO DVIDS1074773
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Sept. 26, 2003)--Machinery Technician 3rd Class Timothy Tolliver holds his hands in the air as he asks Seaman James Lollar, in the water holding onto Oscar a rescue dummy, why their canoe sank. The two were representing Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., in a canoe race during the first Coast Guard Group Milwaukee Boat Rodeo. The race was to see who could be the first to retrieve an Oscar rescue dummy from a floating platform. USCG photo by PA1 Paul Roszkowski
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MILWAUKEE BOAT RODEO DVIDS1074774
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Sept. 26, 2003)--Seaman James Lollar holds onto Oscar a rescue dummy after the canoe he was in sank. Loller was one of two representing Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., in a canoe race during the first Coast Guard Group Milwaukee Boat Rodeo. The race was to see who could be the first to retrieve an Oscar rescue dummy from a floating platform. USCG photo by PA1 Paul Roszkowski
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MILWAUKEE BOAT RODEO DVIDS1074775
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Sept. 26, 2003)--Machinery Technician 3rd Class Timothy Tolliver holds scrambles to the safety of a floating platform as his canoe sinks with Seaman James Lollar, in the water holding his hands in the air. The two were representing Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., in a canoe race during the first Coast Guard Group Milwaukee Boat Rodeo. The race was to see who could be the first to retrieve an Oscar rescue dummy from a floating platform. USCG photo by PA1 Paul Roszkow
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MSD Sturgeon Bay 130730-G-ZZ999-0013
Petty Officer 3rd Class Britan Nagel, a marine safety technician from the Marine Safety Detachment in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., responds to a reported oil sheen in the Sturgeon Bay ship canal July 30, 2013. Coast Guard MSTs play an essential role in enforcing regulations for the safety of the marine environment and the security of the port.
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Mobile Bay by Sandra Hart DVIDS1082900
.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay is the third of nine cutters in the Coast Guard's "Bay" class of icebreaking tugs. She is equipped with the second of two 120-foot aids to navigation (buoys) barges operating on the Great Lakes. Homeported in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, the Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay has dual responsibilities in assisting navigation in the Great Lakes. During the winter months, the cutter detaches from the barge and breaks ice in the northern Great Lakes, operating mostly in th
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Old Bridge (236688857)
500px provided description: An old bridge found in the forest by a dried up watering hole [#rocks ,#log ,#woods ,#moss ,#dead tree ,#tree trunk ,#forestry ,#poplar tree ,#Bridge ,#Ruins ,#utah juniper tree]
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Paul R. Tregurtha
Picture of Paul R. Tregurtha Ore carrier William I. Harter taken with an Olympus EVOLT E-500 camera in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin More information about this ship can be found at http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/prtrgrth.htm SS Arthur M. Anderson can be seen in the background (the ship with the black and white stripe.)
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STURGEON BAY DVIDS1075391
BUZZARDS BAY, MA. (Feb. 3, 2004)-- Petty Officer Phil Pullam, a 1st Class boatswain's mate on the Juniper, watches as the cutter breaks ice in Woods Hole Pass, just south of the Cape Cod Canal. Seventy percent of home heating oil bound for New England passes through the canal, making a vital commercial waterway during the harsh New England winters. USCG Photo by PA2 Amy Thomas
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Skating rink at the lower campus 2
Skating rink at the lower campus, from the 1916–1917 Sturgeon Bay High School yearbook
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Sturgeon Bay, Wis., officially designated 'Coast Guard City' 140510-G-PL299-394
Rear Adm. Fred Midgette, commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District, is joined by Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, Congressman Reid Ribble, and Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Mayor Thad Birmingham during the reading of a proclamation officially designating Sturgeon Bay a "Coast Guard City," May 10, 2014. Sturgeon Bay, which has a 140-year relationship with the Coast Guard and its predecessor services, is now one of 16 cities designated by Congress with that distinction for support shown to the men and women of
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