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Coast survey amphibious truck, Padre Island (1939)
Truck
| Built | 1939– |
|---|---|
| Type | Truck |
| Status | Unknown |
| Use | Civilian |
This amphibious truck appears in a 1939 photograph from the NOAA Historical Photo Collection. It was used by the triangulation party of Percy L. Bernstein, a survey team working on Padre Island, Texas. The picture is filed under the collection's 'Getting There' series, which documents the vehicles survey crews used to reach remote sites.
The archive holds no technical details about the truck itself, its maker or how it worked in the water.
1 Photographs
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