policeboat
5 photos tagged policeboat, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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- nypd
- seabury
- scout
- loc
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- colt
- coltbrowningm1895
- browningm1895
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- m1895coltbrowningmachinegun
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Recent uploads
The last upload was April 2015.
Police Patrol (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded April 2015
Police Patrol (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded April 2015
Acting Mayor boarding WYOMING, 5/8/15 (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded August 2012
State And County Police Patrol The Ohio River, June 1972 from U.S. National Archives uploaded July 2012
Police Launch on Patrol on the Hudson River off Battery Park on the Lower Tip of Manhattan 05/1973 from U.S. National Archives uploaded September 2009
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Acting Mayor boarding WYOMING, 5/8/15 (LOC)
- Art Siegel said:
- Pete (LOC P&P) said:
Police Patrol (LOC)
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Art Siegel said:
Described in Motor Boating magazine for May, 1917 as a 43 x 9 foot Seabury Scout turned over to the NYPD by A.D. Brixby of New York. books.google.com/books?id=ZOt1f29Ct9oC&pg=PA15&lp...
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Justin Bower said:
in this picture and the other of the same boat, the gentleman seems to be very intently aiming a machine gun that has no ammo belt hooked up to it.
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Art Siegel said:
Another photo of Bluecoat in action, from the May, 1917 issue of The Rudder, with the caption: "Police Harbor Patrol Boat Bluecoat Built by the Gas Engine and Power Company 55 Ft Long 9 Ft Breadth Power 125 HP Speedway Speed 19 Miles " books.google.com/books?id=mS0jAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP12&lp...
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Art Siegel said:
A newspaper photo from April 11, 1917, with the caption "'Bluecoat, 'New Police Patrol Boat, Showing RapidFire Gun onDeck" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1917-04-11/ed-...
Police Patrol (LOC)
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Film&PhotoArchivist said:
No Ammo!
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xr282 said:
the gun is a M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun aka potato digger
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philthydirtyanimal said:
The machine gun, no doubt, helped to detect more crime.
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Infrogmation of New Orleans said:
The rum-runners haven't got a chance now!
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Richard Norton said:
Bluecoat: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101115735 New York Aquarium: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101499948 New York City Harbor Police: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101499901