Anchor

Anchor (HM2K3L)

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N 38° 19.89', W 76° 27.938'

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Five thousand pound anchor from the USS Valcour, a seaplane tender and a research vessel. Vessel was stripped for salvage at the U.S. Navy Ordinance Testing Station at Solomons in 1976. Anchor was originally aboard USS Portsmouth before being transferred to USS Valcour.

CMML76.30.2
Loan: U.S. Navy
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HM NumberHM2K3L
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Date Added Friday, August 30th, 2019 at 8:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 371899 N 4243612
Decimal Degrees38.33150000, -76.46563333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 19.89', W 76° 27.938'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 19' 53.4" N, 76° 27' 56.28" W
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