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Submarine L36 This picture has a notation
written on it, "Submarine L36". I know that this
isn't a submarine, but believe this particular boat was used in
anti-submarine operations. The date is unknown on these picture,
but were grouped with the 1917 photos. The flat railroad car on
the dock has digging devices on it. Probably part of the lagoon
dredging. I ran across this page as I
was researching web pages with terms connected with the Coast Artillery
Corps, Army Mine Planter Service vessel types. The photo captioned
"Submarine L36" is a photo of one of the minefield support
vessels, a Junction Box Boat. The larger mine planters planted the mines
and laid the control cables. The Junction Box Boats, all designated as
"L" boats, serviced the electrical junction boxes in the mine
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