Navy flotation tests of 40’ Utility Boat, MK3. Bow awash, almost fully submerged. Man on bow with hand on three metal barrels. Three men observe from dock above in top right corner. Maine Queen and Gary Alan in background. The Charles Butt Collection
Stamped in purple in lower right corner:
“40 Foot Utility Boat - Mark 3
Cont. No. N00024 - 67C - 0408
Hull 40UB671 - Feb. 1, ‘68
Webber’s Cove Boat Yard, Inc.
East Blue Hill, Maine
With Bow Awash
Southwest Harbor, Maine”
W. H. Ballard, “Webber’s Cove Boat Yard,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed April 25, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/6656.Item 7022
