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Seward Seaport Record
Seward, Alaska
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A power barge named The Health, newly commissioned for the Alaska Department of Health Service, called at the port of Seward on the way to Kodiak. It is one of two boats of this type recently placed in service; the second will serve on the Yukon River and be towed through the Bering Sea by the U.S. Navy. Personnel took a trip to Anchorage while tied up at the Standard Oil Co. dock. The boat is well equipped as a clinic.
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A power barge, The Health, newly commissioned for the Alaska Department of Health Service, called at the port of Seward this week on the way to Kodiak, where it will be permanently stationed.
This is one of the two boats of this type recently placed in service. The second will see service on the Yukon River, and the U. S. Navy is said to have taken the job of towing it through the Bering Sea.
Personnel of the boat took a trip to Anchorage while it was tied up at the Standard Oil Co. dock. The boat will give the same kind of service as is rendered by the "North Star" in coastal and island villages. It is well equipped as a clinic.
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Seward
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This Week
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the barge will be permanently stationed at kodiak to provide clinic services to coastal and island villages, similar to the 'north star'.
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A power barge named The Health, newly commissioned for the Alaska Department of Health Service, called at the port of Seward on the way to Kodiak. It is one of two boats of this type recently placed in service; the second will serve on the Yukon River and be towed through the Bering Sea by the U.S. Navy. Personnel took a trip to Anchorage while tied up at the Standard Oil Co. dock. The boat is well equipped as a clinic.