General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

4

Total Parts

8

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Unknown

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

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Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Pugh

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Texas

City

Corpus Christi

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Newfoundland and Labrador

Period

BETWEEN 1976 AND 1982

Canada

DESPITE ITS SIZE, REPUTATION FOR INVULNERABILITY,& REGULATORY CONTROLS OVER DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & OPERATION THE OCEAN RANGER & ALL 84 CREW MEMBERS WERE LOST DURING A STORM FEB. 15, 1982. OF THOSE KILLED 69 WERE CANADIANS.

Function

LIFE PRESERVER DESIGNED TO TURN UNCONSCIOUS WEARER FACE UP IN WATER. APPROVED BY U.S. COAST GUARD FOR USE ON ALL VESSELS BY PERSONS WEIGHING MORE THAN 90 POUNDS.

Technical

WHEN IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1976 THE OCEAN RANGER WAS THE LARGEST, SELF-PROPELLED SEMISUBMERSIBLE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT INTHE WORLD (REPORT, p. vii)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'ADULT/ [ILLUSTRATION] billy/ pugh' PRINTED ON VEST PANELS./ 'MODEL-200/ TYPE 1- PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE UNICELLULAR PLASTIC/ FOAM LIFE PRESERVER DESIGNED TO TURN UNCONSCIOUS/ WEARER FACE UP IN WATER./ APPROVED FOR USE ON ALL VESSELS BY PERSONS WEIGHING/ MORE THAN 90 POUNDS./ U.S. COAST GUARD APPROVAL NO. 160.055/ 113/ D/ MFG. BY BILLY PUGH CO., INC., CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS LOT NO. ___'/ FOLLOWING INFO. STAMPED IN BLACK INK BELOW: 'INSPECTED AND PASSED/ [DATE]/ MARINE INSPECTION OFFICE/ IDENTIFICATION LETTER COR/ USCG'/ ALSO BEARS LOT NO. ‘18', AND INSPECTED ‘JUN 3 1977 USCG', BOTH STAMPED IN BLACK INK ON COLLAR PANEL/ ‘INSPECTED _/ DEC 9 _' STAMPED ON ONE PANEL (INK DAMAGED & LARGELY ILLEGIBLE)/ ‘OCEAN RANGER' STENCILED IN BLACK IN ON ONE PANEL/ ‘#17' HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON SIDE OF COLLAR PANEL/ PAPER RCMP IDENTIFICATION TAG TIED ON VEST BEARS FOLLOWING HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE: ‘MD 5/ 7/ 82-02-20/ 0613 hrs./ M. Sabeau/ Jacket 17'. LIGHT TAPED TO JACKET BEARS FOLLOWING INFO: ‘ACR/ L8-2/ RESCUE LITE/ U.S.C.G./ APPROVAL No./ 161.012/3/o/ ACR/ ELECTRONICS/ INC./ 3901 N. 29TH AVE./ HOLLYWOOD/ FL. 33020/ REMOVE PLUGS/ BY PULLING/ TAB AND/ IMMERSE/ IN WATER'.

Missing

WOVEN FABRIC STRAPS USED TO SECURE JACKET ARE BADLY DAMAGED & LARGELY ABSENT

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

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