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Message In A Bottle

Captain J.H. Tucker found this note inside a bottle floating in the St. Johns River on May 25, 1943. Because the bottle was a suspicious object, Navy intelligence personnel conducted an investigation. It is unclear how a note from a ship sunk by a Japanese submarine made it to the Atlantic.

Subject

Investigations

Creator

Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments,
Record Group 181

Source

Investigation Files, 1940-1945

Date

May 25, 1943

Rights

National Archives at Atlanta

Format

Textual Document, 2 pages

Identifier

National Archives Identifier 6210742

Coverage

Jacksonville (Fla.)

Original Format

Paper

 

 

 

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