Marine Compass Co. Dry Card Compass

Description:

This compass has a metal bowl gimbal mounted in a wooden box. It was used on a lifeboat of the SS Alcoa Mariner, an American freighter torpedoed by a German submarine in September 1942. Frank B. Hodges, a sailor on the Alcoa Mariner, gave it to the Smithsonian. The inscriptions read "M. C. CO." and "ALCOA MARINER." The former refers to the Marine Compass Company, a firm that was established in Hanover, Massachusetts, in 1910. The owners of this firm purchased E. S. Ritchie & Son in 1951.

Date Made: ca 1940

Maker: Marine Compass Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Hanover

Subject: World War II

Subject:

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Credit Line: Frank B. Hodges

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1990.0577.01Accession Number: 1990.0577Catalog Number: 1990.0577.01

Object Name: nautical compass (dry card)

Measurements: box: 8.5 cm x 11.5 cm x 11.5 cm; 3 11/32 in x 4 17/32 in x 4 17/32 inoverall in box: 3 7/16 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 8.73125 cm x 11.43 cm x 11.43 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5020-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1183807

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