Coast Guard destroyer AMMEN (CG-8) picketing a rum-runner off New Jersey (28 April 1926)
National Archives Coast Guard photograph: per the catalog's original caption, the Coast Guard destroyer AMMEN (CG-8), a 742-ton oil burner with four stacks, picketing a rum-runner off the New Jersey coast outside the 12-mile limit.
- Date
- 1926-04-28
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- NAID
- 205576739
- Rights
- The National Archives catalog lists this item's Use Restriction status as "Unrestricted." Federal records are public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.
The National Archives catalog title is “Photograph of U. S. Coast Guard Destroyer CG-8, an Early 20th Century Ship Which Was 742 Tons.” The catalog’s original caption describes U.S. Coast Guard Destroyer AMMEN (CG-8), an early 20th century 742-ton oil burner with four stacks, picketing a rum runner off the New Jersey coast, outside of the 12 mile limit. Local identifier 26-G-04-28-26.
The item is in Record Group 26 (U.S. Coast Guard), series Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personalities. It sits in the file unit “Aviation - Operations” (naId 199928876) although it shows a destroyer; the filing is NARA’s.
