the after action report should be interesting...
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> #UrgentNotice Sector Boston Command Center telephones are currently down. >
> If you or someone you know is experiencing a maritime emergency, > contact 911.
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> Mariners may also use VHF channel 16.
Wow. You'd think they'd have it working after nearly 100 years. The following article from 1921 describes ship-to-shore radio telephone service.
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(The rest of the issue covers news of Southern Bell Telephone Company. Interesting writeups on conversion to dial service.)
Here is another article from Wireless Age
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By 1950, Bell advertised that 13,500 vessels