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Hero on its shakedown cruise to the Arctic. Bob Dale Collection, Antarctican Society
Camden Public Library will host maritime historian Charles H. Lagerbom at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, for a slideshow talk about the wooden research vessel “Hero.”
To request a link to join in this presentation via Zoom, email [email protected].
Hero launch from Harvey Gamage Shipyard in South Bristol.
Jack Crowell Collection, Antarctican Society
Hero was built by Harvey Gamage in 1968 for the National Science Foundation. It played a major role in the history of U.S. involvement in the Antarctic and Cape Horn waters throughout the 1970s and early 1980s.