Item 12593 - Capt. MacMillan's departure, Wiscasset, 1925
- Item 12593 - Capt. MacMillan's departure, Wiscasset, 1925
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Image Info Captain Donald Baxter MacMillan commanded a 1925 expedition to the Arctic, leaving from Wiscasset on June 20, 1925 and returning to the same port in October 1925. Accompanying the schooner Bowdoin was another ship, the Peary.
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The U.S. Navy provided eight men and three amphibious planes for the expedition, all under the command of Lieutenant Richard E. Byrd, Jr.
