STRI's Research Vessel, the U.S. Las Cruces
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PrintThe U.S. Las Cruces, a 64-foot launch, shown here in its former life carrying as many as 200 passengers who wined and dined as they cruised the Panama Canal, was donated to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute for use as a floating laboratory for scientists stationed at the headquarters as well as for visiting scientists.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in TORCH, January 1983
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 4
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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