The Blaine County Journal News-Opinion - We've Got The County Covered

This is a photo of a barracks barge used during WWII to house sailors and other service members. The barges were towed and placed where temporary housing was needed. In 1946 Ray Reid, a Navy veteran from Chinook, was on the crew of a tug pulling a similar barge from Japan to Hawaii when a typhoon hit the tow. The two ships separated and eventually were rescued 2300 miles from their original destination.