Thanks to Barrel 11

The sixth boro includes a portion of Raritan Bay, and once there was a USACE dredge called Raritan, built in 1908 in Sparrows Point, as seen below.  She was scrapped in 1956 after having been sold out of the USACE and renamed Sandmate.

The next series shows a life raft of the era being tested off Fort Mifflin back in 1925.

 

To me it looks more like a camel than a life raft.

 

Would this type of life raft ever be used in rough seas?

Thanks to barrel for this glimpse of the past.