Sample from the logbook of USS Farragut

The logbook of USS Farragut, in 1942 , is in the collection of the US National Archives. It has typed data entries onto a printed form. It was imaged as part of the PMEL Arctic Rediscovery Project, but has not yet been transcribed.

Farragut logbook sample image, alongside the word blocks produced by Textract. Red and blue chequerboard patterns show tables Textract has found on the page.

• Script to run Textract
• Textract output (as JSON)
• Script to plot comparison figure
• A closer look at the block layout
• A closer look at the tables detected