Posted on 19 January 2010 by Jim Dolbow | Comments
Last night, I participated in a Department of Defense’s Bloggers Roundtable with Lieutenant General Ken Keen, commander of Joint Task Force Haiti. My Q & A follows:
Q: Can you tell us a little bit about the role of the Coast Guard in JTF Haiti?
A: GEN. KEEN: Well, like all of our services, the Coast Guard [...]
From the Coast Guard Curatorial Services’ Borrowing Artifacts From the U.S. Coast Guard website:
NOTE:
At this time, Coast Guard Curatorial Services is no longer accepting artifact loan applications. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to restore the artifact loan program soon.
Does anyone have any updates? They would be much appreciated.
The following is a great read on how to preserve and promote our Coast Guard’s history & heritage. According to Jaegun Lee of Watertownnews.com:
The search for past Tibbetts Point lighthouse keepers is complete.
Joseph P. Dudek, president of the Tibbetts Point Lighthouse Historical Society, said he identified 35 keepers and has ordered a memorial plaque to [...]
The following warning that recently appeared in a British newspaper might have pertained to the Royal Navy but it could have been issued for the U.S. Coast Guard:
Warning over navy spending cuts:
THE future strength and structure of the Royal Navy must be driven by “operational need” and not the Treasury, a Westcountry defence expert [...]
Posted on 14 December 2009 by Jim Dolbow | Comments
SS St. Louis survivors recall voyage from Fla.
By ELINOR J. BRECHER
Miami Herald Writer
Before the six million, there were the 937.
They were German Jews aboard the transatlantic liner MS St. Louis seeking safe haven from the Nazis in Havana and Miami four months before World War II broke out.
Refused entry first by the Cubans then by [...]
Posted on 7 December 2009 by Jim Dolbow | Comments
According to the USCG Historian’s website,
Coast Guard vessels in service in Hawaii (all were stationed in Honolulu) were the 327-foot cutter Taney, the 190-foot buoy tender Kukui, two 125-foot patrol craft: Reliance and Tiger, two 78-foot patrol boats and several smaller craft. At the time of the attack, Taney was tied up at pier six [...]
Posted on 2 December 2009 by Jim Dolbow | Comments
Iin the Spanish-American War, Lieutenant Frank Newcomb was the commanding officer of the REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE HUDSON at the battle for Cardenas, Cuba.
Newcomb and his crew rescued the disabled Navy torpedo boat USS Winslow under fire.
President William McKinley noted in his request to Congress to recognized the gallantry of Newcomb and his crew with a [...]
Posted on 24 November 2009 by Jim Dolbow | Comments
From my clip files….
Coast Guard plagued by breakdowns
By Mimi Hall, USA TODAY
July 06, 2005
WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard’s ships, planes and helicopters are breaking down at record rates, which may threaten the service’s ability to carry out its post-9/11 mission of protecting ports and waterways against terrorism.
Some of the Coast Guard’s ships are more than [...]
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