 Just one of the more than 19,000 artifacts, models and works of art maintained by the Coast Guard's Exhibit Center in Forestville, Maryland. From the Coast Guard Curatorial Services’ Borrowing Artifacts From the U.S. Coast Guard website:
Does anyone have any updates? They would be much appreciated.  Tibbetts Point Lighthouse. Photo from www.uscg.mil/History/weblighthouses/LHNY.asp 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:
Rest of article here. Additional information from the U.S. Coast Guard Historian’s Office:
For more about the Tibbetts Point Lighthouse, click here. What have you done to promote & preserve our Coast Guard’s history & heritage?
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:
Full article here. As goes the Royal Navy, so goes the U.S. Coast Guard? I hope not unless it is increased funding. Semper Paratus and Peace Through Strength!!  1932 photo of the USCGC Cayuga later-HMS Totland, Y-88; later-Mocoma, WPG-163. The 50 Destroyer deal, where the US gave the Brits 50 old flush deck destroyers under Lend-Lease, is pretty famous, but there was also a 10 cutter deal where we gave them 10 relatively new 250 foot cutters. The 255s were built to replace these. I was surprised to learn that they had managed to sink three submarines.
According to the Acquisition Directorate the notional characteristics are as follows: Number Planned: 25 Length: 357ft. Propulsion: Diesel engines Max Sustained Speed: 25kts Endurance: 45d Range: 7,500nm Crew: 16/75 Armament: 57mm medium caliber gun; M2 .50 cal. heavy machine gun Stern Launch: one Short Range Prosecutor and one Long Range Interceptor Aviation Facilities: One MH-65C and two vertical launch unmanned aerial 00hicles, or other combinations These ships are far more capable than the 210s and 270s that they will replace. Assuming that the unit cost is about two thirds of that of the National Security Cutter (NSC), then this contract will be valued at twice that of the NSC. It seems likely that there will be pressure to scale down this project. Right now the Coast Guard is deciding on the requirements for these ships. Is the notional ship the ship we need? Is there something we need to add? Are there things we could do without? This is your chance to “design” a new cutter. Maybe someone will be listening.
Background on the Sea Services’ New Year’s logs Tradition courtesy of the Baltimore Sun. Click here to read full article. The USCGC Sweetbrier’s log entry courtesy of Brownhound in 2004:
To read the rest click here. CGC Androscoggin New Year’s Eve log 1972 by Ens. Thad Allen can be found here. Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2010 is your best year yet! Merry Christmas From CGBlog.org to you and Yours! I started a new hobby this year and that is collecting Navy and Coast Guard holiday dinner menus. Enjoy the menu from the Cutter Haida!
BZ to VADM Papp from CGblog.org on being nominated our Coast Guard’s next Commandant. You heard it here first that his nomination will sail smoothly through the U.S. Senate next year. I first met Admiral Papp when he was an 0-6 in charge of the Coast Guard’s Congressional Affairs office almost a decade ago and I knew he was going places int he Coast Guard!! His nomination also makes blogosphere history as I believe he is the first blogger and guest of a DOD Blogger’s Roundtable to be ever nominated as a service chief. Our Coast Guard will continue to remain in good hands with Admiral Papp at the helm for the next four years. I am also confident that he will continue Admiral Allen’s legacy of closer cooperation with our DOD sister services. Congrats again Admiral! Job well done! Twas the night before Christmas and throughout each state, The suits at the U.S. State Department were frantic, The night was foggy and Rudolph made a blunder. When what to his wondering eye should appear; With a nod from the captain, they went right to work. And we heard him exclaim as they towed him from sight, -author unknown Man, what a horrible way to head into the holiday week, it is such a tragedy any time things like this happen…but even that bit more so when a child is involved. Keep everyone involved in your thoughts and prayers. To risk sounding like a broken record…let’s wait until the investigation is complete before any blame is thrown around on the collision that occurred between the Coast Guard boat and the recreational vessel. Speculation is already bubbling, I just hope people keep it in check. Yes, the collision happened…and what happened was a horrible accident that we all need to wait to hear details on instead of making up stories as to what might have gone on. The investigation will hopefully show us ways of preventing a tragedy of this kind from ever happening again. For those of you who don’t know here is a link to the AP article talking about the collision. I was actually talking about how easy it is for people to second guess after the fact with someone in my command center recently. We talked about how in the end, you make the best choices you can based out of your knowledge, training and the policies, but in the end you have to be able to live with the choices you made…no matter what the outcome. That is something that I think is too easily forgotten by the armchair admiral’s out there in the blogosphere esp. who look at a case after the fact and cast blame. No I am not saying responders, SAR Controllers, etc are never at fault, but I do know that every one of them does their best…because saving lives and being there when people are in trouble is what we signed up to do. But I digress… Please, keep the crew members and the family members involved in this case in your hearts as you settle in with your loved ones for the holidays. Cherish those around you, each moment is worth more than you know. |
 
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If the 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters, WMSM-915 class, are built as planned, they will be the most ambitious shipbuilding project in the history of the Coast Guard.
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