ANIMAL HOUSE - PART 2

UPDATED NOVEMBER 2021

WW2 BLACKOUT

Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

Mascot First Class "Blackout" aboard a U.S. Coast Guard landing craft in 1944 donning his custom-made life jacket. The canine Coastie earned three battle stars on his service ribbon—Sicily, Italy, and Normandy. 


ACTING BOATSWAIN

Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

Animal mascots have a special place in the U.S. Coast Guard. This one has been elevated to the pilothouse of a patrol boat from the doghouse.

CUTTER BEAR'S GOATS

Photo: University of Alaska Fairbanks

What the bleat? The loyal mascots of the fabled Revenue Cutter Bear, which patrolled Alaska's waters, were a goat and its kid.


BEARING IT ALL

Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

This Bering Sea bear is lounging on the deck of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Thetis after a busy watch. Cutter Thetis was assigned to the Bering Sea Patrol in Alaska, hence the comfortable block of ice for our tired deckhand. Its name has been lost to the ages.


LOOKING SHARP

Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

A canine mascot aboard Revenue Cutter Thetis models its dress white uniform in 1913. 


ALASKA PUPPY RESCUE

Photos: U.S. Coast Guard

In Alaska, members of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak located an 8-month-old puppy named Grace who went overboard when the fishing vessel Laura capsized in November 2021 and wound up on the rocks. SEADOG'S BEST FRIEND

Photo: U.S. Coast Guard

A seadog's best friend in blue. A crew from Coast Guard Station Galveston located an overdue boater and canine near Texas City, Texas, on Oct. 11, 2021. A family member notified the Coast Guard of the overdue craft. Always leave a float plan with family or friends, the maritime mutt says. Bark about it.