History. Heritage. Honoring the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
ART EXHIBIT
Revenue Cutter Snohomish rescuing the lumber steamer Nika in heavy seas off the Washington Coast. U.S. Coast Guard collection.
CUTTER DEXTER
Engraving of Revenue Cutter Dexter rescuing SS City of Columbus passengers and crew after the steamer went aground at Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on Jan 18, 1884.
CUTTER SENECA
Revenue Cutter Seneca going to the aid of the SS Wellington after the cargo ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat on Sept. 16, 1918, during World War One. U.S. Coast Guard collection.
CUTTER HUDSON
Revenue Cutter Hudson steaming to the rescue of the torpedo boat USS Winslow in the Battle of Cardenas Bay, Cuba, in May 1898, during the Spanish American War. U.S. Coast Guard collection.
CUTTER WHITE LUPINE
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter White Lupine (WLM-546) setting a large marker buoy. The Coast Guard maintains more than 50,000 federal aids to navigation, including buoys, lighthouses, day beacons, and radio-navigation signals. (U.S. Coast Guard collection)
CUTTER MORRO BAY
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter CGC Morro Bay (WTGB-106) leads traffic up the frozen Hudson River. The 140-foot Bay Class icebreaking tug - known as "Jack of All Trades" - serves the Great Lakes and Northeast. Its homeport is Cleveland. (U.S. Coast Guard collection)
KURE ATOLL
Crewmembers of USCGC Kukui WLB-203 load marine debris into a small boat at Kure Atoll in Hawaii. (U.S. Coast Guard Art Program 2015 work by C.R. “Bob” Bryant)
BALLYCOTTON LIFEBOAT
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has rescued mariners in the United Kingdom and Ireland since the early 19th century. The volunteers of the Ballycotton, Ireland, lifeboat rescued the crew of the Daunt Rock lightship after it broke from its moorings in a February 1936 gale. The lifeboat was at sea for 49 hours. (RNLI collection.)
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