United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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SEMPER P1UTD8 iin e I ' colonies first welded themselves into .1 I nion, men of ihe sea, - 1 r ■ » 1 1 u . alert. rageous. and I rable have buill .1 glorious tradition nf -i-r n i- wherever their countrj needed ihcm. Always read) when needed, through 15 decades the ' .1-1 Guard has buill ;i record and .1 tradition thrilling, inspiring and awesome f« r 1 li - • of us aboul i follow their leadership. In rerognition of ilx-ir service tlii- volume f Tide Rips salutes 1 In -. mi n nf ill - sea,

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service IIISTIIKV lii tin |.u (institutional day« mnuggling wai id. pa trio tii and profitable ».iv lo circum- vent iIm Navigation icti paued li) tin I uglish Parliament. I In .iii.hi nl ..I national uv .1. |.. ii. I. ii. . • I. -i i . . . . I ill. -Iii . ii ..| patriotism rnvcloping thii -nl i Iradi but Lii il nom iii- !■ -- In ' rativc. I -iii. il ll ii «.f the . i. -i. .in- providi .1 in id. I .mil . i ..I 1790, the I • ■ r i : i . — authorised the construction .•! six i. urn. cutter . I ii. I. i ill. ... gU i l. undi i II. Iton the Scrvici «..- established . - .i military organisa- tion Mi. Secretary advocated thii pl.in be- cause it will imt onl) induce lii men thi mon readil} to engage, but ill attach them lo iheii dutj bj .i nicer tense l bonoi Veterani ..I iii. Ii. .1 luii. .n.H .i . disbanded aftei the U .ii ..l Independence, formed i large propor- tion I iii. personnel of the new service. Ih. ii.iii.iii.il emergency precipitated bj I i .i ii. • .i- .i result nl the treatment ol our am- bassador in I ' . in- and the subsequent un- declared naval war established the position of the Revenue Marine. Together vmiIi .i Botilla • •I privateers, which struck the most telling blows in iln- period, the cutters inflicted re- prisals ..ii iln I i. mil li.i the organisation ..I the new Navy, Congress ordained that the revenue cutters serve »itli the Navj in time oi war. ' if the twenty-two prises captured b] the .i .ii ilii- time eighteen wen seisei I bj cut- ters Ilu Pickering alone took ten ships in W ' -i Indian waters, ini hiding -i ship three times .i- strong .i- In i - ' If. Iln Revenue utlei Service participated though without such predominance in tin ;ir of 1812, the Sen I. . Mi rii an, ml. and Spanish m .n - and in W oi M Wat I Iln historii traditioni ■•! an} v .i n. .n. .i living p. ni ..I ii- morale; not onh that, the? ' •• • I RENCH PRIZE. Bottom: marrietl ' -. tincivilwar.