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

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I • • TKIIMM. I ).i in .1 ■■• I da) oul ' lii ing pi . ■ i .1- «i II .1- m .ii i In i Dad ' ' ii.ii ' I pi • pai i - ii-i ll Imi an) gi in ) I mphasis i- |. In . .1 pi mi. ii il mi ilu handling « • f -in. i II liii.it- in .m «i .it lt« i : .i- .i i ' -nil tin mi ii iii tin Service nave earned i In reputation l being honi it-to God sailors. mi i .in t i ■ ■ — i take ■ bo) who hat never been t sea, « ■ »■ k .i cap ovei his eye in the beat movie style and drop him n board a cutter and then saj thai j ii 1 1 . i . i .i sailor. 1 1 « — business .,1 beating tin sea I- not one to b learned in seven eas) lessons l mail; vim have t get down where you can -, . i.n yourself how to keep afloat and -nil be useful. Drill, .hill, .mil drill until tin rewi Inn. tin n together instinctive!) is the waj in wlii. Ii ilu- Coast Guard trains it- men. I ml. t ., I. ..ii. i ..I watchful .in.l all- seeing eyes and guided bj experienced boatswains even . man whose onlj prior . .uii.i. i m ill, .i boat n , • •! when I hi grav) w.i- passed .,t home soon picks up the fundamentals .f seamanship. Top IJARO CREW IAUNC • RY RUNWAY. Wiil. . ' .- ROUTINE DRILL ABOARI M tES SEAMEN I MCY ACTION Bottom: ' ■• ' • 12 •• ' . A SELF. BAUER TO DEMON. STRATE ike HANDLII URNEDSURF. Itl ' A

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arc a measure of the worth of the organization over the years. The Coast Guard has a hiatorj well-suited ii establish a criterion of its worth. The Coasl Guard ' s peacetime activities have multiplied from the original dutj of enforcing the payment f customs to Buch diverse duties as operating the International [ce Patrol and enforcing agreements concerning the regulation ..I fisheries mi the high seas. The fact thai the Treasurj department of the government has operated a military and law enforcing bodj has long served to attract the attention of efficienc) experts and reorganizers. Attempts were made to merge the Coast Guard, or its parent, with various other Federal agen- cies but have never succeeded for two reasons: i I l the need for an independent organization with the qualifications and equipment of the Service for the duties it perforins: and (2) the incontrovertible fact that the Coast Guard is one of those rare governmental Inn-cans — one that returns a profit. hen the situation in Europe became so tense that the State Department decided to re- move any chance of friction by recalling the European Squadron, a Campbell class cutter was stationed at Lisbon to take the place of the withdrawn ships. On ocasions like that when the Navy could not act without causing embarrassing diplomatic repercussions and in cases where special equipment and training is necessary, the Coast Guard lias tangible reason for existence. Efficiency of performance of all the varied duties of the Coast Guard gives the Government a return on every dollar appropriated to the Service. Proof of this is evident in every annual report when the record of every dollar ex- pended is balanced against the value of property and lives saved and instances in which the law- is enforced. Although onlj those people who earn their livelihood on the sea and those in- vesting in water-borne traffic benefit directly from the activities of the Service, still the nation as a whole derives a measure of profit since its prosperity is vitally dependent upon the safetj and regularity of commerce on all the trade routes. DEFENDING THE ■•EAGLE IN THE WAR OF 1812 THE ' HARRIET LANE

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COASTGUARDSMEN WERE AMONG THE FIRST TO LAND AT GUADALCANAL AND NORTH AFRICA ar ' s begun, schools done — that was said during the Revolutionary War, but how times have changed! The efficient operation of the most complex machine devised by man — the modern ship — calls for well-trained machinists as well as a capable deck force. To train new men for the black gang and to improve old hands, courses of instruction are held on all types of machinery. The competitive spirit between ships has been fostered in peace times by the desire of each crew to win the Engineering Prize for their vessel, awarded to the ship whose Engineering Department was operated most efficiently for a year. This and awards in other fields have combined to place the Coast Guard in the en- viable position of being the only military or- ganization of the Federal Government which pays for itself as it goes along. This Academy of ours is but one of the many- schools kept going by the Service. Enlisted personnel and officers train continually so that they maj become more completely masters of their trade — ■ beating the sea. WATCHDOGS OF THE COAST k0