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

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' SCENE ASSISTANCE I li n havi been man) improvements in the program t i th security oi I nited States | •■ i i - put into operation in re enl months. I be under- manned iin departments of our principal ports bav been reinforced with ' oasl Guardsmen. III. I. H ni.it K.n ill .1 civilian voluntary pro- tiitlvi ill n.llll .lt il ' ll nil lllli- -nllliwll.il -Hull. II o that ni ' n l ' .ii ' l Wardens has been under- .ikin. Coordination between the Coast Guard, he .m .mil tin- W.H Departments, and othei lefense agencies has been established to insure In protection • t .ill waterfront facilities «iili- uii duplication if protective efforts. Extensive steps have been taken to prevent and combat fires in and around docks. Hundreds I fire- lin.ii- manned I • C I Guardsmen havi been .iml .in being assigned to ilii- ilui . ■JSUMLS TIMELY HELP TO VESSELS IN Dl MODERN CLEVELAND STATION

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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

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Every time one of the greal rivers breaks its banks and sweeps over the surrounding lowlands i Bweep away whole communities the Coast Guard mobilizes all possible equipmenl at the danger points ami goes to work. The most publicized and most disastrous Hood of recent years, the Ohio River flood of 1938, found the Coast Guard right in the thick of the rescue work. The patrol boats in the rivers were reinforced by those from stations on the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Coast to cope with the emergency. Loaded on flatcars and highballed over the Alle- ghenies, the latter units were on the scene of action, manned and ready to go within 18 hours. The outstanding individual exploits of that occasion were covered by the cor- respondents present; pictures and stories were published from coast to coast. So greal was the scope of the disaster how- ever that each individual episode could not possibly have been reported — the only record was the terse official report of the men concerned. These unknown heroes have only the thanks of the res- cued and their own satisfaction to re- ward them for a difficult job done well. OHIO FLOOD RELIEF SELF RIGHTER SEARCHES AMONG ICE FLOES IN GREAT LAKES 21