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

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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

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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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11 w »- iniiiTim: mi II i v i i in. i ii hi- havi found in ill. ...I-I I .11. IM I .III Mil. I. -Illl- .111.1 .11 icd lif - I In- iluii. - impoM .1 upon the Service bj the I ongrt -- and the un- predictable exigencies v ln. Ii are i- ii i i n Hi. -. .i iii-iii . 1. 1 1 n ,.i .ill time . Mi.- genera] purj I the oasl Guard ma] Ik- divided into three gen- eral i lasses : 1 I nl. .1. i f • u 1 . deral law In the waters if the I nited States nrnl international agreements on the lii li -..i-i (2) Preventing accidents and as- sisting vessels legall) using the teni- i..i i.il waters f 1 1 • i — counti j ; and I Serving with the Navj in time of war. Ii i- .i i in i.. ii- .inn in. 1 1 v thai most I ill.- disasters .ii sea oo ur when seeming- K ideal conditions prevail. I be fault obviousl) is not iii the ships oi theii equipment Imi in tin- liniii.in tendencj in relax when everything seems t be going Bmoothl} or when the limitations .mil characteristics of the vessels an ii. .1 fiillx mi. I. i-i I When human na- iin i . hangi -. 1 1 i-i i .ii.ii ' I h ill lose urn- of il- pi mi. i . .i- .ii- l..i . i-l. ii. . . Imt until thai i ible but not probable da] ' l.i» n- i he im ul al ion ..Ml ■ - ■ i % fi.i obsi rving the i ules I tafctj ii tea v ■ 1 1 be .i ma i dutj ..I i he ■ oasl l.ii. ml. Top: SUBMARINE RESCUE. Middle: merchant seaman rushed to hos- pital BY AIR AMBULANCE. Bottom F RHYTHM OR -STOMPINO ON THE POOP OF ' -