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

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HISTORIC BEAR CLEARS PASSAGE FOR ICE BOUND VESSEL GREENLAND PATROL All is not work on the cutters. On a quiet evening when off watch the motion picture camera is set up and all hands relax. Rememher Blood and Sand on the AMERICAN SEAMAN? The best entertainment isn ' t canned though. The old American custom of making your own good time wherever you arc produces enough relaxation. The boys off watch gather on the forecastle after working hours, break out the cigarettes and hold a bull session on the sailor ' s favorite topic — how the other half lives. All this normal peacetime life has been forgotten. There is no chance to rest while at sea. All hands are always on the alert, ready to go into action. ATLANTIC WEATHER PATROL

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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 ' -

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COASTAL PATROL III, . v vi ordi r ol Man h, 1942, bj whit h i Ik i. -|...n-pl.ilii v ol preventing accident and sabotage ..- delegated to il .-i Guard, hai ,,|,. m d .1 i ital and difl ii ull field to the Serviei I Ik funnel through which ivai matcriali from ti Li- 1 •■! i - .mi I supplies 1 1 Mm n hi I. Hin- Row i ii Mli ' - and troop mm raeai mual In- kepi open. I In- require! .i smooth-working and del lahh mi -.mi . it I In- phast ol il i-i Guard ! woi I- maj I divided into two parts: I Port v ..mmiv. and I ' m .11 || I ' .lllMl. I ' .11 II ll.l- II- mW II pal II ' III. II problem! which an being solved bj ingen - method : W itnem the unnautical sight oi •• lailoi mi horseback. Ilir Captain oi the Porl I ■ . • - complete trol Hi i i .ill — I • • | — and waterfront fa iliti - in hii area. Id enforces regulations pertaining i Port Se ur- ii and Ini.iii- ill. tnovemcnl ol ships in ill. harbor. Not the least I In- duties i- the pn • vention ol sabotage and accidents which are as dangerous i the safe deliverj of urgentlj needed .inn- and supplies as a torpedo lni in the engine i i .i h. i -lii. i. IL- i- ili. organisation on which the solution of this vital problem ol logis- tics rests; lei him relax In- vigilance for just .i i Hi and ili ' w bole -ii in nl -n|i|il i- ex- posed in destruction. Hi ' ml Stations main- tained bj tin- Coast Guard in times oi peace i offer aid to -lii|i- in distress now form the bases from which the beach patrols move i guard ,il:.iiii-i .im attempted em mi landings on I nited States soil. u unbroken cordon ol guards has been stretched ovci ever) mile ol -Inn ' Inn and is maintained in ;ill kiml- of weather bj .i i ombined force I Regular, I!, serve, and Vuxiliarj I oasl i .inn il-iin n. Ii i- indeed inspiring i te how efficient!) .mil effectivel) tin oasl Guard has assumed these rccentl) di Ii gated n sponsihilities. ..,. IHE DURATION Bottom OONVERTEO YACHTS An. .MINT PATROI MfFl HITY.