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

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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.

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TWIN-ENOINED l-.RUMMAN AMPHIBIANS SEA SCOUTS OF THE COAST GUARD ins siiisui i; UNDERWRITING I In- ii- Service is comparative!) young founded in 1926 I • • 1 1 ii established itself .1- an important and useful branch of the Coast Guard bj efficient!) carrying out routine operation! and b) commendable action in emergencies. I In need l i an Kit Scrvici s .1 - recog- nised 1. 11 bi fore V, .,1 1,1 .,, I i Ml,, ■ ,- took flight train- ing one flew at row the Atlantic in the N -I In 1919. iih the years the need for an aerial patrol of the coast and the nccessit) l i an adequate V 1 1 Scrvict has grown hand in hand. Iln 11 v . 1 n ■ i- close!) integrated in the v . 1 n • Operations .n in chargi ol lini officer -■• thai closi pcration between aii and surfao • 1 .ii 1 1- reduced i routine. Vftei sen n .1 cuttei following graduation an) nil i ' • 1 wl in meet physical requirements ol flight Iraininj can appl) foi flyinf lers. Mm- onl) experi- enced officer uli have actual!) -1 1 -lut at sea be- come pilots, ihereh) assuring closet understanding and cooperation between the !«■• branches f il Service