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

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PILOTS READY! ' lien the six hundred mile chastity belt was thrown around the Western Hemisphere, the Coast Guard Air Service joined the Neutrality Patrol to enforce the executive order. In war paint the planes logged thousands of miles searching out the violators of American neutrality. Ml officers of the Coast Guard Air Service are Pensacola- trained, so they have the Navj pilot ' s grasp of naval aerial tac- tics and the ability to handle their planes under all condition-. Vi ell accustomed to unsettled and adverse flying weather over the Atlantic, the Coast Guard aviators were easily molded into an efficient striking force against the submarine menace. This intimate knowledge of the area in which operations are carried out has made the Coast Guard flyer a valuable fighter in the crucial battle of the shipping lanes. Up and down the seaboard the sight of the vertical tail stripes of Coast Guard planes have shown the men on the ships that the Coast Guard is still on the job. The enemy also has discovered that the Coast Guard is still on the job the score of torpedoed ships has decreased to practically nothing, while the toll of lost and missing submarines has mounted steadily. The teamwork between the individual ships of the convoys and the efficiency of the escorts have caused ibis major victory over the submarine menace. The greater speed and increased range of the patrol planes have thrown the fear of God into the hearts of U-boat commanders. The sights of torpedoed tankers burning on the beaches along the Eastern seaboard is a thing of the past: the days of good hunting along the Atlantic Coast are over. ABOVE THE CLOUDS

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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

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■TATIONS ABOARD lf.5 FOOT PATROL BOAT 11 III! Ml 11.111 II I i htships, hulii house , and thousand! I aids i navi- gation which an ■ .t i • 1 1 1 1 1 maintained bj the Coast Guard in | .!■ • i havi In .ii removed u hi ni vi i I In J could be ..I ii-i to i In i in it i . I i nli i -In 1 1- .in now used as net tenders I.. - - 1 1 ■ | ■ l« in. m those i the Navy, while the light) m i. ndi i- now in. nk minefields and laj submarine nets. i in • it i- ini| ible i blockade thi German - h I - in H hi. - bj in i- ai i .•-- i In entire English i hannel and I in Ids ft ..!■■ Scotland to Norway, .i- «.i- doni in thi l.i -i .ii . tin protection I the rhannels leading into oui porta has assumed greatei importance I In . .i-. with » In. 1 1 .i torpedo can be sent Ii varies inverse!) .i- the ■qui i ll ipeed: it follows, then ton . that ■ -ln|i | • ' Ini; slow!) ii | . .i right I waj i- easj mi ii foi LOAOINO AMMUNITION DRUMS