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

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Move in a little closer, dear children. Noiv, when I was on the old square- rigger, ' Danmark ' back in ' 45 . . .

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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT jiDoniss niPLv TO THE SUPERINTENDENT Prom: The Class of 1949 To: Whom It May Concern Sub J: SWAB YEAR 1. Arrived July 1945 Movies every night (In unstriped whites) The fence around the reservation didn ' t stop every- one... Track season opened with the Tuttleman-Lt. Taulbee race after taps DANMARK (Tlie Dirty D to ' 49) meant three weeks before the mast...V-J Day... Hie world rejoiced New London rejoiced The Coast Guard rejoiced The Academy — Now hear this: The war is over resume study hour. 2. September, and the Upper Classes were back. .. Flying Fives... Table details. .. Double timing. .. Swab calls... Bull Gang. .. .Work- outs. .. Goobatz 15, chow in room. ..Blew off steam by writing Thanksgiving Day letters to the Upper Classes:By December con- sidered installing icebreaker bows on Monomoys for morning rowing ...Classes went from Trig to Greek. . .Vifith Christmas leave came freedom. .. .And then the first finals were upon us. 3. There was the patter of little ( ' 49) feet before 100th day- storms at tattoo. .. Patter of bigger ( Soogies of ' 4-8) feet on 100th day. . .We were well fed, happy and content. .. They told us so. ..Before the Congressional Board arrival Evening Retreats and special reviews And then again, finals rode our backs And finally graduation liberation day for the class of 1949. . .We had at long last become Upper Classmen.

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U.S.e4- ' Danmark U.S.C.Q. Atlantic The Danish training ship, Danmark, and the services of Captain Hansen, its officers and crew, were placed at the disposal of the United States government when Germany invaded Denmark, and the Danmark was in New York on a world cruise. The Danish Merchant Marine cadets aboard applied for active duty, and tlie ship was assigned to the Academy, where Captain Hansen and First Lieutenant Langavaard efficiently and patiently trained officer candidates. The ' Danmark was released from the Coast Guard in 1945, and returned home. The Atlantic was built about 1900 and in the proud days of her youth won the Kaiser Cup, and set the Sandy Hook-The Lizard record which stood for over a generation. Most of the class of ' 49 have a very personal feeling for her. Unfortunately, it is not unanimously one of nostalgic affection. However, the fact remains that she made a great contribution to the American tradi- tion of seamanship and sailing, and was a strong factor in inculcating some of the lore of the sea which we absorbed during our davs as cadets. Meet the Atlantic — holder of the Kaiser Cup