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

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.... is the center of our practical interest. Extending like a pointed finger out into the river, it is the home of the ships and boats of our training fleet. During the summertime it is lined up witli our schooners, and the rigging of either the Di nwark or the AtLnitic stands out against the sky. The boat shed houses our rowing fleet, and on the adjoining field small sailboats are stowed. Jacob ' s Rock and the dock enclose the boat basin where star boats and sloops are moored. 15

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yr , ew careers require so wide an educational background ' as does that of a Coast Guard Officer. Our wartime col- lahoration with the Navy has amplified this background by calling for a proficiency in ordnance and gunnery equal to that , ' in seamanship, law, and economics. To prepare oneself for such a job is severe enough in four years... to make these same prepara- tions in three years, and on such short notice, is the task we have attempted to accomplish. If nxvxvc : ■Ah if ,rr ' ' - • r ty. ' t x i!« V» ' rx ifSpr € - ' i« W-.--