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

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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Administration 8 . . . . Dedication 14. ACADEMY Grounds 33 .... Administration 38 ... . Barracks Life 45 ... . Academics 53 .... Tactics 79 ... . Cruise 87 ... . Athletics 101 .... Social 129. CADET CORPS Reserve Cadets 138 .... Class of Forty-six 140 .... Class of Forty-five 144 Class of Forty-four 155 .. . Tide Rips Staff 243.

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FRANKLIN DELWO ROOSEVELT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE AHMED FORCES Outstanding among the duties conferred upon him by the Constitution, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the Com- mander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States. By authority granted him, the President may direct the Coast Guard to operate under the Navy. Although con- ceived to perform ei il duties, the military organization of the Coast Guard has prepared it to carry out the opera- tions of war. On November 1. 19 11. President Roosevelt transferred the Coast Guard to the Navy Department. Thus the Coast Guard, while maintaining its corps identity, became an integral part of the Nav) to perform those duties assigned in the fulfillment of the war strategy of our nation. As in war and peace of the past, traditions of the Coast Guard assure the execution of those missions entrusted to Us the Commander-in-Chief.