teu, sapeec, nipal were assigned to the Seventh Coast Guard District and was based out of Key West, Florida and assigned to law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. It was during this time that the "increased tempo of maritime drug interdiction operations" made it necessary for the Coast Guard to plan to retain them for longer than the original two years.
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Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) served as Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce from 1852 to 1857. He later served as the first and only president of the Confederate States of America.
Borne to the top of a huge swell, the ------- was struck by two swells and rolled over until the mast dipped water. As the swells subsided, the ship righted and was hit by another high sea and turned on her side a second time. Struggling out of that, the vessel was carried high by a third sea. It seemed then, survivors said, that she hung in mid-air for seconds; then the wind seized her, turned her on her side and completely over. She disappeared under a huge wave. Next day, two of the survivors had tried to swim ashore which they thought was 10 miles away. After swimming about 3 hours they realized they were making little headway and decided to return. Turning back, one of them saw a shark about 30 feet away headed for the other. The shark was more than six feet long but passed him without harm.
This painting of the loss of the Jackson is by Dick Levesque, former RM and an ocassional poster on this forum. His other work can be viewed at his website.
Question-How could a Cutter be stationed in Charlotte North Carolina,it looks pretty landlocked to me.
The Jackson joined the Prohibition fleet at Boston, Massachusetts in 1927. Prior to World War II she saw service out of Greenport, New York, Charlotte, North Carolina and Rochester, New York, conducting law enforcement and search and rescue duties with occasional light icebreaking operations.
Lieutenant Samuel S. Coursen A diesel-engined, 869-ton ferry that began service on 10 January 1957 and continued when the Coast Guard took over the island in 1966. She was named for a Medal of Honor awardee. . .
. . . she was one of four Coast Guard ferries that serviced the island during that agency's tenure there from 1966 to 1995. . .
The Van Santvoort was originally constructed in 1853 as the commercial steamer Alfred Van Santvoort, and was named for her owner. She was acquired by the Lighthouse Board in 1857 and was assigned to the 2nd Lighthouse District. Her name was changed in 1860 to Coeur de Leon, which was a French phrase meaning "lionhearted", used to describe Richard I of England and Louis VIII of France.
She was used for the construction of the Minot's Ledge lighthouse in November of 1860.
The Air Class cutters were 70 Navy SC 497-class patrol boats the Coast Guard requested to be permanently transferred from the Navy to the Coast Guard for air-sea-rescue duties. Initially, 36 were provided on a loan basis. However, due to a shortage of CG personnel immediately following World War II, few 110-foot SCs became operational and those that did saw little service.
