USCG Cutters ALZEB, LLLLEEEBVI, ONOEB and STOWBIGRN were known as the _________ fleet

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Originally posted by chief74Ret:
USCG Cutters ALZEB, LLLLEEEBVI, ONOEB and STOWBIGRN were known as the _________ fleet

BLAZE WPC-336
BELLEVILLE WPC-372
BOONE WPC-335
BOWSTRING WPC-365

SPLINTER Fleet

http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/blaze_336.html

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SPLINTER Fleet

Right cause they were wood vessels

CWO4 L L L I I I A A M M W S U retired on 1 November 1973.

He was the last uniformed active duty United States Coast Guardsman who had also served in the United States Lighthouse Service. His last assignment was as the commanding officer of Station Castle Hill, Rhode Island.

CWO4 William Musual retired from the Coast Guard on 1 November 1973. His last assignment was as the commanding officer of Station Castle Hill, RI. He was the last uniformed active duty Coast Guardsmen who had also served in the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

Just one small correction Chief. The spelling should be: M U S I A L.

Musial, AYE, as in Stan the Man. Baseball.

crackblok was former F/V named the boys

USCGC Blackrock, WAGL-367

http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Blackrock_1943.html

Correcto


Benjamin only had one Cutter named after him, Richard had five named after him,they both had the same last name,________.

RUSH

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/webcutters/Benjamin_Rush_1828.html

RUSH (1831); a.k.a. RICHARD RUSH

RUSH (1874)

RUSH (1885)

RUSH (1927); WSC-151

RUSH (1969); WHEC-723

Training ships manned by the Coast Guard included the Maritime Commission steamship -------- ------. The training ship was an important command. This steamship was among the largest ships manned by the service prior to the Coast Guard joining the Navy in World War II. CDR Alfred C. Richmond, who commanded the -------- ------, the first Maritime Service training ship, later became Commandant of the Coast Guard.

American Sailor??

TRAINING MERCHANT MARINERS FOR WAR: The Role of the United States Coast Guard

AMERICAN MARINER (1941); WIX

AMERICAN SAILOR

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/webcutters/American_Sailor.html

AMERICAN SEAMAN (1939); WIX

hootthaacceeh

American Seaman:


American Mariner still serves a training role as a target in Chesapeake Bay:


Can't find a good pic of the American Sailor

Chattahoochee

Coast Guard Manned

USS ------

------ is the act or process of producing an effect or performing a function


USCGC ------
In action: moving; causing action or change.


USCGC --------

The act of relying: one that can be depended on.