USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ U.S. Coast Guard 213th Birthday Celebration ~ August 4 2003

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Click on the pic and I'll guide you
to the start of today's
U.S. Coast Guard Birthday thread






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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Cutter Harriet Lane Fires Across the Bow of Nashville," a painting by Howard Koslow.  The Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane fired the first "naval" shot of the Civil War when she fired a shot across the bow of the merchant vessel Nashville when that vessel refused to identify herself as she entered Charleston, South Carolina. The Nashville then complied. The Harriet Lane was part of the Union squadron that attempted to relieve Fort Sumter in April of 1861.

The United States Coast Guard, one of the country's five armed services, is also one of the most unique agencies of the federal government.  We trace our history back to 4 August 1790, when the first Congress authorized the construction of ten vessels to enforce tariff and trade laws, prevent smuggling, and protect the collection of the federal revenue.  Known variously as the Revenue Marine and the Revenue Cutter Service, we expanded in size and responsibilities as the nation grew.  

These added responsibilities included humanitarian duties such as aiding mariners in distress.  Our law enforcement functions also continued to expand.  Congress tasked us with enforcing laws against slavery, piracy, and enlarged our responsibilities to prevent smuggling.  We were also given the responsibility to protect the marine environment, explore and police Alaska, and chart the growing nation's coastlines, all well before the turn of the twentieth century.

The service received its present name in 1915 under an act of Congress when the Revenue Cutter Service merged with the Life-Saving Service.  The nation now had a single maritime service dedicated to saving life at sea and enforcing the nation's maritime laws.  We began to maintain the country's aids to maritime navigation, including operating the nation's lighthouses, when the Lighthouse Service was transferred to the Coast Guard in 1939.  Later, in 1946, Congress permanently transferred the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation to the Coast Guard, thereby placing merchant marine licensing and merchant vessel safety under our purview.

The Coast Guard is one of the oldest organizations of the federal government and, until the Navy Department was established in 1798,  we served as the nation's only armed force afloat.  We have continued to protect the nation throughout our long history and have served proudly in every one of the nation's conflicts.  Our national defense responsibilities remain one of our most important functions even today.

In times of peace we operate as part of the Department of Homeland Security, serving as the nation's front-line agency for enforcing our laws at sea, protecting our coastline and ports, and saving life.  In times of war, or on direction of the President, we serve under the Navy Department. 

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Click on the thumbnails below
to visit the online art gallery of
Flotilla 51's artist Jim Davenport

Jim Davenport's U.S.Coast Guard Art

[SevenofNine]

Breaking news off AP wire reporting that Grey Davis you know Recall Governor is plan in the morning file motion to stop recall with Cali Supremes

Memo to Supremes hear of Rose BIRD HMMMM now if you don't want up like her end don't mess with Cali voter the recall is legit

Dont' forget we are Maverick state

We are only state that gave TWO US prez

Nixon and Reagan

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Posted last night in the Canteen.

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Here are some pictures from MSgt. Dan Edwards
USMC

He is currently serving in Kuwait for
Operation Enduring Freedom!

 

If you would like to send him or any of the other Marines he is serving with messages of support, goodwill or prayers please reply to me here and I will copy, cut and paste them in a great big HAPPY MESSAGE for him to read and pass around!

 

These proud men and women have been out there for quite some time now, and I just thought it would be a great opportunity for a morale boost!

(I hope I can do this right!)

• THANKS to Vets_Husband_and_Wife for this GREAT idea!
•  THANKS to LindaSOG for making it happen!
• Also, thanks to the many people who have already replied to       Vets_Husband_and_Wife's posts.. your words have been so kind!
• Thanks to the CANTEEN for giving me a place to post this- I wish Dan could access this site, you are all amazing!!!!

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Thanks, everyone, for looking! 

If you have a moment, please post a reply for me to send off...

MSgt. Edwards also happens to be FReeper M1911A1

(and my husband!)

413 posted on 08/03/2003 9:20 PM PDT by M0sby (Proud Marine Corp's Wife!)

[Fawnn]

In the spirit of cross-thread traditions: Top 10!!!

Shhhhhhhh!!! Gramma: Don't tell anybody that I haven't read all the words in 1-3 yet though!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

The Coos River "Bar" is a sandbar located at the entrance to the river
that will cause normal ocean waves to exceed 25 feet in the winter season!
This river entrance is second in wave height only to Cape Disappointment on the Columbia River.

The 47' Motor Lifeboat (MLB) Action Videos

Watch the 47' MLB prove it's worth in the surf during training exercises at Station Coos Bay, Oregon!

47234 Pushes the Envelope

47234 Takes a Wave on the Beam

47234 Goes Bow On

[Fawnn]

We are only state that gave TWO US prez

ahem ;)

From:
http://nuwavemedia.com/features/presidentsday/ (but emphasis mine)

"The Mother of Presidents"

Ohio has produced 8 American Presidents earning it the nickname above.

That is more than any other state and should be a source of pride. You might also notice that 3 of our Presidents served one after another. Seven were Republicans with William Harrison belonging to the Whig Party.

Those 8 are:

William Henry Harrison

Ulysses S. Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

James A. Garfield

Benjamin Harrison

William McKinley

William Howard Taft

Warren G. Harding

[Brad’s Gramma]

NEW THREAD HERE


........he says, AFTER I make all of my literary notes to YESTERDAY'S Canteen even though it's still today in my world.

Sheesh.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Good Morning Everyone!!!

[Fawnn]

Wavin' back atcha:

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thanks for your help on today's thread!
Your "touch up" made it look really nice.
Coastie says Thanks also!

[Radix]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

The First Ten Cutters

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Cutter Name (click on name for more info.)	Date launched:	Where built:	Station:	First Commanding Officer:	Disposition
Vigilant	March 1791	New York, NY	NY	Patrick Dennis	Sold; Nov 1798
Active	9 April 1791	Baltimore, MD	MD	Simon Gross	Sold; 1800
General Green	7 July 1791	Philadelphia, PA	PA	James Montegomery	Sold; Dec 1797
Massachusetts	15 July 1791	Newburyport, MA	MA	John Foster Williams	Sold; 9 Oct 1792
Scammel	24 Aug 1791	Portsmouth, NH	NH	Hopley Yeaton	Sold; 16 Aug 1798
Argus	1791	New London, CT	CT	Jonathan Maltbie	Sold; 1804
Virginia	1791	Norfolk, VA	VA	Richard Taylor	Sold; 1798
Diligence	June/July 1792	Washington, NC	NC	William Cook	Sold; 1798
South Carolina	1793 ?	Charleston, SC	SC	Robert Cochrane	Sold; 5 Jun 1798
Eagle	1793	Savannah, GA	GA	John Howell	Sold; 14 Sep 1799

NOTE:

The North Carolina, purchased in 1792 for use as a revenue cutter, was not one of the first ten cutters asked for by Hamilton and whose funding and construction were authorized by Congress on 4 August 1790 and is therefore not included in this list.  There were a number of vessels, however, that served as revenue boats in the period prior to Congress' authorization to build the ten cutters.  Some were operated by the various states during the Confederation Period while others were operated by the federally appointed customs collectors in the ports after the formation of the government in 1789.  These "federal" revenue boats and craft varied in type and size, such as Philadelphia collector Sharp Delany's "barge with sails," that served before, during, and well after the General Green entered service in the waters around Philadelphia.  But such craft were not "sea-going" vessels capable of sailing well away from a protected harbor as the cutters were specifically designed to do.   

Therefore, the above list contains the "first" cutters as recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard.

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[Semper911]

Hey Tonk, you still standing watch out there in Coos Bay? ODs still breathing down your neck? (Don't worry, they only do it because the Chief is breathing down theirs.)

Thanks for the thread to remind me that it's Coast Guard Day. We used to have a big cookout at the station and invite all the families. I suspect they still do.

I remember one Coast Guard Day picnic when I had the cox'n duty, and me and my crew were all hoping there wouldn't be any calls before the burgers were ready. Then of course the bell rang, and we dropped our sodas and ran down to the boat.

The OD gave us the position on the radio. Sailboat taking on water, kids on board. When we got on scene, only the mast and part of the bow were showing, and 5 heads bobbing in the water, no PFDs. We pulled the three kids and their parents on board the 41', and headed back in.

I was calling in to tell the station to have an ambulance at the dock, but the father waved me off. He said they were fine and didn't want to go to the hospital. So we brought them back to the station, fired up the grill again, and they joined right in the picnic with our families while they waited to be picked up by friends.

Before long the kids were playing volleyball, and as I watched them, I had a big lump in my throat. Just an hour before, they were treading water and practically in the jaws of death, and now they were doing what kids were supposed to be doing.

It was one of many memorable days that made me very proud of having the opportunity to serve.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Wow. I'm certainly happy that I came back to check, one more time for the night.

THANK YOU for saving that family!!! And for your service to this great country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

FANTASTIC VIDEOS!! It's a good thing the 47' MLB is self-righting! Whew!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

In what wars and conflicts
did the Coast Guard serve?

War/Conflict

Quasi-War with France

Civil War

Spanish-American War

World War I

World War II

Korean War

Vietnam War

Mayaguez Incident

Grenada:
Operation Urgent Fury

Panama:
Operation Just Cause

Persian Gulf:
Operations Desert Shield/Storm

Afghanistan:
Operations Enduring Freedom

Iraq:
Operations Enduring Freedom
& Iraqi Freedom