DAKAR, Senegal (July 29, 2011) Coast Guard Ensigns Margerite Collins (LEFT) and Krysta Rhode reload paint rollers during a community relations project at a middle school in Dakar, Senegal, Dakar, where the crew More
(April 11, 2008) ONBOARD THE USCGC BOUTWELL - Petty Officer 3rd Class Errol Vanzie and Seaman Shannon C. Hester, from the CGC Boutwell, prepare baked goods for the following workday during the Boutwell's easter More
Twenty-three U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets, representing each of the four classes, spent their spring break, March 8-15, volunteering at an orphanage in Trujillo, Peru. The cadets cleared a large portion of More
MALABO, Guinea (July 10, 2005) Ensign Dewey Worker paints a classroom at a school in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. USCG photo by PA2 Andrew Shinn.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Alex Luna and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jesse Kassbaum, crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf teach students at Alak School in Wainwright, Alaska, about the effects of cold water More
ISKRA, Bulgaria - Chief Petty Officer Barry Insley, of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas, pours a cup of paint to paint a retention wall at the Saint Ekaterina Orphanage Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. Twenty-two peopl More
Coast Guardsmen work to repair a buoy.
The Revenue Cutter Morris prepares to board the passenger ship Benjamin Adams on July 16, 1861. The vessel was carrying 650 Scottish and Irish immigrants from Liverpool to New York. In an era of rapidly incre More
Beginning in 1934, the Coast Guard began using a specially designed "flying lifeboat" -- equipped with specialized equipment and capabilities for search and rescue duties and capable of operating up to 1,000 mi More
U.S. troops wade into the water as they stormed Omaha beach on June 6, 1944. The iconic photograph of the Normandy landings is called “Into the Jaws of Death” and was shot by U.S. Coast Guard photographer's mat More
Historical photo of the USS General Gordon. In World War II, the USS General Gordon was a U.S. Coast Guard-manned transport vessel that moved troops between the United States and ports in Europe and Africa. U More
A PBM-3 amphibious airplane lifts off from the water. Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Vought OS2U Kingfisher, a scout and observation floatplane, began service with the Navy beginning in August 1940. They were built using spot welding. The Coast Guard flew both the OS2U-2 and OS2U-3 models More
Laura Rokey, a former Coast Guard SPAR, discusses her time in the Coast Guard with Lt. Cmdr. Michele Schallip, commanding officer, Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, and female crewmembers during a visit to the ship whil More
Ensign Paul Milliken, an officer aboard the Coast Guard Cutter SPAR, welcomes Laura Rokey, a former Coast Guard SPAR, and her family aboard the ship in Petersburg, Alaska, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. The women who More
(l-r, t-b) Loening OL-5 "Amphibious Biplane," 1926-35; experimental Curtis Flying Boat; Consolidated N4Y-1 "Biplane Trainer," 1932-45; Lockheed HC-130 "Hercules," 1959-present; Vultee SNV-1 "Valiant 54," 1940-4 More
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Crewman working a nun buoy aboard the KICKAPOO. During WWII the KICKAPOO was classified as a buoy tender and given the hull number WAGL-56. She was assigned to Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, where she continued More
The Coast Guard Cutter YOCONA, one of three Navy "Diver" class vessel, heads home after a patrol in the Pacific. Transferred from the Navy in 1946, YOCONA served until 1996. During its 50-year career, YOCONA More
In October 1947 the Coast Guard Cutter BIBB rescued sixty-nine passengers from the crippled aircraft BERMUDA SKYQUEEN which was enroute from Ireland to Newfoundland. (Permission to reprint this work must be ob More
Muster roll for Commander, 13th Coast Guard District, Seattle, for February 1949.
Muster roll for Coast Guard Cutter Morris, May 2, 1949.
Muster roll for U.S. Coast Guard moorings San Pedro, Calif., January 1949.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cypress (WLB-210) supports a NASA open water test for Orion return capsule in the Gulf of Mexico in December 2018. It was the first upright capsule test conducted by NASA since the 1960s More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter POLAR STAR is one of two Polar Class icebreakers, which, at 399-feet long, are among the largest cutters operated by the Coast Guard. These cutters, specifically designed for open-water More
Antarctic Ocean, Antartic (Feb. 13)--Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) breaks its way through ice. Since the late 1970s, these 400-foot mammoths of the Coast Guard fleet, based in Seattle, Wash., have bee More
CGC POINT WHITE HORN patiently waits for a call to action at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. Named for points of land, these cutters were constructed between 1960 and 1970. Twenty- six of them were transferred to More
ANT Moriches crewmembers Petty Officer 3rd Class Howard Z. North, Chief Petty Officer Derek G. Paulsen, Fireman Alexandra Wright, Petty Officer 1st Class Jason R. Gwiazdzinski, Fireman Zachary R. Hecke and Pett More
Our helicopters often work from larger cutters on law enforcement and search & rescue missions.
A 1974 graduation portrait of Master Chief Petty Officer Patricia Stolle as a petty officer 3rd class. In 1973 legislation passed ending the Coast Guard women's reserve and began integrating women into active d More
A beautiful 1975 watercolor painting of the waves crashing on to the Hillsboro Light.
The CGC POLAR STAR, a 399 ft icebreaker, was built and commissioned in Seattle, WA, its current homeport, in 1976. It was designed as a state of the art Polar Class icebreaker in the world. The main mission of More
The Coast Guard Cutter MORGENTHAU is named for Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury from 1934 to 1945 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. MORGENTHAU, commissioned in 1969, is part of the 378-foo More
A Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk helicopter stops off for a refuel on the island of Sitkinak, Alaska. This is a small island just south of Kodiak, within sight of the village of Akhiok. Sitkinak is one of the Trin More
(April 2) A iceberg floats in the North Atlantic as seen during a U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
The HC-130 Hercules is a long-range surveillance and transport, fixed-wing aircraft that is used to perform search and rescue, enforcement of laws and treaties including illegal drug interdiction, marine enviro More
(Oct. 26)--Coast Guard Cutter Gasconade. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(Dec. 8) A iceberg floats in the North Atlantic as seen during a U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(Feb. 11)--Coast Guard buoydeck member chips ice away from buoy before replacing on station. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(Apr. 8)--The Coast Guard works to put out a fire from oil that was ignited after a spill. U.S. Coast Guard
May 1 -- A Coast Guard 32 ft utility boat demonstrates its onboard firefighting techniques. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(May 19)--Bow of ship sticks out of the water after sinking. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(Sep. 3)--Auxiliary members go over requirements and supplies with pleasure boaters during a courtesy marine examination. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
In this photo released by the Coast Guard, a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Coast Guard Station Gray's Harbor prepares to remove crewmen from a skiff after their fishing vessel, Miss Michelle, began taking on More
AT SEA (May 8, 2004)--An MK-75, 76mm Oto Melara gun mount on the bow onboard a U.S. Coast Guard High Endurance Cutter, is ready to take aim against a variety of targets, on May 8, 2004. The gun is sleeker and q More
Search and Rescue is one of the Coast Guard's oldest missions. Minimizing the loss of life, injury, property damage or loss by rendering aid to persons in distress and property in the maritime environment has a More
HH-3F "Pelican" helicopters, like the one in the picture, were in service from 1968 to 1994. The Pelican is patrolling in Alaskan waters as a fishing vessel may be in possible need of assistance. These helico More
The 378-foot High Endurance Cutter Dallas. The 378s are the largest cutters, aside from the three major Icebreakers, ever built for the Coast Guard. They are powered by diesel engines and gas turbines, and hav More
HH-3F "Pelican" helicopters, like the one in the picture, were in service from 1968 to 1994. The helicopters were capable of landing on the water. Water landing rescues were not always possible, of course, so More
In 1980, U.S. Coast Guard helicopters and cutters, assisted by the U.S. Air Force and the Canadian armed forces, rescued more than 500 passengers and crew from the cruise ship PRINSENDAM in the Gulf of Alaska.
Feb. 5 -- Two Coast Guard smallboats underway. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(July 23)--Buoy maintenance crewmember sands down buoy. USCG phott by GILLESPIE, TOM PA1
(Sept. 5)--Illustration of survivor in raft with lit flare. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(Sept. 8)--A female boat coxswain patrols a shipyard area in a 41-foot patrol boat. U.S. COAST GUARD
Built at the Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, in 1944 and decommissioned in 1981, this Coast Guard 52-foot motor buoy ship now rests as a tourist attraction in Burlington, Vermont.
(July 24)--Coast Guard buoytender drops buoy on station. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(July 24)--Crewmembers from a Coast Guard buoytender pulls a buoy alongside to perform maintenance on it. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(Dec. 8)--A Coast Guardsman peers through a pair of binoculars while on lookout duty. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
The former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier INTREPID moors in New York harbor as a Coast Guard HH-3F helicopter and Port Security boat approach it. The World Trade Center of Manhattan are seen in the background.
A portrait of a Coast Guard heroine - the first Coast Guard aviator killed in the line of duty. Lt Cain's helicopter crashed during a rescue mission off Hawaii, 1982.
The Haitian vessel "Esperancia" breaking up on Highland Beach, FL, May 29, 1982, after an attempt to land Haitian refugees. A Coast Guard helicopter hovers above. This sketch was made on-scene, May 29, 1982.
A person helps to unload cargo. USCG photo by GILLESPIE, TOM PA1
(July 9)--A female lieutenent junior grade officer piers through a pair of binoculars while on operations duty. U.S. COAST GUARD
Two Coast Guard Surf Rescue Boats out of Station Tillamook Bay search for a lost swimmer off Neahkahnie Beach, Oregon, July 4, 1983.
Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE passes up river in New York during a 1983 tall ship parade.
(Feb. 8)--A female coxswain make a radio call back to he station while on patrol. U.S. COAST GUARD
(April 6) -- Bales of marijuana seized during a Coast Guard boarding. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(July 2) -- A member of a Coast Guard boarding team stands watch over suspected drug traffickers. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(Nov. 1)--Bails of marijuana seized in a boarding of a motor vessel. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO.
(Nov. 1)--41 ft utility boat. USCG photo by SYNDER, JERRY PA1
(Dec. 1) Coast Guard smallboats patrol alongside a submarine. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(July 20)--A set of inland coast buoys. USCG photo by GILLESPIE, TOM PAC
(Jan. 8)--Firefighters keep the water flowing on a burning tankers as workers onboard work feverishly to shut off valves to prevent the fire from spreading. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(Jan. 8)--Firefighters keep the water flowing on a burning tanker. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(May 3)--The Coast Guard's HU-25 Falcon aircraft. USCG photo by MILLER, DALE
(May 5) An ice shelf somewhere in North Atlantic as seen during a U.S. Coast Guard International Ice Patrol. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(Nov. 2) A Coast Guardsman trains with members of the Trinidad government. USCG photo by SYNDER, JEROME PA2
(Nov. 3) A U.S. Coast Guardsman trains with members from the Grenada Coast Guard. USCG photo by SYNDER, JEROME PA2
(Nov. 4) A Coast Guardsman trains members of the St. Lucia border guard. USCG photo by SYNDER, JEROME, PA2
Chief Petty Officer Bob Trainor reenlists on “PA” Lighted Buoy in the Straits of Juan de Fuca, while stationed aboard Coast Guard Cutter Fir (WLM-212) in February 1986. Photo courtesy of Bob Trainor.
(Mar 1)--The Coast Guard's HU-25 Falcon aircraft. USCG photo by GILLESPIE, TOM PAC
May 4 -- A Coast Guard 30 ft motor surfboat underway. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
(May 1) - A member of a Coast Guard boarding team searches for illegal drugs. USCG photo by SNYDER, JERRY CWO.
(May 8)--Changing batteries and lights are normal maintenance to the thousands of aids maintained by the Coast Guard. There are two types of towers, Guyed skeleton which supports equipment on More
(June 1) - A member of a Coast Guard boarding team placing a man under arrest for drug smuggling. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO.
(Apr. 1) -- The U.S. Coast Guard work with U.S. Customs during a boarding of a vessel suspected of drug smuggling. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
Gastineauv Channel, AK (Apr. 4)--Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry (WLI 65401) secures buoy in Gastineav Channel. U.S. COAST GUARD
Gastineauv Channel, AK (Apr. 15)--Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Elderberry (WLI 65401) releases buoy in Gastineav Channel. U.S. COAST GUARD
(June 2)--Child rescue victim is passed over from one Coast Guard person to another. USCG photo by SYNDER, JERRY PA1
(Aug. 09)--Figurehead of the Coast Guard Barque Eagle. USCG photo by JENNINGS, FRANK PA2