Duane Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. Her first master was Richard Taylor. On the 20th she dropped the convoy at Grotta, Iceland, the escort unit then proceeding to Hvalfjordur, where Duane remained moored until the 26th. In September of 1939 she was assigned to duty with Destroyer Division 18, conducting neutrality patrols along the Grand Banks (these patrols were known as "Grand Banks Patrols"), as ordered by President Franklin Roosevelt. The Duane served on the following ocean stations through the early 1970s: Bravo (8 December 1972 to 2 January 1973); Delta (17 May to 10 June 1973); Bravo (25 July to 16 August 1973); Charlie (26 November 16 December 1973); Bravo (13 March to 2 April 1974); and finished her ocean station career serving on station Hotel, serving at that station exclusively as the other stations had been decommissioned by that time, for five more patrols, from: 31 January to 17 February 1974; 25 January to 14 February 1975; 22 August to 12 September 1975; 24 October to 14 November 1975 and finally 29 February to 19 March 1976. Nominee 5: Coast Guard Cutter Life - YouTube 0:00 / 19:42 Nominee 5: Coast Guard Cutter Life 12,293 views Dec 26, 2014 We've reached the half-way point in our top 10 competition. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. Word was received that Myrto had broken away from White River making a total of three vessels adrift with three more waiting to be able to take them under tow again. Typically at that time of year, she was buffeting a strong North Atlantic winter storm with cold, fierce winds. Waters continued: "the 327's battled, through the 'Bloody Winter' of 1942-43 in the North Atlantic--fighting off German U-boats and rescuing survivors from torpedoed convoy ships. From 26 October to 8 November 1947 she served on Ocean Station Able. Seven hours later she sighted what appeared to be a stick of bombs on the port beam exploding on the surface at the horizon. Boardings are an all-hands evolution and come at all hours of the day and night. On 18 April 1955 the tug Edmond J. Moran rendezvoused with the Galloway, but not before the Coast Guard received word that yet another commercial vessel was in trouble. One he was wearing his lifejacket and the second and most important, was that he was spotted in the water by a lookout on the starboard side of the ship's bridge. On the 30th MAJGEN John W. O'Daniels and his staff reported on board to take part in assault practice exercises on the 31st. Women had been assigned to Morro Bay previously, but couldnt always be accommodated for some of their duties due to a lack of berthing. Duane stood out of Reykjavik, Iceland, on 10 June 1942, escorting a 15-ship convoy ONSJ-102, with two Navy destroyers to join up with the eastbound convoy ONS-102. The Duane's surfboat then shuttled the survivors from their lifeboats to safety on board the cutter. The submarine was now at right angles to the line of fire and several hits were obtained, one nicely centered on the submarine's conning tower. Also that year she served on and Ocean Station Able from 6-27 April. She was sold in December, 1797. At daylight on the 8th, the convoy was again badly scattered. He asked the lookout if he could see it, and the lookout replied that he did. The Duane was ordered to escort the ship to St. John's. Later that same day Edmond J. Moran reported that Galloway had also broken her tow and was adrift just 14 miles away from the cutter without any power. Subic Bay in the Philippines served as homeport while in the Far East. The Schenck rejoined the convoy but Duane remained in the vicinity a short while longer in the hope of contacting the submarine. The Duane put over her motor surfboat as Bornholm lowered two lifeboats with the crew of the merchantman aboard. On 9 August 1942, Duane stood out of Reykjavik in company with a Navy destroyer to rendezvous with an Iceland-bound convoy. Early on the 4th another convoy, Trujillo-28, was diverted southward from the convoy's path. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence's crew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Jan. 9, at [] The boarding team had to leap aboard at the risk of falling into the dark Caribbean Sea. Sea gulls were sighted three hours later with considerable oil on their bodies. I was a mm 2c assigned to the Duane from Sept.'39 to Feb '43 and was aboard during the above incident. She was later sunk as an artificial reef along with her sister cutter Bibb off Key Largo. Her first master was John Foster Williams. For most of the next twenty years, Duane and her sisters, except Taney which was stationed in the Pacific, alternated duty between weather stations Charlie (850 miles northeast of St. Johns, Newfoundland), Bravo (250 miles northeast of Cape St. Charles, Labrador); Delta (located 650 miles southeast of Argentia); and Echo (850 miles east northeast of Bermuda). The Duane then towed the Julia to Guantanamo Bay for repairs. When the large wave slapped the side of the ship it would fill that shield with water making it resemble an above ground backyard swimming pool. The station is home to 27 Coast Guard members and two 47-foot motor life boats. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. It smelled bad and hurt the eyes." The original effort was undertaken by the cutter Itasca the previous year. This designation indicated a multi-mission ship able to operate at sea for 30-45 days without support and Duane was then reclassified as WHEC-33. Coast Guard members assigned to cutters received a pay increase in October 2020. 1936:2 x 5"/51 (single mount); 2 x 6-pounders. Later an area was searched in which a plane had reported contact with a submarine. It was mid-afternoon on a clear sunny day. Female focus groups cited issues with advancement, including the perception of bias in subjective evaluations, as influencing decisions. Another reported her No. From 18 May to 8 June of that year she served on Ocean Station Charlie. Norfolk until 3 April 1944. One contact which proved non-sub was investigated and a floating mine was sunk. CG-67) was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Duane maneuvered to pick up survivors and by 1158 had picked up nine German enlisted men and one officer. After a while, they were on their way happy to have made our acquaintance. Later a Navy destroyer and a British escort joined the convoy as did three merchant vessels escorted by a YMS. For over two hours Duane's crew fought the blaze while trying to contend with the flooding. On this occasion the outcome was not so pleasant. From 29 March to 19 April of 1952 she served on Ocean Station Dog and from 26 June to 11 July she served on Ocean Station Charlie. The increase in sea pay is important because all members assigned to cutters receive the increase. The Civonney was estimated to have 60 tons of marijuana on board. She was built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The New York section six ships broke off on the 8th with Duane (flag), Spencer, Campbell and a Navy destroyer as escort. Two things saved LT Goehring that day. Her first master was Patrick Dennis. This task unit met convoy HX-233 en route Londonderry on the 12th. Over a thirty minute period, she fired 70 rounds of five-inch ammunition from her main battery and was credited with destroying one enemy command post, five bunkers, two tunnels, and 36 fortified foxholes. This may sound strange coming from a guy with three kids and a wife at home, but we have a job to do out here, said Jordan. On the 8th of June she had a bearing on a submarine and later aircraft from a carrier attacked a surfaced 17 miles from the convoy. The convoy anchored near Ambrose Lightship late on the 10th in a thick fog, moving into the harbor on the 12th of July, 1943. Because the captain of the 82-foot cargo ship spoke little English, a Haitian interpreter accompanied the team. At 1612 Duane got underway and proceeded to Baie de Cavalaire, anchoring there 35 minutes later. Youre tuned to WMEC Forward 9-1-1 on your radio dial," BMC James Jordans voice rumbles over the intercom through passageways and berthing areas of theCGC Forward (WMEC-911) with thumping hip-hop music in the background. USCGCNEAH BAY(WTGB-105) The Historian's Office maintains a file on most of these vessels. The U.S. Coast Guard wants to retire its oldest cutter on the Great Lakes, the 57-year-old cutter Buckthorn. We don't have a flight deck, so they had to do a vertical rescue. The term "cutter" identifies a Coast Guard vessel 65 feet in length or greater, with accommodations for a crew to live aboard. But twenty four hours after leaving Portland, Maine, she responded to a vessel in distress. We needed a dedicated accommodation for [women] and we now have that with the building expansion, Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Sheppard said in a My CG blog post. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; HF/DF: (1942) DAR (converted British FH3?). What remained of the convoy was kept together with difficulty during the night, which was marked by rain and sleet squalls. During one attempt Duane's commanding officer, first lieutenant, and members of the deck force were struck by a whipping hawser. Proceeding to Norfolk with Campbell on 2 October 1943 she was again underway en route Casablanca on the 5th as escort for convoy UGS-20 in company with Campbell and eight Navy destroyers. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II. On the 17th, Duane made contact at close range and dropped an "E" charge in close proximity to the convoy and then proceeded through the convoy to the spot where the charge was dropped, searching astern until midnight without results. All hands were totally amazed to see two men who left Virginia Beach two months before, rowing a boat on Ocean Station Delta. From 8 to 30 May of the same year she served on Ocean Station Delta. She departed Bizerte on the 11th. On 4 December of 1967 Duane was assigned to Coast Guard Squadron Three off the Coast of Vietnam, where she served as the flagship for Coast Guard squadron. From 29 June to 22 July 1970 she served on Ocean Station Echo; from 30 August to 22 September 1970 she was on Ocean Station Delta and on 14 November to 7 December 1970 she served on Ocean Station Echo. Within two days, five vessels were seized as they tried to make their way to Cuba to pick up passengers. All of the crew were taken off by another drifter and Duane saved 11 bags of mail. It was 9:30 at night. One of her more dramatic rescues occurred the following year. An hour later the cutter began using target speeds of three knots for the search curve. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. With a range of 13,000 nautical miles, the advanced technologies of our cutter are designed to support the national objectives to maintain the security of America's maritime boundaries, engage in critical Law Enforcement operations, and provide long range search and rescue capabilities. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Then she screened Spencer while that cutter sent a boat to the submarine. The Duane was at drift, and Barnes was the helmsman. The search for the submarine continued on the 4th when a dispatch corrected the position of the sighting as farther westward where a plane was sighted at 0843, circling. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. Also, during the mid-1930's, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. It is sorted by length down to 65', the minimum length of a USCG cutter. The weather moderated during the day but the Ingham failed to join. The Puffin was found in the same location where the British liner Ocean Monarch reported sighting an overturned boat on Sep. 16. 221-222. Unimak began life as the United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender . In 1950 she served on Ocean Station How from 1 to 22 February and again from 12 December to 4 January 1951. Fire, Watch & Station, & Quarter Bills, USRMS, 1889, Illustrated 2-part overview article of CG WPBs, 100-feet & over, 1915-2012, by HMC James T. Flynn, USNR (Ret.). The Duane, with Ingham and Schenck, then proceeded to Hvalfjordur, arriving on the 12th. These men and women spend more than 185 days on average away from their family and friends, and aside from the occasional grumble or homesick remark, the men and women of the Forward are happy on the 270 feet they call home. 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The August 11, 1966 edition of the Press had the following story: OS Delta, Aug. 11. Duane was stationed at Bizerte until June, 1945, when she departed for Charleston, via Bermuda, arriving there on 10 July 1945. King, Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, his staff, ADM D. S. Beary, Commander, Task Group 24.6, his staff and Mr. Stephen Early, Secretary to the President, came on board and were received with proper honors. After fitting out, she departed the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 16 October 1936 and arrived at Oakland on 24 November. On the 4th she was underway with a Dutch warship and four PCs as escort for convoy GAT-103 en route Trinidad, B.W.I. Were going to do that job no matter how long it takes.. Entering into service in 2008, the Legend-class is the largest of several new cutter designs developed as part of the Integrated Deepwater System Program. She was allowed to proceed east, but was examined closely and found to have no fittings for fueling U-boats. On Sep. 2, the entry read: "But where are the ships?' On the 17th, SS Fort Rampart, a vessel in the convoy, was torpedoed and the Canadian corvette HMCS Arvida took aboard 49 survivors, three in need of medical attention. The Commander, U.S. The date in parentheses is the date a vessel was commissioned in Revenue, Lighthouse, or Coast Guard service; no date is given to commissioned U.S. Navy warships or U.S. Army vessels manned by Coast Guard crews as such manning practices only occurred during World War II. Duane served on Ocean Station Charlie from 11 May to 5 June, again from 29 September to 20 October and again 10 November to 3 December in 1946. Leaving for Palermo on that date she returned to Bizerte on the 29th of October and remained there until the 13th of November. Several hours later Duane was ordered to assist the cutter Ingham (WPG-35) in a search. Here are some dog photos to make you smile. 45-48. The first lieutenant was struck across the stomach. My job is somewhat more transitioning into a women afloat career counseling position as well, she said. On the 3rd she moored at Reykjavik and on the 4th proceeded to Hvalfjordur. Her first master was Hopley Yeaton. She asked if he could accept a female Boatswains Mate Third Class. They then proceeded to make a similar change to two other 65-foot cutters operated by Sector New York. On the 21st of August, shortly after midnight, a report was received that German "E" boats were in the outer Alpha area and that one might have gotten through. On 17 December 1942 Duane proceeded to Reykjavik and on the 26th, in standing for anchorage, collided with the Norwegian drifter Boorene, that vessel sinking about 800 yards from the Engey Light. It took a full court press to make this happen, said Lt. Cmdr. These barrier vessels were aided in the search for suspect vessels by Navy aircraft. The commandant of the Coast Guard ordered the increase of patrol lengths for all the medium- and high-endurance cutters in the fleet by 10 days and decreased the frequency of mid-patrol breaks for the crew in response to the nations national security needs at home and abroad. The sub headed directly away after drawing right and then turned right, half an hour later it submerged at 10,500 yards range and Duane began a retiring search allowing for the sub's speed of six knots. He also said the service is making progress on the acquisition of 30 Waterways Commerce Cutters, tenders that will maintain 28,000 aids that mark more than 12,000 miles of navigable inland waterways. The crew of the Forward is aware of the change, but few seem concerned. The weather was worsening, but by 1030 on 19 April 1955 Arlesiana was under tow at five knots. Arriving at Argentia on May 5, Duane began escorting SS Sabine Sun to Boston on the 8th, and arrived there on the 12th. Unfortunately, many of these so-called "stand-by" periods were anything but. Further, most 270-foot cutters are over 30 years old. She continued to search for eight hours in the general area, when a suspicious underwater sound was again heard. On Tuesday evening, 15 March 1983, Duane intercepted the 154-foot coastal freighter Civonney, 270 miles east of the Delaware Bay, after that vessel was first sighted by a Coast Guard HC-130. "The bombs were bad. At 0529 she grounded at Hog Neck Light on the starboard edge of the channel. The object was only visible as it rode over the crest of a swell. Duane then returned to her permanent homeport of Oakland, arriving on 25 February 1937. During patrols in the eastern pacific, cutters are conducting law enforcement missions, drug seizures, and migrant interdiction on a variety of vessels. On the 5th, Duane dropped the convoy off Grotta Point and proceeded to fuel in Reykjavik Harbor. The Duane eased her spare parts shortage by stripping her sister cutter Spencer, which had been decommissioned earlier. At 0700 the next morning the crew of Civonney set their ship afire as well as opened her sea cocks in an attempt to scuttle her. The deck hand took the hawser across the face causing him to fall backwards and strike his head on a depth charge rack. Mess cooks sweat in a hot scullery washing dishes for 14 hours and desire to be on the bridge or in the engine room learning the trades that may someday be their career. In 1951 she assisted SS Jytte Skou and towed the disable fishing vessel Catherine Amirault to safety in September 1954 and towed SS Helga Boege to Bermuda in 1956 after that vessel became disabled. Meanwhile, Wave No. Another task for Duane during the 1950's and early 1960's was air-sea rescue standby. General quarters was sounded and one embarrassing depth charge was released, set for 300 feet It is sorted by length down to 65', the minimum length of a USCG cutter. They observed, on closing in, the black hulk of a ship among the ships of the convoy, with no signs of activity on or about her. The captain and crew of ship welcomed the community for tours this week as they get set to depart Alaska. The Duane left Coast Guard service on 1 August 1985 and was laid up in Boston for a number of years. The station is home to 27 Coast Guard members and two 47-foot motor life boats. The weather was partly sunny with a visibility (from the flying bridge) of five to seven miles and a sea of two to four foot swells. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946-1990. Duane also maintained that he had no right to withdraw the funds without the consent of Congress, which had, in its previous session, declared the Bank safe for government deposits. Nothing more was heard from the Puffin, and it was not seen again. I was never so scared in my life.". The ship was not hurt, but inside it was all bad. Gate National Recreation Area, February, 1984; pp. The Legend-class cutter, also known as the National Security Cutter ( NSC) and Maritime Security Cutter, Large, is the largest active patrol cutter class of the United States Coast Guard. He had jumped in soon after the submarine had surfaces. The Revenue Marine and the Revenue Cutter Service, as it was known variously throughout the late 18th and the 19th centuries, referred to its ships as cutters. She was sold in November, 1798. On February 2nd a U. S. bomber passed en route to base and the peaks of the mountains behind Cape Farewell, Greenland, were sighted. No matter how long their patrols are, the crew of the Forward will continue to operate with the rest of the cutter fleet. It is sorted by length down to 65', the minimum length of a USCG cutter. Her keel was laid on 1 May 1935 and she was launched and christened by Ms. Mai Duane on 3 June 1936. From 17 January to 6 March 1944, she was at the Norfolk Navy Yard undergoing conversion as an ACG, a combined operations-communications headquarters ship (her designation then changed to WAGC-6). Arriving at Argentia on 2 April 1943, Duane remained moored until 11 April when she became part of CTU 24.1.3, which included Spencer, as flagship, and four British escorts. The Duane escorted the American Importer safely into St. John's, Newfoundland the next day. Finally the one ship was found traveling alone, while the Ingham was with another ship 6,000 yards to the west. Freephone: 0800 180 4889 or Direct: (0)1721 725151 2705 Wolcott Lane, Kissimmee, Orlando, Florida 34747 reliance aircraft international; e-mail enquiry: manchester terrier for sale At first she seemed to have the outline of SS Norluna and that vessel was consequently believed to be the ship that had been torpedoed. Our chance to get you was gone. Guess who informed me I was being dropped from the program. Shipwreck Survey of a Portion of Ocean Beach Golden Gate National Recreation They would be seen alive for the last time by crewmembers of the USCGC Duane two months later. Official Publication of the Navy League of the United States. Potter came up to the bridge, and he also saw the object. Mr. Johnstone remained aboard the "Puffin" since one man must remain aboard at all times. She was sold on 16 August 1798. She departed Oakland on 7 September 1939 and arrived at her new homeport of Boston on 22 September 1939. From 7 November to 20 December 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta. Naval Forces, Northwest African Waters, inspected her on the 22nd. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Anacapa is leaving Petersburg this year after more than three decades of fisheries law enforcement, rescues and patrols in Southeast Alaska. The crew of the Forward wakes up to Jordans radio personality voice just about every morning theyre underway. This means less time at home with loved ones and less time in port where a phone call can be made. The Duane dropped the convoy off at Grotta at 1125 on the 17th. On the 23rd of March she proceeded to Casco Bay arriving on the 27th for anti-submarine exercises, attack teacher drill, and instructions in range-finding. They also served as a mid-ocean navigation aids, communications relay stations and as search and rescue platforms when needed. Dim lights were reported early on the 4th twice on the same relative bearing. And, for the first time in history, our entire inland fleet will be able to accommodate mixed-gender crews, providing all junior enlisted members these unique afloat experiences, Schultz said. 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