#U.S. Coast Guard

[todaysdocument]

Coast Guardsman “Bee” Vestal made a study of the white caps in and around Times Square, May 24, 1943. 

Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard

Series: Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personalities

File Unit: Art by Vestal through Wood

Image description:

Cartoon showing head and shoulders of 15 men, each of whom is wearing a white Coast Guard or Navy uniform. Each man is also wearing a white “Dixie Cup” hat, each styled a different way. A caption below each sketch provides commentary on the cap’s style: 

“Told me the durn things shrunk.” [Hat oversized]

“--didn’t tell me!” [Hat undersized]

“Back of the neck type (this fellow likes to see just how little it takes to keep hat on.)” [Hat on the back of the head]

“Just washed it and can’t do a thing with it.” [Hat with wavy brim]

“Salty! Proper vision means nothing to this guy.” [Hat tipped forward, almost over eyes]

“The platoon leader or dip in the center type.” [Hat brim has a bit of a point in front?]

“The tri-corner, or Paul Revere style.” [Hat brim formed into three points]

“There’s them wot likes wings.” [Hat brim formed into two points over ears]

“Starboard list. (Good if you have extra strong ears.)” [Hat tilted over one ear]

“The fore and aft, or gravy boat style.” [Hat brim formed into points at front and back]

“Lifeguard type. (Good for sunburned nose)” [Hat brim turned down over face]

“Well they told me to square it.” [Hat brim formed into four points]

“This lad likes the flow aft style, sometimes called cruiser stern style.” [Hat brim pulled into a point at the back]

“College Joe, or sports model.” [Hat brim folded down in front and up in back]

“And then there’s the guy who just doesn’t give a damn!” [Hat with wavy brim]

#archivesgov #May 24 #1943 #1940s #World War II #WWII #military #style #U.S. Coast Guard #U.S. Navy #dixie cup #hats #cartoon

[texasaggie-seaknight]

San Diego Coastie, John…

#coast guard #uniform #hothunks #u.s. coast guard #us coast guard #coastie #handsome #shirtless muscle #shirtless #military boots #foot fettish #feetish #feet #arm pit #sweaty pits #those eyes #cute boys #cute smile #blue eyes #stud

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Titanic sub suffered 'catastrophic implosion,' all five aboard dead

By Joseph Ax and Steve Gorman

23 June 2023

June 22 (Reuters) - The five people aboard a missing submersible died in a "catastrophic implosion," a U.S. Coast Guard official said on Thursday, bringing a grim end to the international search for the vessel that was lost during a deep-sea voyage to the wreck of the Titanic.

"These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world's oceans," OceanGate Expeditions, the U.S.-based company that operated the Titan submersible, said in a statement.

"Our hearts are with these five souls and every member of their families during this tragic time."

An unmanned robot deployed from a Canadian ship discovered the wreckage of the Titan on Thursday morning about 1,600 feet (488 meters) from the bow of the century-old wreck, 2-1/2 miles (4 km) below the surface in a remote area of the North Atlantic, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger said at a press conference.

"The debris field here is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vehicle," Mauger said.

The five aboard included the British billionaire and explorer Hamish Harding, 58; Pakistani-born business magnate Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his 19-year-old son, Suleman, both British citizens; French oceanographer and Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77, who had visited the wreck dozens of times; and Stockton Rush, the American founder and chief executive of OceanGate, who was piloting the submersible.

Rescue teams from several countries had spent days searching thousands of square miles of open seas with planes and ships for any sign of the 22-foot (6.7-meter) Titan.

The submersible lost contact with its support ship on Sunday morning, June 18, about an hour and 45 minutes into what should have been a two-hour descent.

Mauger said it was too early to tell when the vessel's failure occurred.

The search operation had sonar buoys in the water for more than three days and had not detected any sort of loud explosive noise during the period, Mauger said.

The buoys had picked up some sounds on Tuesday and Wednesday that temporarily offered hope the people on board the Titan were alive and trying to communicate by banging on the hull.

But officials said analysis of the sound was inconclusive and that the noises might not have emanated from the Titan at all.

"There doesn't appear to be any relation between the noises and the location of the debris field on the sea floor," Mauger said on Thursday.

Robotic craft on the ocean floor will continue to gather evidence, Mauger said, but it is not clear whether recovering the bodies will be possible given the nature of the accident and the extreme conditions at those depths.

Five major pieces of the Titan have been found, including most of the pressure hull, officials said.

SAFETY CONCERNS

The search had grown increasingly desperate on Thursday, when the estimated 96-hour air supply was expected to run out if the Titan were still intact.

The Titanic, which sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage after hitting an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people, lies about 900 miles (1,450 km) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and 400 miles (640 km) south of St. John's, Newfoundland.

The expedition to the wreck, which OceanGate has been operating since 2021, cost $250,000 per person, according to OceanGate's website.

Questions about Titan's safety were raised in 2018 during a symposium of submersible industry experts and in a lawsuit by OceanGate's former head of marine operations, which was settled later that year.

The sweeping search covered more than 10,000 square miles of ocean - about the size of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

On Thursday, the deployment of two specialized deep-sea unmanned vehicles expanded the search to the ocean's depths, where immense pressure and pitch-black darkness complicated the mission.

The missing submersible and subsequent hunt captured worldwide attention, in part due to the mythology surrounding the Titanic.

The "unsinkable" British passenger liner has inspired both nonfiction and fiction accounts for a century, including the James Cameron blockbuster 1997 movie, which rekindled popular interest in the story.

#OceanGate Expeditions #Titan submersible #catastrophic implosion #U.S. Coast Guard #U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger #Titan #Titanic #Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Terry Fox #OceanGate Expeditions submersible #Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora #ROV #expedition #deep-sea voyage #wreckage

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The U.S. Coast Guard World War II Memorial Statue at its permanent site at Battery Park, May 18, 1955.

Photo: Associated Press via the Gazette

#vintage New York #1950s #U.S. Coast Guard #World War II #statue #memorial statue #Battery Park #World War II memorial #May 18 #18 May

[usarmytrooper]

#shirtless #muscle #jock #military jock #u.s. military #military #u.s. coast guard #coast guard #coastie #baseball cap #ballcap #uniform #sagging #tattoos #guy taking selfie #mirror #smirk #treasure trail

[realjediverse]

U.S. Coast Guard is Searching for a Missing Submersible!

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a missing submersible that was on a tour expedition to the Titanic wreck site. The submersible, which is owned by OceanGate Expeditions, was carrying five crew members when it lost contact with the research vessel Polar Prince on Sunday morning. The search is currently taking place 900 miles off Cape Cod, and the Coast Guard is using P8 Poseidon aircraft with…

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#OceanGate Expeditions #Titanic #U.S. Coast Guard

[pressnewsagencyllc]

A channel has opened for vessels clearing wreckage at the Baltimore bridge collapse site

BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has opened a temporary, alternate channel for vessels involved in the clearing of debris at the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, part of a phased approach to opening the main channel leading to the vital port, officials said. Crews are undertaking the complicated work of removing steel and concrete at the site of the bridge’s…

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#A #Baltimore #baltimore key bridge collapse #Bridge Collapses #business #f #General News #Joe Biden #karine jean-pierre #Maryland #MD State Wire #N #u.s. coast guard #U.S. News #U.S. Small Business Administration

[henryjefferson]

Pork - Military S.O.S. Feasty Style Stand up straight! Suck in that gut! Straighten that chin! AAAH! The good ol' days! Come to think of it, that S.O.S. you use to eat back in the service wasn't all that bad, right? Let The Feasty Boys show you their variation of the very S.O.S. the U.S. Coast Guard is still talkin' about!!

#military s.o.s. #flour #u.s. coast guard #feasty style #service #aaah

[jamessilcoxcostguard]

James Silcox Coast Guard - A Counter Drug Duty Officer

Commander James Silcox Coast Guard personal awards include the Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medal, three Coast Guard Commendation Medals, three Coast Guard Achievement Medals, the Iraqi Campaign Medal, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, three Special Operations Service Ribbons, and the Sea Service Ribbon with three bronze stars.

#james silcox coast guard #alameda #assistant navigator #military officer #u.s. coast guard #jamessilcoxcoastguard #a team leader

[ask-dark-pinkie]

Recipe for Military S.O.S. Feasty Style

Stand up straight! Suck in that gut! Straighten that chin! AAAH! The good ol' days! Come to think of it, that S.O.S. you use to eat back in the service wasn't all that bad, right? Let The Feasty Boys show you their variation of the very S.O.S. the U.S. Coast Guard is still talkin' about!!

#service #gut #military s.o.s. #chin #u.s. coast guard #ol

[todaysdocument]

The Coast Guard celebrated its 153rd anniversary during WWII with this poster, August 2, 1943. 

Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard

Series: Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personalities

File Unit: Port Security; Photographs of Posters

Image description: Poster reading “The Coast Guard at WAR! / United States Coast Guard 1790 / 1790 / 153 Years of Service / 1943” Photos and illustrations show: A man on horseback, holding a sword; a group of men in uniform, wearing helmets; the American flag flying from a ship; a smiling woman in uniform; modern Coast Guardsmen under the flag of the Revenue Cutter Service; men jumping from a landing craft and running up a beach; a lighthouse; a man standing guard, holding a rifle; a Coast Guard aircraft; a man in black cap with a snarling dog; a man loading ammunition into a ship’s gun; a Coast Guard ship; in the center is the Coast Guard logo with illustrations of a 1799 battle against a French privateer, and a Coast Guard cutter sinking a U-boat. 

#archivesgov #August 2 #1943 #1940s #World War II #WWII #military #U.S. Coast Guard #war #poster #graphic design

[texasaggie-seaknight]

When Coastie horseplay turns into a striptease…

#u.s. coast guard #us coast guard #coastie #coast guard #hothunks #muscle jock #horseplay #ripped shirt #handsome #uniform #pt gear #stud #tatoos

[thegadlingguides]

7/10. He got caught surviving a probable-death situation and his story made the international news, but he somehow managed to keep them from publishing his name.  Not easy, nice work.

#u.s. coast guard

[lesterpubliclibrary]

Daybreak by Lester Public Library Via Flickr: Two Rivers, Wisconsin

#sunrise #Two Rivers #Wisconsin #TrueToTwo #Explore Two Rivers #Morning #November #Fall #Autumn #trees #tree #Coast Guard #coastguardstationtworivers #U.S. Coast Guard #harbor #Two Rivers Harbor #clouds #lake #Lake MIchigan #Lester Public Library #WIsconsin #Read #Discover #Connect #Enrich #flickr

[reportwire]

In Hurricane Ian's wake, dangers persist, worsen in parts

In Hurricane Ian’s wake, dangers persist, worsen in parts

FORT MYERS, Fla. — People kayaking down streets that were passable just a day or two earlier. Hundreds of thousands without power. National Guard helicopters flying rescue missions to residents still stranded on Florida’s barrier islands. Days after Hurricane Ian carved a path of destruction from Florida to the Carolinas, the dangers persisted, and even worsened in some places. It was clear the…

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#Accidents and disasters #Climate and environment #Floods #General news #Hurricane Ian #Hurricanes #Jill Biden #joe biden #natural disasters #north america #Power Outages #Service outages #Storms #Tropical cyclones #U.S. Coast Guard #United State #weather

[globalcourant]

US Coast Guard cutter is denied port call in Solomon Islands

US Coast Guard cutter is denied port call in Solomon Islands

BANGKOK — A U.S. coast guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port call in Solomon Islands, an incident that comes amid growing concerns of Chinese influence on the Pacific nation. The cutter Oliver Henry was taking part in Operation Island Chief monitoring fishing activities in the…

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#British armed forces #call #Coast #cutter #Denied #Diplomacy #General news #Government and politics #Guard #International relations #islands #Marsha Blackburn #Military and defense #Military facilities #P #port #Solomon #U.S. Coast Guard #United Kingdom government #United States government #United States military