It should come as no surprise that over 100 years ago a Coast Guard aviator was the first to pilot an aircraft across the Atlantic. Elmer Fowler Stone topped the list of applicants for the Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction class of 1913, a small group that would feature several distinguished graduates in the history of Coast Guard aviation.
Over the weekend, the 87-foot powerhouse CGC Razorbill moored up right next to the future home of the National Coast Guard Museum!
With the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the War on Terror set in motion dramatic changes to the Coast Guard.
Steel beam by steel beam, we’re climbing higher! Deck 3 is framed and Deck 4 is rising fast at YOUR National Coast Guard Museum. The view just keeps getting better!
The Coast Guard has a rich history of underwater operations. Since the early 1940s, the service has nurtured a diving capability that has become vital to modern Coast Guard missions.
That’s one BIG beam! The largest piece of steel in the National Coast Guard Museum project just went up — stretching 90 feet long and weighing in at 13.43 tons! This giant will run the entire length of the building from north to south, anchoring the bottom of Deck 3.
