C.W. Lawrence—Tamer of America’s maritime frontier and first PACAREA cutter
Amid Gold Rush anarchy, the first Pacific cutter stood the law: breaking smuggling, stopping mutiny, rescuing crews, and charting CA’s coast.
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Coast Guard PSUs—nearly 45 years of service!
With the need for maintaining security zones at anchorages, in the seaway, and alongside ships offloading military cargoes, the role and training for port security forces emerged as a priority for the Coast Guard.
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Alexander Hamilton and the Coast Guard as a U.S. Military Service
From Hamilton’s “few armed vessels” to cutters and LEDETs in modern war zones, a small revenue force evolved into a full-fledged armed service that has answered every call from the age of sail to the Global War on Terrorism.
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Iceberg Smith and the 1931 Graf Zeppelin Arctic Expedition
Suspended above uncharted ice in a heated cabin, a young Coast Guard scientist watched the Graf Zeppelin map islands, mountains, and sea ice no one had ever seen from the air—and foresaw how aviation would transform Arctic safety.
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From Overland Rescue to Polar Security Cutters: The Evolution of U.S. Ice Operations
From reindeer-driven rescues and wooden “ice resistant” cutters to Northwest Passage breakthroughs and new Polar Security Cutters, this story traces 150 years of operations that turned a frozen frontier into a year round mission set.
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A Turning Point at Sea: The Coast Guard, Thomas E, and Disabling Fire
Under a blacked-out sky off Cay Sal, warnings went unanswered—until disabling fire cracked the dawn.
