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Keeper Claiborne—Savior to hundreds of souls 125 years ago!
—In the Great Galveston Hurricane, Harry Claiborne demonstrated great devotion to duty. He manned the light in the worst sea and weather conditions and saved hundreds of storm victims.
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Coast Guard’s Storm Warriors fought North Carolina’s Hurricane Florence
—Dropping more than 33 inches of rain in portions of North Carolina, the storm caused widespread destruction that people could never have imagined.
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Brazos Station’s Latino lifesavers and the catastrophic Florida Keys Hurricane
—The storm grazed the Florida Keys and slipped into the sheltered waters of the Gulf of Mexico before unleashing devastation in Texas.
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Lessons learned from 2017’s Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
—In Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, the Coast Guard was Semper Paratus in responding to both hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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“Get in the boat; we have a job to do!”—BOSN Wilson motors into the Great New England Hurricane
—Just before the storm’s arrival there was a surround-all, eerie feeling, which seemed to permeate everything. No one was sure of what was approaching—the conversations were hushed and speculative about the silence and the threatening sky.
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Bernard “Bernie” Webber and the greatest smallboat rescue in Coast Guard history
—Nearly 72 years ago, four men of Coast Guard Station Chatham on CG 36500 staged a rescue of 38 merchant seamen from two tankers during a winter-time hurricane of rare proportions.