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Native Americans in the Coast Guard—Semper Paratus since 1815
—Native Americans have been members of the Coast Guard and its predecessor services for well over 200 years.
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Standing a deadly watch—the final hours of Scotch Cap Lighthouse
—In 1946, the Scotch Cap Lighthouse is destroyed by a tsunami wave estimated at well over 120 feet high that also impacted the greater Pacific.
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The Coast Guard responds to ghostship Carroll A. Deering!
—The mystery surrounding the disappearance of schooner Carroll A. Deering’s crew of 11 or 12 men has never been solved although the Department of Justice had been called in to investigate rumors of “piracy.”
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CGC Storis — Galloping Ghost of the Alaskan Coast
—Over its service of nearly 65 years, Storis set the record for length of service for a White Hull cutter, steaming 1.5 million miles and recording many firsts and setting many records, including some that have endured to this day.
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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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Domingo Suarez y Rosa—Towerman of Puerto Rico
—It was at Guanica on a stormy night in 1914 that Domingo Suarez witnessed a pilot boat capsize beyond the mouth of the bay. Without hesitation, he jumped into the water and assisted the boat’s crew to safety, earning a U.S. Lighthouse Service commendation.
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Joseph Toahty at Guadalcanal—Pawnee warrior strikes the first blow beside Douglas Munro
—In 1942, Native American Joseph Robert Toahty deployed for Guadalcanal, the Allies’ first amphibious operation of World War II.
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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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Remembering 9/11—a day that changed the Coast Guard forever
—The day war was declared on the Empire of Japan, President Franklin Roosevelt referred to Dec. 7, 1941, day of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, as “a date which will live in infamy.” Little did he know the nation would face a similar date nearly 60 years later.