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Construction Update – Aug. 16, 2025
—These are strong bones! Three floors of steel are now rising high into the New London sky as YOUR National Coast Guard Museum continues to take shape.
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Jack Cullen, Nazi invaders and founding of the Coast Guard Beach Patrol
—In the still darkness of a foggy June night in 1942, what began as a routine beach patrol turned into a daring encounter with Nazi saboteurs—the first enemy operatives to land on U.S. soil since the War of 1812.
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Construction Update – Aug. 9, 2025
—CRANE ALERT! Something huge landed at the future home of the National Coast Guard Museum in New London, CT.
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Coast Guard Operations in Desert Shield and Desert Storm 35 years ago!
—Units and personnel of the United States Coast Guard and its predecessor services have served with distinction in every major American conflict since the founding of the United States and the Persian Gulf War of 1990-1991 and operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm proved no exception to this rule.
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Construction Update – Aug. 2, 2025
—Feast your eyes on the future home of YOUR National Coast Guard Museum—perched right on the waterfront in New London, CT!
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Rescuers on the Rio Grande: Coast Guard team saves lives at the border
—Search and rescue cases typically have a clear beginning, middle and end. Search and rescue on the Rio Grande, however, is different.
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Construction Update – July 26, 2025
—Nothing like the shimmer of sunlight on freshly poured concrete! The foundation of your National Coast Guard Museum is curing to perfection in New London, CT.
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National Strike Force—the Coast Guard’s global responder for over 50 years!
—The United States Coast Guard has been a steward of the nation’s maritime environment for nearly 200 years. For 50 of those years, the National Strike Force has helped protect the American people and the environment from the impacts of dangerous chemical discharges and hazardous material releases, and other natural and manmade disasters.
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Construction Update – July 19, 2025
—Last week, TONS of rebar rolled into the National Coast Guard Museum construction site in New London, Connecticut!
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Lost at Sea—The origins of our SAR mission
—When Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton established the service in 1790, the stated purpose of the revenue cutters was law enforcement. However, after its founding, ships of the United States Revenue Cutter Service assisted vessels in distress as was the custom for mariners at sea.