Healy arrived at its homeport of Seattle, Washington and was placed "In Commission, Active" on August 21, 2000. They were at the point of total rebellion, according to the Munro's boarding team members. All told over 250 Coast Guardsmen participated in the rescue and recovery effort. No lives were lost. 1941 President Franklin Roosevelt signed the official order to transfer all 10 Coast Guard Lake-Class cutters of the Coast Guard to the Royal Navy under Lend-Lease. The program was transferred to NOAA in 1970, but the Coast Guard continues to support buoy deployments, retrievals, and other maintenance. Gonzo's ELT distress transmission was picked up by the Soviet COSPAS satellite and the sailing ship's coordinates were transmitted to the U.S. A Coast Guard HC-130 and a Canadian Air Force aircraft were directed to the scene and USCGC Vigorous safely rescued the three crewmen. 1964 CGC Coos Bay rescued 11 of the crew of the foundering British freighter Ambassador in heavy seas, 1,000 miles east of Boston. The cutter launched two Over-the-Horizon Long-Range Interceptor boat crews to intercept and boarded the vessel. 2003 CGC Walnut completed its 20-day humanitarian mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 1909 At Assateague Beach, Virginia, the schooner Charley C. Weaver began taking on water. The 50-person crew participated in several significant regional operations to further enhance U.S. and international efforts in the protection of the ecologically and economically valuable fish stocks of the Pacific Ocean and participated in a number of multi-national operations, including Operation Kuru Kuru, which was a multinational operation orchestrated by the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency. Court of Appeals ruling (Parker V. Lester) which held that procedures used by the Coast Guard did not meet the minimum requirements of due process of law. 1963 The famous cutter Bear sank off the coast of Nova Scotia on this date while under tow from Halifax to Philadelphia were she as slated to be "put out to pasture" as a floating museum-restaurant. State and Local police provided beach patrols and private individuals also aided in the operation. Nantucket I also spent time in service as a "less-than-speedy" law enforcement vessel off Florida. The boarding team then located the vessel's builder's plate and learned that the Sun Bird was the decommissioned "buck-and-a-quarter" cutter Crawford. 1845 Administrative control of the Lighthouse Establishment was transferred to Revenue Marine Bureau. These MK-234 Nulka rounds hover in the air while attracting incoming anti-ship missiles. The cutter was commanded by Captain Alexander V. Fraser, the first chief of Revenue Marine Bureau, who left that position to take command of the new brig-rigged cutter. The citation read: "Awarded posthumously to DOUGLAS ALBERT MUNRO, SIGNALMAN FIRST CLASS, U.S. COAST GUARD 'For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry in action above and beyond the call of duty as Office-in-Charge of a group of Higgins boats, engaged in the evacuation of a Battalion of Marines trapped by enemy Japanese forces at Point Cruz, Guadalcanal, on September 27, 1942. 1943 Coast Guardsmen participated in the invasion and liberation of Finschafen, New Guinea. Freeing one engine we were able to pull the Cleat to safety and put out the fires on the Cleat. This patrol began May 25, 2020, when the cutter departed Wilmington, North Carolina for the last time. The oak was used for naval construction. 1986 A fire broke out at the Bayonne, New Jersey transfer facility. The exercise simulated a multi-national response to a maritime threat and strengthenedinteroperability between all three services. Commander Ninth Coast Guard District stated that the prompt action of all the commands and agencies involved averted a "serious catastrophe and sent a 'Well Done' message to all participants.". All but three of the crews of both escaped into the nearby woods. My crew (Petty officer Joe Friel and Allen Mowbray) began pulling the crew out of the river. The cutters involved were Cape Gull, Cape Fox, Cape Shoalwater, and the Sagebrush. Funded by the Army Corps of Engineers and the Coastal Hydrology Lab, Flossie, contains three separate wave systems that will collect data and aid the Army Corps of Engineers in using 20 years of historical data from NOAA Data Buoy Center buoys. 1969 CGC Southwind returned to Baltimore, Maryland after circumnavigating the globe, becoming only the second cutter to do so. As quickly as possible, the men in the rigging hauled off the whip-line. While on patrol Waesches crew conducted a broad range of operations including maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, maritime surveillance and community outreach. 2021CGC NORTHLAND (WMEC 904) returned to its homeport ofPortsmouth, VA, on 13 September 2021, following an 80-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the Coast Guard Eleventh District and Joint Interagency Task Force South. 1996 Two Coast Guard HH-60 helicopters with support from an HC-130, all from AIRSTA Elizabeth City, rescued the seven crewmembers of the 67-year old schooner Alexandria when she went down in a fierce storm 50 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras. 8, Ninth District (Cleveland), discovered the accident and towed her safely into the harbor. The July 8, 1820 issue of the Savannah Republican noted: "On the 28th ultimo, while the Cutter DALLAS was lying in the St. Mary's River, Captain Jackson received information that the Brig of war GENERAL RAMIREZ, supposed to be a piratical vessel was hovering off St. Augustine. The WSA assumed control over all phases of merchant marine activities, including training, which the Coast Guard had been conducting since 1938. The line parted and fouled Haleys port propeller, forcing the cutter to return to Kodiak for repairs. The contraband was offloaded in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Calypso began to slowly transit to the coast of Haiti to investigate the source of the flooding. All three persons on board a swamped 20-foot fishing boat were safely rescued. In order to keep the channel open to commercial shipping traffic, Thunder Bay conducted operations seven days a week, with only occasional days off. At half past three the next day, she hailed the Brig and received for answer, "This is the Patriot Brig GENERAL RAMIREZ----." 1951 President Harry Truman presented the Collier Trophy to the Coast Guard, the Department of Defense and the "helicopter industry" in a joint award, citing "outstanding development and use of rotary-winged aircraft for air rescue operations." CGC Munro, deployed as part of Expeditionary Strike Group 5 (ESG-5), along with the other units in the Group, responded. All aircraft arrived safely. 1941 CGC Cayuga left Boston with the South Greenland Survey Expedition on board to locate airfields, seaplane bases, radio and meteorological stations, and aids to navigation in Greenland. 1944 Coast Guardsmen participated in the invasion of Los Negros, Admiralty Islands. The pilots were assigned to RNAS Culdrose and CGAIRSTA Miami. The cutter's fire-fighting teams put the fire out and Morgenthau escorted the damaged freighter to San Francisco. Personnel tested two small unmanned aircraft systems, an unmanned underwater vehicle, a remotely operated vehicle and a Helix skimmer equipped for oil recovery on ice. In all over 100 Coast Guardsmen took part in the relief efforts that covered an eight-state area. The weather was bitter cold, with a gale from the northwest. Toledo broke up and became a total wreck on the 30th. They both were quickly pulled from the water safely. 1941 Congress reconfirmed the military "status" of the Coast Guard, stating: "The Coast Guard shall be a military service and constitute a branch of the land and naval forces of the United States at all times and shall operate under the Treasury Department in time of peace and operate as part of the Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, in time of war or when the President shall so direct." 2000 CGC Thetis seized F/V Viviana II which was grossly overloaded with 234 Ecuadorean migrants. All four aircrew were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. The unlit speedboat, or "go-fast," was first located by the CGC Cape Shoalwater as it raced towards Miami. 1984 The tanker Puerto Rican exploded outside of San Francisco Bay.

1954 The aircraft carrier USS Bennington (CV-20), with about 2,000 persons aboard, suffered an explosion and fire 35 miles south of Brenton Reef Lightship, injuring some 100 persons. Two of her crew were killed by near misses. Unsure whether he survived, the 6539 flew into the thick, black column of smoke and safely rescued him. 1929 The most notable incident from which international complications resulted during the Prohibition era was that of the schooner Im Alone of Nova Scotia, a vessel built for the rum trade. In combination with later SARSAT satellites, a new multi-agency, international, search and rescue service was made operational. The crew conducted two separate missions that included operations in the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, and Arctic Ocean. The life-saving crew remained on board and when the tide began to rise at 8 oclock, commenced operations by heaving in on the cable. The exercise is limited to specific areas in Delaware Bay and should not significantly impact vessel traffic or bay operations. The vessel was discovered by the patrol and the life-saving crew boarded her at 0915. 1952 Sinbad, the canine-mascot of the cutter Campbell during World War II, passed away at his last duty station, the Barnegat Lifeboat Station, at the ripe old age of 15. Her crew of six men and a passenger were rescued by the lifesaving crew. 1885 The Bureau of Navigation was permanently organized in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress of 3 March 1885. Without regard for his own personal safety, Chief Petty Officer Evans jumped into the river and swam after the other child. This was one of three fatal steamboat boiler explosions within as many months that forced the Federal Government to begin regulating merchant steam vessels. The following Finish vessels were seized: SS Olivia, at Boston, Massachusetts; SS Kurikka, SS Jourtanes, and SS Saimaa at New York, New York; SS Advance, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; SS Aagot and SS Marisa Thorden at Baltimore; SS Aurora, at Newport News, Virginia; and SS Delaware, at Galveston, Texas.

", 1938 CGC Bibb returned to Norfolk after a 10-day post-trial run from Norfolk to the Virgin Islands and back again with the Commandant, RADM Russell R. Waesche, aboard. This rescue was one of the most successful in Coast Guard history and was also one of the few instances where the Coast Guard and one of its future integrated agencies worked together to perform a major rescue. I took these fellows 250 miles to the Westward of this River.". 1789 An Act of Congress (1 Stat. 2015 CGC Bertholf returned to its homeport of Alameda after completing a 104-day multi-mission deployment in which the cutter seized over $455 million worth of illegal narcotics. The crewmen from the Cleat were in the water and the Cleat was on fire and drifting into the Elias which was totally involved in fire. One port call was made at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. At the time, Vigorous was under the command of CDR Paul Welling, USCG. 1915 Secretary of the Treasury was authorized by Congress to detail cutters to enforce anchorage regulations in all harbors, rivers, bays, and other navigable waters of United States. The cutter humanely processed and cared for 160 Cuban migrants in a one-week period. 1938 The first low power, unattended "secondary" radio aid to navigation was established at St. Ignace, Michigan. 2009 CGC Boutwell arrived in the port of Tubruq, Libya, during its around-the-world cruise, becoming the first U.S. military ship to visit Libya in more than 40 years. Although the C-47 sank within 12 minutes, there were no injuries or casualties. The Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center at New York coordinated the operations. A total of six pounds of opium was seized. This Act of Congress (38 Stat. Tamaroa was awarded the Coast Guard Unit Commendation and the events were chronicled in the best-selling book and movie "The Perfect Storm.". The boat was reached at about dusk, some miles out from the land, with a man and a boy in it. 1915 Congress passed the "Act to Create the Coast Guard" on this date in 1915 (38 Stat. 1958 During her 50 plus year career, the Huron Lightship WAL-526 at Port Huron, Michigan, survived many a Great Lakes storm without the loss of a single crewmember until on this date when Seaman (Boatswain Mate Striker) Robert G. Gullickson lost his life while attempting to swim for assistance to save another shipmate, CS1 Vincent Disch, after their small boat was swamped by a freighter's wake and sank.

On September 22, 2016, Dependable assisted the Royal Bahamian Defense Force in the rescue of nine survivors from a sailing vessel in distress. 1924 Congress appropriated $13,000,000 for ten air stations and equipment. 1819 The Revenue cutter Dallas seized a vessel laden with lumber that had been unlawfully cut from public land in what was one of the first, if not the very first, recorded instances of a revenue cutter enforcing an environmental law. 1977 The Coast Guard commissioned AIRSTA Sitka. Prior to this time the lighthouses had been paid for, built and administered first by the colonies and then the states. 1946 Staged jointly by the Coast Guard and the Navy, the first public demonstration of LORAN was held at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. Coast Guardsmen evacuated 149 civilians from Cape May and Atlantic City. 1959 A U.S. Navy P5M seaplane that had ditched off the Oregon coast was located through radio contact by a Coast Guard UF-1G Albatross aircraft. 1912 President William Howard Taft recommended abolishing the Revenue Cutter Service. She completed the first solo circumnavigation of the North American continent by a U.S. vessel and the first trip by a Polar-Class icebreaker. Alert's crew members successfully conducted a 70-day patrol traveling more than 12,600 miles scouring the eastern Pacific Ocean for illicit traffickers using their two small boats and armed helicopter from Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron from Jacksonville, Florida. The board's creation led to a number of important changes in the way ocean and coastal navigation was administered. Beyond these objectives, we will continue to build upon our Services long heritage of leadership in the Arctic, working with Federal, state, local and territorial partners to ensure maritime governance in the region.. When those threats did not materialize, the cutter conducted maritime interception operations enforcing U.N. Security Council resolutions, participated in the search for two downed United Kingdom helicopters, and patrolled and provided assistance to captured Iraqi offshore oil terminals being secured by Coast Guard port security personnel. The board was comprised of Army and Navy officers and civilian scientists. PSU 308 was an expeditionary warfare unit specializing in maritime anti-terrorism/force protection and port security in support of military or humanitarian operations worldwide. 1970 CGC Vigorous became the first 210-foot cutter to cross the Arctic Circle. The crew was also able to coordinate schedules with six NATO and non-NATO nations to conduct boardings. Andrea Doria sank 10 hours after the collision, resulting in 52 deaths. The equipment used ashore and on board Grant was installed by the Pacific Wireless Telegraph Company. 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced Reorganization Plan II that transferred the Bureau of Lighthouses to the Treasury Department for consolidation with the Coast Guard. Beginning in late-September of that year the first of 24 women chosen for afloat assignments began reporting on board the CGCs Gallatin and Morgenthau as members of their permanent crew. The schooners crew was nearly exhausted from a long spell at the pump. Eventually, through the efforts of MSO Memphis, Gulf Strike Team, Atlantic Strike Team, National Strike Force Dive Team, and the Navy Superintendent of Salvage, as well as a private salvage firm, the barge's cargo was lightered and the barge itself saved. CG-36554 and CG-36535, also from the Point Adams LBS, then arrived on scene and CG-36535 took the Mermaid in tow. 1970 Simas I. Kudirka, a Lithuanian seaman, attempted to defect from his Soviet fishing vessel to CGC Vigilant. The Royal Navy warship's crew recovered 29 bales of contraband the suspects jettisoned into the water. 1817 The cutter Active forced a South American privateer posing as an armed merchantman to leave the Chesapeake Bay and American waters. 2008 The U.S. Coast Guard took delivery of its first Response BoatMedium (RB-M) from Marinette Marine Corporation. Yost noted: "The Coast Guard Zero Tolerance policy is that, subject to statutory and jurisdictional limitations, individuals possessing measurable quantities of controlled substances aboard vessels will be subject to the full extent of available criminal and civil sanctionsZero Tolerance means that the Coast Guard, in the course of its regular patrols, boardings and inspections, will now, within the limits of the law, seize vessels and arrest individuals when 'personal use' quantities of illegal drugs are discovered. The Coast Guard's annual report for that year noted: "While some oil did spill out of the vessel, the unified command's efforts greatly reduced the potential environmental damage to the Oregon coast." The life-saving crew therefore arrived on board a little before 2 oclock in the afternoon. The 281-foot tankship was breaking in half in high seas and sinking approximately eight miles ESE of Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts, with seven POB. Their official motto is Saluti Primum, Auxilio Semper (Safety First, Service Always). Both women had orders to report to the Morgenthau later that year. Marshal Service, and the Commonwealth Utility Corporation. 2009 CGC Boutwell departed Alameda, California, on an around-the-world cruise as part of the USS Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group. 1939 Congress created the Coast Guard Reserve which later became what is today the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Coast Guard-manned LST-20, LST-23, LST-69, LST-169, LST-205, and the USS Arthur Middleton, and the following Navy ships with partial Coast Guard crews: USSs Heywood, Bellatrix, and William P. Biddle, participated in the bloody assault of Tarawa. 1911 President William Howard Taft proclaimed the Convention entered into between the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia for the preservation of the fur seal and the sea otter. Coast Guard small craft and helicopters assisted in rescuing 43 survivors and recovering 29 bodies. This ended the Coast Guard's "amphibious era," as no aviation asset left in service was capable of making water landings. Coast Guard forces responded. They found her pounding heavily and leaking badly. 2015 Coast Guard Port Security Unit 308, based in Kiln, Mississipi, returned home from a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism. Personnel from the Gulf Strike Team arrive on scene on October 10 and determined that the vessel's fuel was still all aboard. Under control of Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. They were to meet once a year for the purpose of consultation and the promulgation of regulations governing the administration of the applicable laws, assigned territory being covered by each of them. $5000 appropriated in 1847 for saving life from shore was turned over to Collector of Customs at Boston to acquire boathouses and equipment on Cape Cod for Massachusetts Human Society. Operation Nanook supports the Coast Guard Arctic strategy to develop international relations with like-minded Arctic states, enhance maritime domain awareness, and expand service capabilities within the region.