Coast Guard pictures

[EX-CG-GM]

I'm a bit bored today so thought I'd start a new topic devoted to pictures of the Coast Guard.  Ships, boats, planes, helicopters, people, people patrying, whatever.

Here's the first contribution - CGC Rush on turbines making a quick turn.




Fixed missing pic 8-21-2008

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Somebodies cup of coffee ended up in their lap on that one.

[EX-CG-GM]

Somebodies cup of coffee ended up in their lap on that one.

The C.O. of the Mellon loved to do that when we had completed an unrep.  We had a flag made up that was a jackass on a flatbed truck.  The pipe would be "Now, all hands stand by to execute Operation Haulin' Ass, the QM would break the flag and they'd firewall the turbines.  Thing threw up a roostertail higher then the fantail.  Then the ship would hang a HARD turn.  Lost a couple battleship fenders once doing that.

[Crazy Horse]

I'm a bit bored today so thought I'd start a new topic devoted to pictures of the Coast Guard.  Ships, boats, planes, helicopters, people, people patrying, whatever.

Here's the first contribution - CGC Rush on turbines making a quick turn.

Is that the ready life boat??

[BuoyJumper]

A 1965 Recruiting Poster "If you have what it takes - take the Coast Guard"

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Is that the ready life boat??

  Notice it's white; don't hide the dirt 

[BuoyJumper]

Gunnery practice onboard the 180-foot buoy tender Madrona WLB-302 when stationed in Charleston, SC.

On 12 April 2002 MADRONA was decommissioned and sold to the nation of El Salvador.  MADRONA will be the largest ship in El Salvador’s rapidly growing navy and will be designated their flagship the Manuel Jose Arce (BL-01).   

[vftb]

Here's some more 180' shootin; this may or may not have been practice.  The legend I wrote on the back for my folks was "the guys earning their extra $65 a month". 

[vftb]

Now that I think about it, it had to be practice.  If we were at GQ for real I would have been at the helm, not takin pictures.

[LTG]

270' Medium Endurance Cutters SPENCER (WMEC 905) & SENECA (WMEC 906):



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[Crazy Horse]

Nice pics LT

[BuoyJumper]

Hans, I assume your photos are of the CGC BLACKHAW WLB-390 while she was in Vietnam.  The photos below are of BLACKHAW during her shakedown cruise on Lake Superior in 1944 when she was equipped with 3-inch 50 caliber in the gun tub, rat traps and depth charge launchers on the forecastle.

         

[vftb]

Blackhaw/Vietnam is right.  Being the mercenary SOB that I am I was always pissed that they had taken the 3" off.  The guys on the 50's in the pictures above were shooting out of the 3" gun tub.

BTW Ron; those are great pictures, have never seen them before, thanks.

[Crazy Horse]

Here are my old ships...........








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[vftb]

Man, those are some big-assed ships.  I probably would need a bow thruster to park one of them  .