For the next two weeks her crew coordinated dozens of other units, including large cutters, Navy minesweepers, Coast Guard and Navy patrol boats, and Coast Guard and Navy aircraft. ABEL P. UPSHUR (1931 USCG); CG DESTROYER CG 15, ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1921 USCG); ex-USS VICKSBURG; later BETA, ALEXANDER HAMILTON (1937); WPG 34; later HAMILTON, BADGER (GEORGE E.; 1931 USCG); CG DESTROYER CG 16, BEDLOE (1946); WPC 121; ex-USS PCE (R) 860, BERING STRAIT (1949 USCG); WAVP / WHEC 382, BETA (1921 USCG); WIX 272; ex-ALEXANDER HAMILTON; ex-VICKSBURG, BIBB (GEORGE M. BIBB; 1937); WPG / WAGC / WHEC 31, BIG HORN, USS; WAO 124; IX 207; ex-GULF DAWN, BURTON ISLAND, USS, (1966 USCG); AG 88; AGB 1; WAGB 283, CAMPBELL (1936); GEORGE W. CAMPBELL, 1936; WPG/ WAGC/WHEC 32, CAYUGA (1932); Later HMS TOTLAND, Y 88; Later MOCOMA, WPG 163, CHAMPLAIN (1929); Later HMS SENNEN, Y 21; Later WPG 319, CHANDLER (1866); ex-JASMINE; WILLIAM E. 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Photo, Print, Drawing Enlisted crews berthing - US Coast Guard Cutter STORIS, Womens Bay, Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, AK Photos from Survey HAER AK-50 The commandant of the Coast Guard ordered the increase of patrol lengths for all the medium- and high-endurance cutters in the fleet by 10 days and decreased the frequency of mid-patrol breaks for the crew in response to the nations national security needs at home and abroad. She was built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. Disposition: Sunk as an artificial reef off Key Largo, Florida, 27 November 1987, Builder: Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This time for Training Availability and Refresher Training in Guantanamo Bay where her crew earned several "Es". On the 17th a dispatch received indicated that a plane had on the preceding day sighted Norluna who proved not to have been torpedoed but the straggler from the convoy with the torpedoed vessel's survivors, 30 miles north of the convoy, proceeding at 9 knots. 2, 37 44' N x 41 13' W. Here the cutters steamed continuously within a 100 square mile area from the center of the station with each patrol lasting approximately 21 days. The Ripley story of his being washed back aboard probably came from a stretch of the fact that that wave lifted him so he could be hauled aboard. We seem to think that it happened in late '42. On the 30th she was underway escorting convoy TAG-106 as Commander Task Group 26.4 with four PC boats. 2) Active - Launched on 9 April 1791 at Baltimore, Maryland. Since that time, no matter what the vessel type, the service has referred to its vessels with permanently assigned crews as cutters. During the months of June and July, 1967, she served on Ocean Station Echo. The ship was not hurt, but inside it was all bad. Electronics technicians controlled cameras and spotlights, helping officers and chiefs on the bridge keep a sharp lookout for the men and women sent to board a virtually unknown vessel. Cutters at or under 175 feet in length come under control of District Commands. After fitting out, she departed the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 16 October 1936 and arrived at Oakland on 24 November. As a result, the 270-foot medium endurance cutters were assigned to a tier five on the sea pay table which is the highest tier. A short time later the towing hawser parted and set the freighter adrift. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.". Fortunately, the American Importer, which was in constant Morse code radio contact with the Duane, remained afloat. Eventually that path will lead to XPO positions on the new waterways commerce cutters that are being commissioned in late 2024.. Underway duty is not necessarily harder [than shore duty], just a different lifestyle," said BMC George Smith, the chief of the Forwards deck division. He went to the flying bridge for a breath of fresh air with a pair of binoculars hung around his neck. The ship is transformed into a classroom, where mock fires and engine causalities consume the boat. I was a mm 2c assigned to the Duane from Sept.'39 to Feb '43 and was aboard during the above incident. She served on Ocean Station Delta from 14 August to 4 September and from 30 October to 19 November 1954 she served on Ocean Station Echo. Later an area was searched in which a plane had reported contact with a submarine. Robert Scheina. This designation indicated a multi-mission ship able to operate at sea for 30-45 days without support and Duane was then reclassified as WHEC-33. Fires were still burning or smoldering in the hills and frequent detonations were presumed to be demolitions by Navy units. The crew of the Forward wakes up to Jordans radio personality voice just about every morning theyre underway. The Coast Guard was then assigned the duty of manning those stations for which the U.S. accepted responsibility. A . In a world where routine and tradition are often set aside for operational needs, this is a welcome recurring event. On 19 August 1943, Duane proceeded to Gibraltar with Task Force 64 and the next day departed as escort to convoy GUS-12. He reported that they were alongside a Russian merchant ship 10 days ago, while downing four cups of coffee in record time. Later she detached from the Task Force and proceeded independently to Boston, mooring at the South Boston Navy Yard on the 16th for 10 days availability. The Duane lowered a boat and picked up eleven more German enlisted men and one more officer. A board of investigation met to inquire into the facts after the cutter had drydocked for repairs. "The skies are clear, the temperature is 86 degrees, and were currently about 15 nautical miles off the coast of the northern claw of Haiti.. UPI in September, 1966 wrote that Canadian Search and Rescue Headquarters had reported that the Canadian destroyer-escort Chaudiere picked up the Puffin some 600 miles southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland and found no signs of life. Another British destroyer departed for Reykjavik. Then came a warning that friendly bombing missions were about to arrive at five minute intervals from the southeast. MIAMI Coast Guard Cutter Angela Mcshan's crews repatriated 82 people to Cuba, Monday, following interdictions off Florida's coast. She was built at New London, Connecticut. When youre on land, you have more chances to participate in your community, but when youre on a cutter, that is your community, Smith added. So, the counseling part will stay around for the enlisted women of the Coast Guard., Seapower The plane made reconnaissance and returned with the information that the convoy was 25 miles ahead. She departed Norfolk on 3 April as a member of convoy UGS-38, which was escorted by Task Force 66. Law enforcement boardings are an equally complicated and important mission. On 9 August 1942, Duane stood out of Reykjavik in company with a Navy destroyer to rendezvous with an Iceland-bound convoy. Duane remained anchored in Baie de Cavalaire, France, until 10 September 1944, when she stood out, stopping at Ajaccio, Corsica several hours the next day. The two cutters finally sighted the convoy at 1840 on the 18th and after release from further escort duty returned to Reykjavik on the 23rd, mooring at Hvalfjordur the same evening. Following a service tradition, Duane's hull numbers were then painted in gold, signifying her new and honored status in the fleet. On the 8th she stood through a thick fog to locate the escort task unit of convoy ONS-167, but was unable to do so and was ordered to proceed St. John's where she moored at 1625. From 9 to 27 January of 1952 she served on Ocean Station Easy and during that patrol the cutter was placed in quarantine at Bermuda due to medical problems among the crew. On the 20th Duane moored at North Gourock, Scotland, and delivered all prisoners to the custody of the British authorities and then proceeded to Londonderry arriving on 22 April 1943. On October 5th she began escorting, in company with Ingham and Schenck, the outbound five-ship convoy ONSJ-136. She was allowed to proceed east, but was examined closely and found to have no fittings for fueling U-boats. At first she seemed to have the outline of SS Norluna and that vessel was consequently believed to be the ship that had been torpedoed. 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They weighed anchor and proceeded up Hvalfjordur Fjord on an inspection cruise of harbor defenses. Fagan arrived at that position at a time when there are still a few Coast Guard cutters afloat where women cant serve due to a lack of rack space. The British passenger liner Ocean Monarch reported spotting an overturned red and white small boat in mid-Atlantic. That same evening another request for assistance was received from SS Galloway. Once there, her aircraft surveyed Greenland's western coast. She departed Oakland on 7 September 1939 and arrived at her new homeport of Boston on 22 September 1939. On the 5th the search for survivors continued in company with Tampa. Little resistance was reported from Red and Yellow beaches at 0903 and an hour later Alpha Red Beach reported satisfactory progress. After passing navigational charts, water, magazines the past two days copies of the "Press" and the taking of numerous pictures by crewmembers of the "Duane," Mr. Hoare reboarded the "Puffin." At 1445 the cutter Tampa (WPG-48) arrived. Her first master was Richard Taylor. Mason wasnt part of that effort her duties extend only to women who serve afloat and said the part of her job devoted to finding female berthing is coming to an end as the Coast Guard continues its modernization. On 15 May 1942 Duane was ordered to meet convoy SC-83 and take over four vessels in it which were bound for Iceland, a Navy escort assisting. She left Algiers on the 23rd for Naples, arriving there on the 25th and the next day RADM F. J. Lowry, Commander, Eighth Amphibious Force, Mediterranean shifted his flag to Duane from USS Biscayne (AGC-18). The Commander, U.S. The cutter Duane was named forWilliam John Duane, who served as the third Secretary of the Treasury to serve under President Andrew Jackson. Its not like your house where you can just go out on your front lawn and wait for the fire department. Arriving at Argentia on May 5, Duane began escorting SS Sabine Sun to Boston on the 8th, and arrived there on the 12th. 1,517 likes. As the 327s completed conversion to ocean station vessels, each immediately deployed to their new stations. List of United States Coast Guard cutters, Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, United States Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter&oldid=1114958340, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 9 October 2022, at 04:21. United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the U.S. Coast Guard for its commissioned vessels. A sound contact was attacked by an escort destroyer. An article in the Coast Guard Magazine described the occasion and made some general statements about the six Secretary class cutters that were all still in service, less Alexander Hamilton, sunk in combat in January, 1942: "There's life in the old girls yet. On 12 January 1944, Duane was en route independently to Norfolk where she moored on the 16th at the Norfolk Navy Yard. There are opportunities youll get here that you wont necessarily get on a bigger cutter where youre focused on a specific area., Cmdr. All the newer cutters are being built with mixed crews on board in mind, said Senior Chief Petty Officer Ramona Mason, the enlisted women afloat coordinator at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, D.C. All these new ones are already mixed-gender berthing.. Duane then again returned to on ocean station duty but this task was rapidly becoming obsolete. We visit and phone a few times a year. The following year, 1961, she served on Ocean Station Charlie from 10 May to 2 June and on Ocean Station Bravo from 30 July to 22 August. Her last patrol mission was to the Bo De River area where she fired her 1,776th round on 4 July 1968. - A tug boat towing a barge from New Jersey was disabled and adrift 30 miles offshore. She was later sunk as an artificial reef along with her sister cutter Bibb off Key Largo. The story began on May 26, 1966 when the Puffin left Virginia Beach with lots of publicity and photo coverage. The air bombardment of the beach began at 0700 with 26 medium bombers and Duane, with all assault craft proceeded from the outer to the inner transport area. From: A Coast Guard Cutter Valiant crewmember frees a baby, to A crewmember from the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant releases. The following year, 1948, she served on Ocean Station Charlie from 17 January to 6 February, again from 29 September to 20 October and finally from 10 November to 3 December. The Duane ended her Cuban operations on 2 October 1980 and made for Florida's west coast to conduct a five-day law enforcement patrol. Later , LT Goehring described his experience by saying, " one minute I was on a wet pitching deck the next I was under water swimming as hard as I could for the surface." I do year-round career counseling with all the females in the Coast Guard that are interested in afloat assignments, working on resumes and timetables for them to go afloat, when should they get underway, when do they have to get underway. The Duane eased her spare parts shortage by stripping her sister cutter Spencer, which had been decommissioned earlier. At the rate they are going now it's expected that they'll be around to set the pace for new and younger ships for many years to come. The cutters also provided weather observations for transatlantic commerce. The Duane made smoke as various alerts were given from the 18th to the 21st with shore and ship batteries frequently firing on unidentified planes. "[3] With general usage, that term came to define any vessel of the United Kingdom's HM Customs and Excise and the term was adopted by the U.S. Treasury Department at the creation of what would become the Revenue Marine. LTJG Joseph Ryan, a Duane crewman, said of the rescue, after a Coast Guard helicopter arrived to take the ill seaman to shore: "The copter only had five minutes on-scene time. From 8 to 30 May of the same year she served on Ocean Station Delta. It consisted of a one hundred square mile grid broken down into ten-mile square grids. From 15 September to 8 October 1969 she was stationed on Ocean Station Charlie and while on that patrol, on 7 October 1969, she medevaced crewman from SS Trade Carrier in the mid-Atlantic. Its a requirement for certain ratings or certain competencies that you can only earn afloat, she said. . From 26 October to 8 November 1947 she served on Ocean Station Able. Departing Bizerte on the 14th she made stops at Naples and Palermo and returned on the 20th. The next day the weather became so severe that the number three boat was torn from her cradle and had to be lashed to the deck. The cutter immediately sailed towards the sinking merchant ship and rendezvoused with her during the night. USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382), later WHEC-382, was a Casco-class United States Coast Guard cutter in service from 1948 to 1971. Today we have 375 more women in the service at the critically important E6/E7 and O-4 mid-grade leadership ranks than we had five years ago in 2017 thats a 28% increase of women at these mid-career pay grades, and a trend that outpaces their male counterparts.. Departing the Navy Yard on the 7th she underwent a series of tests and returned to the Yard on the 19th for a period of availability until the 28th when she moved to N.O.B. Fortunately none of the injuries were serious. During 1949 she served on Ocean Station Charlie from 10 to 29 January, again from 10 May to 5 June, again from 2 to 23 August, again from 15 22 October, and finally from 16 November to10 December. Unit missions include Icebreaking, Homeland Security, Light House projects, Law Enforcement, and Public Affairs. Located in that area was a five-inch gun which was surrounded by a heavy duty splinter shield. The Duane arrived near the stricken ship in about six hours. On this occasion the outcome was not so pleasant. From 24 February to 14 March 1959 she served on Ocean Station Delta and from 6 to 26 July 1959 she served on Ocean Station Bravo. On the 8th of June she had a bearing on a submarine and later aircraft from a carrier attacked a surfaced 17 miles from the convoy. Jordan recites the weather and the plan of the day for the rousing crewmembers, while never breaking from the disc jockey character he plays so well. Two days later a boarding party seized the fishing vessel Bounty after discovering sixteen tons of marijuana. Attempting to back off without success, she requested aid and two hours later a tug passed her a tow line. Larger cutters (over 179 feet in length) are under control of Area Commands (Atlantic Area or Pacific Area). This was repeated at intervals and Duane changed course immediately and closed in. Weighing anchor on 18 October 1942 to shift anchorage, the steering gear jammed and investigation showed that a vertical shaft on the follow-up link system had been subjected to severe strain and had twisted about 25 degrees. Each NSC is capable of operating in the most demanding open ocean environments, including the hazardous fisheries of the North Pacific and . She conducted a search for survivors of SS North Voyager in October of 1950 and in November of that same year she assisted the trawler Caracara. She was in radio contact with the Island of Sardinia on the 10th and on the 11th, five British minesweepers proceeded ahead of the convoy to sweep Bonifacio Strait. All new cutters coming online are able to accommodate male and female crewmembers. But twenty four hours after leaving Portland, Maine, she responded to a vessel in distress. Petty Officer Third Class Hailey LaRue, a boatswains mate who was then able to serve on the Wire and reported there in the summer of 2020, said the move broadened the learning opportunities available to her, which wouldnt have been possible on the 87-foot cutter she had served on previously. It was not believed possible for this to have come out of adjustment unless it had been tampered with. At that time she was the oldest U.S. warship on the active roles, truly the "Queen of the Fleet." Cutter teams all across the Coast Guard are answering the call to duty. Also that year she served on and Ocean Station Able from 6-27 April. In heavy seas and driving rain the captain of Bornholm decided to abandon his ship. Women had been assigned to Morro Bay previously, but couldnt always be accommodated for some of their duties due to a lack of berthing. http://www.duaneww2.org [A photographic record of the USCG Cutter Duane and it's crew during World War II, 19441945, with photos taken by Dale Rooks, who took over150 pictures of the cutter, including many shots of the crew; along with40 more pictures of places ashore. On the 17th, SS Fort Rampart, a vessel in the convoy, was torpedoed and the Canadian corvette HMCS Arvida took aboard 49 survivors, three in need of medical attention. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Arriving at Argentia on 2 April 1943, Duane remained moored until 11 April when she became part of CTU 24.1.3, which included Spencer, as flagship, and four British escorts. The latter was to be a law enforcement patrol of up to three weeks code-named "Operation Squeeze." Coast Guard Cutter Duane: Queen of the Seas: 1 August 1936 - 1 August 1985. They then proceeded to make a similar change to two other 65-foot cutters operated by Sector New York. She was sold in 1798. With us opening the smaller space to females, it has helped with retention, because they now see they can get under way on small platforms and not be such a family burden.. She had clean sides, no unusual armament and a deck cargo of invasion barges. The Duane's orders were to stand by until the tanker SS White River arrived to refuel the merchantman. The captain and others interviewed him there. From 13 July to 3 August she served on Ocean Station Hotel and from 4 to 25 September 1953 she served on Ocean Station Echo. For the next two years, she joined the Bering Sea Patrol Force for annual cruises of that area, continuing a Coast Guard traditional duty from the nineteenth century. This was undoubtedly the cause of the accident to the steering gear. 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