Of the services approximately 260 cutters, only 50 are male only, according to the Coast Guard, and those cutters are slated to be replaced. Rod Powers was a retired Air Force First Sergeant with 22 years of active duty service. After her sister Treasury-class cutter Campbell was decommissioned on 1 April 1982, Duane became the oldest cutter on active duty in the Coast Guard fleet. Thinking he was still on the ship he was shocked on breaking above water and seeing the ship about a hundred feet from him and headed away. 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. While escorting Convoy SC-95 in company with the Navy destroyer USS Schenck (DD-159), Duane, early on 15 August 1942, heard two explosions, followed by white rockets and snowflakes. Another British destroyer departed for Reykjavik for fuel. From 27 February to 21 March of 1951 Duane served on Ocean Station Easy. She continued to search for eight hours in the general area, when a suspicious underwater sound was again heard. Ocean Station Delta was located some nine hundred miles east of St. John's, Newfoundland. A SCHOOL WELLNESS PROGRAM. The freighter's crew then abandoned their vessel in a lifeboat and a fire-fighting team from Duane went aboard. CGC NEAH BAY (WTGB-105) is a 140 foot Bay Class Icebreaking Tug homeported in Cleveland, OH. We went down when you saw us and the bombs started going off, things stopped and would not work, a lot of things broke." She was the only woman aboard Polar Star for the first set of orders, Biden said. An official website of the United States government . They hovered off the fantail, and I vectored him in with wands. The coordination part will go away, but the advocacy for women afloat will stay. HF/DF: (1942) DAR (converted British FH3?) Returning to the position of the torpedoing at daylight, oil patches, empty life jackets, boats and other small wreckage was sighted. The summer of 1981 was a yard period in Baltimore for routine repairs and upkeep. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. On the 9th Ingham joined the escort group which proceeded eastward. International Students. On the 20th the Polish destroyer ORP Burza and ENS Eglantine departed for Reykjavik for fuel. An hour later the cutter began using target speeds of three knots for the search curve. The two Navy destroyers returned to Reykjavik and Duane was assigned to the port bow section of the main convoy. 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. The cutters also provided weather observations for transatlantic commerce. Her superstructure was cut back to her pre-war configuration as well, all in preparation for her to undertake what would become her primary peace-time task, as well as that of her sister 327s, that of operating on ocean-weather stations, a task established during World War II. I was a mm 2c assigned to the Duane from Sept.'39 to Feb '43 and was aboard during the above incident. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. She remained on availability from the 7th to the 23rd of September undergoing repairs and on the 24th proceeded to Casco Bay for conning, machine gun, anti-submarine and anti-aircraft practice. Coast Guard Cutter Life! Here's a little snippet of life aboard a cutter, and what you can expect should you ever volunteer for service. Cutters, serving on these stations that consisted of a ten-square mile patch of open ocean, carried personnel from the U.S. Normally while on stand-by the cutter would tie up in Bermuda while waiting for an assistance call, giving the crew time for liberty and just plain rest. 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. 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. In 1958 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, from 13 January to 3 February; on Ocean Station Echo from 22 March to 11 April; on Ocean Station Bravo from 2 to 22 June; Ocean Station Bravo again from 4 to 25 August; from 12 to 20 October on Ocean Station Delta and she wrapped up the year on Ocean Station Charlie from 14 December to 4 January 1959. On September 3rd the Norfolk section departed. Duane, by changing course, attempted to intercept the straggler, without success. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft of World War II. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. At 1110 Duane was ordered to take station ahead as Spencer was dropping back through the convoy following a contact on which she had already dropped two patterns of depth charges. We needed a dedicated accommodation for [women] and we now have that with the building expansion, Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Sheppard said in a My CG blog post. The List of United States Coast Guard Cutters is a listing of all cutters to have been commissioned by the United States Coast Guard during the history of that service. USCGCNEAH BAY(WTGB-105) On the 28th and 29th contacts were depth charged and investigated by escort vessels without results. McCulloch maintained the distinction as the largest revenue cutter, and later USCG cutter, during its 20-year career. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. Obtaining a sound contact at 2,200 yards on the 31st Duane attacked with a shallow pattern of three charges but a study of the recorder trace revealed the contact as non-sub. 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All of the crew were taken off by another drifter and Duane saved 11 bags of mail. From 5 to 26 September 1952 she served on Ocean Station Bravo and from 24 November to 14 December of 1952 she served on Ocean Station Hotel. On the 23rd of March she proceeded to Casco Bay arriving on the 27th for anti-submarine exercises, attack teacher drill, and instructions in range-finding. He had been afraid that Duane would not stop to pick up the submarine's survivors in spite of his crew's shouts and arm waving. The submarines failed to materialize, however, and on the 9th the convoy stood up the swept channel and fjord for anchorage at Hvalfjordur. The sub headed directly away after drawing right and then turned right, half an hour later it submerged at 10,500 yards range and Duane began a retiring search allowing for the sub's speed of six knots. 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. United States Coast Guard Cutter is the term used by the U.S. Coast Guard for its commissioned vessels. At 1500 Duane proceeded to port for repairs to her steering gear which had failed left two Navy and one British destroyer to take up the search in a heavy fog that had set in during the night. Mr. Goehring. These patrols were part of Operation Market Time and involved the boarding and inspection of vessels suspected of carrying troops, arms or supplies from North Vietnam to Communist forces in South Vietnam. Another task for Duane during the 1950's and early 1960's was air-sea rescue standby. 10) Eagle -Launched sometime in 1793. For one group of Coast Guardsmen, a day on a cutter starts with an announcement on the radio. The Duane departed Boston on her first weather patrol on 31 January 1940. Later he criticized his commanding officer for making a daylight attack, which he considered proper procedure only if the moon shone so brightly at night as to make attacks after dark risky for the submarine. Here are some dog photos to make you smile. 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. "Did you see the other boat?" At the request of the State Department, Duane departed Boston 26 July 1940, for a cruise to "Greenland waters." She patrolled the waters of the Chesapeake under the command of Master Simon Gross. At 0937 a submarine was sighted about eight miles distant and Duane headed for it at 19 knots. 1936:2 x 5"/51 (single mount); 2 x 6-pounders. BEM FEB UM. On June 1, the Coast Guard made history with the ascension of Adm. Linda Fagan to its top position as commandant, relieving outgoing commandant Adm. Karl Schultz. Unit missions include Icebreaking, Homeland Security, Light House projects, Law Enforcement, and Public Affairs. The Duane's surfboat then shuttled the survivors from their lifeboats to safety on board the cutter. Contents 1 History of the USCG cutters 1.1 First ten cutters During the afternoon of the 11th, Duane was engaged in bringing four vessels together and escorted these until about 1600, when Bibb joined up with the remaining vessels. The sea was very rough with large waves. The Duane stayed with USS Yukon (AF-9) until about noon when contact with her was lost and the Duane began searching for other ships in the convoy. A ship's log was discovered on board the Puffin. 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It was noted that the cut adjusting nut on the hydraulic end was loose and the adjusting screw out of place on the starboard side. During the trip toward the American Importer, the Duane "swimmers" got into their wet suits and practiced their routines in case they had to jump in and rescue crewmembers of the American Importer. Law enforcement boardings are an equally complicated and important mission. Her last ocean station patrol came from 1 to 22 October 1956 when she served on Ocean Station Bravo. Toggle navigation. The Duane proceeded to New London on 23 July 1943, standing out next day for training exercises and then left for Hampton Roads in company with Spencer and 3 Navy destroyers arriving on the 25th. 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. Ending the search, Duane entered her Seventh Coast Guard District operating area on 14 September, there joining the Cuban operations. Her first master was Robert Cochrane. Later that same day Edmond J. Moran reported that Galloway had also broken her tow and was adrift just 14 miles away from the cutter without any power. On the 7th the Aruba section of five ships detached as did the Dutch warship. The party left ship at 1628. They get to lead as a BM3 or a BM2. We don't have a flight deck, so they had to do a vertical rescue. Word was received that Myrto had broken away from White River making a total of three vessels adrift with three more waiting to be able to take them under tow again. This strategic, multi-year effort analyzed many factors that make up life aboard cutters to include: time underway, maintenance requirements, living quarters arrangements, and nature of missions. An alert was sounded as sixteen unidentified planes approached. After participating in the "Harborfest" activities in Boston, and despite some Congressional pressure to keep her in service and in Portlant, the cutter's crew prepared her for decommissioning. A P-47 fighter was observed falling and crashed into the sea, bursting into flames. So, the counseling part will stay around for the enlisted women of the Coast Guard., Seapower [1] [2] They carry the ship prefix USCGC . This was undoubtedly the cause of the accident to the steering gear. The cutter came to the rescue of a fishing vessel that was on fire 100 miles offshore. The Coast Guard sea pay model differs from other sea-going military service branches. Everyone on the ship has his or her skills tested on a regular basis. Seven hours later she sighted what appeared to be a stick of bombs on the port beam exploding on the surface at the horizon. Then came a warning that friendly bombing missions were about to arrive at five minute intervals from the southeast. On November 28th the Duane stood out of Boston in company with Campbell and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on December 2nd. The Bornholm sank thirty minutes after the last of her crew climbed aboard the cutter. "The bombs were bad. In the early afternoon, Barnes thought he saw a red object off the starboard bow at some distance. During the time prior to her deployment to Vietnam, Duane also carried out a number of assistance and search and rescue cases. The crew of the Forward wakes up to Jordans radio personality voice just about every morning theyre underway. The Duane was detailed to stand by a straggler reported to have dropped astern with steering trouble. But it did not stop there. On 19 August 1943, Duane proceeded to Gibraltar with Task Force 64 and the next day departed as escort to convoy GUS-12. The USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722), was the eighth of twelve 378-foot dual-powered turbine/diesel Hamilton-class high endurance cutters (WHECs) built by Avondale Shipyards in New Orleans, Louisiana.The Coast Guard commissioned the Morgenthau on March 10, 1969. E. A. STEVENS; a.k.a. An SC escorted two vessels to Curacao while an unescorted ship from Curacao joined. The Schenck returned to Reykjavik with a man who had sustained serious face injuries and a possible skull fracture due to the rough seas. Her first master was William Cook. This vessel was also low on fuel and had a bent propeller shaft coupler. With all these creative ways that we have come up with, our afloat numbers for enlisted women afloat has gone up. 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 retiring search plan was abandoned after a 300 arc had been completed and the cutter searched six miles from the point of submersion without results. Commissioned vessel of the U.S. Coast Guard. He spoke of how cold the water was. Complement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; On the 12th the convoy stood into Ajaccio, Corsica and anchored. The submarine was now at right angles to the line of fire and several hits were obtained, one nicely centered on the submarine's conning tower. One of her more dramatic rescues occurred the following year. A minute later Spencer opened fire and Duane went ahead at full speed toward the submarine and after clearing her line of fire so as not to hit Spencer also opened fire. 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. Five hours later she dropped a five charge pattern on a good underwater contact with no apparent results, searching the vicinity for two hours without regaining contact. Contents 1 420' Healy class Icebreaker (WAGB) On the 21st of August, shortly after midnight, a report was received that German "E" boats were in the outer Alpha area and that one might have gotten through. The Duane, with Ingham and Schenck, then proceeded to Hvalfjordur, arriving on the 12th. White caps and foam flew from the tops of the huge icy swells that bounced the Duane as she slowly made headway to remain on station. - A tug boat towing a barge from New Jersey was disabled and adrift 30 miles offshore. The website is run by his son, Jan Rooks & Adam Randazzo.]. Every aspect of underway life is vastly different from shore duty at a station, a group, or a support unit. She began a search on a retiring search curve. She also served as the Navy Station Ship for three weeks while anchored in Hong Kong in March of 1968. At 0600 on August 13, 1944 naval. DIX; ex-WILDERNESS, JOHN C. SPENCER (SPENCER, 1937); WPG 36, WAGC 36, WHEC 36, JONQUIL (1946 USCG); ACM 6; WAGL 330; WLB 330, JOSEPH HENRY (1972); WHEO 701; a.k.a. She then earned the sobriquet "Queen of the Squadron," echoing her nickname during the next decade of "Queen of the Fleet." I had transferred off the Duane by the time Mr. Goehring left so I never heard the story that Jim Iversen related about the sinking of the lifejacket. All ships were ordered darkened for the rest of the night. USCGC UNIMAK (WTR-379) . A good Samaritan notified Sector Miami watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Jan. 8, at approximately 9 a.m., about 10 miles east of Sunny Isles. This 240-foot vessel was confiscated and brought into Boston with over thirty tons of marijuana on board. Smoke blowing from the beaches reduced visibility. For the first time, a woman in a non-command position has received orders to the Coast Guard Cutter Wire.. Ordered to proceed to St. John's, Newfoundland, Duane encountered a disabled ship from convoy ONS-163 screened by a British escort early on the 7th and later two stragglers from the same convoy. She took charge of the main convoy on the 16th as the cutter Campbell (WPG-32) and a British escort vessel searched for a submarine. NAUGATUCK, TAMAROA (1946 USCG); ATF 95; WAT/WMEC 166; ex-ZUNI, TAMPA (1947); WPG 164; ex-SARANAC; ex-SEBEC, TANEY (1936); WPG/WHEC 37; ROGER B. TANEY, TRILLIUM (1945 AUS); (1946 USCG); WAK 170, UNALGA (1946 USCG); AKA 215; WAK 185; ex-TIPTON, UPSHUR (ABEL P.; 1931 USCG); CG DESTROYER CG 15, VAN SANTVOORT (1857); later COEUR DE LEON, WAINWRIGHT (1926 USCG); CG DESTROYER CG 24, WESTWIND (1944 & 1952 USCG); (transferred to USSR 1945); WAG/WAGB 281, WILLIAM J. DUANE (1936); WPG / WHEC 33; later DUANE, WILLOW (1947 USCG); ACM 8; WAGL / WLB 332, WISTARIA (1933); WAGL/WLI 254 (a.k.a. CG-67) was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Duane left Coast Guard service on 1 August 1985 and was laid up in Boston for a number of years. She proceeded to Palermo, Sicily on May 5th and to Naples on the 9th, returning to Bizerte on the 20th. Although their original life expectancy was set at 20 years all six of the lovely cutters have been extensively modernized during and since World War II. Part I [Escorts]. The Duane was always known as the "Queen of the Fleet.". Unfortunately there were none, only remains and wreckage. The Duane was directed to act independently in the van of the convoy and the Babbitt joining an hour later, took station to her starboard. They went on to serve as amphibious task force flagships, as search-and-rescue (SAR) ships during the Korean War, on weather patrol, and as naval gunfire support ships during Vietnam. This increase provides an additional $6 million, which is more than a 25% increase to the sea duty pay account. From 24 February to 14 March 1959 she served on Ocean Station Delta. On the 23rd air coverage was furnished and the Iceland group detached, with a straggler, escorted by two Navy destroyers. The entire crew of 28 men were taken on board Duane safely. Unimak began life as the United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender . Her medical team treated over 300 native people from the fishing villages of Co Phu and Pho Tu. The search was continued using the D.R. The conning tower was smoking liberally and the submarine was moving ahead slowly, circling to the right. When Schenck rejoined the convoy she reported one straggler and two ships remaining in convoy. On the 17th the Duane again anchored in Baie de Cavalaire. Youre tuned to WMEC Forward 9-1-1 on your radio dial," BMC James Jordans voice rumbles over the intercom through passageways and berthing areas of theCGC Forward (WMEC-911) with thumping hip-hop music in the background. The Duane dropped the convoy off at Grotta at 1125 on the 17th. Finally the one ship was found traveling alone, while the Ingham was with another ship 6,000 yards to the west. The wind and sea was favorable, and the little red row boat came alongside on its own. Subic Bay in the Philippines served as homeport while in the Far East. 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. A report had been received by radio on the "BN" broadcast that two submarines were operating in the vicinity. The Puffin was found in the same location where the British liner Ocean Monarch reported sighting an overturned boat on Sep. 16. ), USCGC Duane In Vietnam, 1967-1968. The next day she proceeded to Curtis Bay arriving on the 17th and remained there until 21 March 1943, undergoing repairs. The cargo in the hold broke loose, caused a small fire, shifted and smashed a three foot gash in her side allowing seawater to enter. Major cutters like the national security cutter are capable of carrying multiple cutterboat types, including the over-the-horizon (CB-OTH-IV) rigid-hull inflatables, and long-range interceptors (CB-LRI-11). In addition, her crew boarded 32 vessels and inspected 388 steel-hulled and 5,211 wooden-hulled vessels. 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. One plane returned to the carrier with an engine smoking as a result of anti-aircraft fire from the submarine. Female focus groups cited issues with advancement, including the perception of bias in subjective evaluations, as influencing decisions. The Duane's orders were to stand by until the tanker SS White River arrived to refuel the merchantman. ; 1 x 1-pounder. I knew I wanted to go afloat out of A-school to get rated sea time so that it would help me in my future career, LaRue said. 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. Also, during the mid-1930's, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. She was assigned to the Pennsylvania station under the command of Master James Montegomery. Once the situation was under control, Duane se course for Galloway. The Duane was at drift, and Barnes was the helmsman. All of this from a forty four year old cutter. 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." "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.. The main convoy was sighted on the 15th and Duane turned her ships over to it and returned to Reykjavik. Her first master was John Howell. Cutter teams all across the Coast Guard are answering the call to duty. The Moran tug also succeeded in resuming her tow of Galloway and the tug Rescue arrived to tow Myrto. 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. That same evening another request for assistance was received from SS Galloway. But don't hold your breath waiting for the replacement of the Sault Ste. On 9 July 1980 she responded to another fishing vessel that reported taking on water. The Coast Guard plans to reassign the vessel after an overhaul. These were followed by attack teacher exercises at Halifax, where Duane arrived on the 28th, escorting a merchant vessel in company with a British escort. On 22 April 1955 Duane attempted to get Arlesiana in tow but the line parted each time. The Duane first steamed to Howland Island with supplies for the colonists on that island and also construction material to aid in the building of an emergency airfield in support of the Aviatrix Amelia Earhart's world flight, including two heavy tractors. Mr. Hoare became "landsick" aboard the stationary "Duane" though. The Duane was assigned to permanent duty with the Navy on 11 September 1941, and was designated WPG-33. 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