Coast Guard holds 52nd annual White Alder ceremony
Members participate in the 52nd annual wreath laying ceremony near Memorial Light near White Castle, Louisiana, on the Lower Mississippi River December 7, 2020. (Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Galarza)
NEW ORLEANS – Members of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Baton Rouge held a memorial and wreath laying ceremony Monday for the 52nd anniversary of the sinking of the Coast Guard...
50 Anniversary of the White Alder Sinking
The Coast Guard dedicated a memorial, at the Coast Guard base in New Orleans, to the White Alder and her crew on 7 December 1969. The memorial was moved to the new Coast Guard Group New Orleans offices in Metairie, Louisiana, and rededicated on 6 December 2002.
NEW ORLEANS – Fifty years ago today, at 6:29 p.m. Dec. 7, 1968, the Coast Guard Cutter WHITE ALDER (WLM 541) collided with Motor Vessel...
