From the Bridge Wing11-14-13
Today in Coast Guard History
1963– Coast Guard air and surface rescue craft responded immediately when the freighter Fernview and the tanker Dynafuel collided in Buzzards Bay. While helicopters removed the injured aboard the stricken ships, surface craft extinguished the fires. These Coast Guard units had completed the evacuation of all aboard the disabled vessels before the Dynafuel capsized...
From the Bridge Wing 8-17-2013
This Day in Coast Guard History:
1929 – Horace Alderman, convicted of murdering two Coast Guardsmen and a Secret Service agent in 1927, was hanged at Coast Guard Base 10 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was the only person ever executed on a Coast Guard shore station.
1990 – At the request of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Secretary of Transportation and the Commandant of the Coast...
