From the Bridge Wing 8-31-2013
This Day in Coast Guard History:
1819 – The Revenue cutters Alabama and Louisiana captured the privateer Bravo in the Gulf of Mexico. Bravo’s master, Jean Le Farges — a lieutenant of Jean Lafitte — was later reportedly hanged from Louisiana’s yardarm. The cutters then sailed for Patterson’s Town on Breton Island to destroy the notorious pirates’...
Recent basic training grads named Coast Guard’s Shipmates of the Week
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Three recent Coast Guard Training Center Cape May graduates were recognized this week as the Coast Guard’s Shipmates of the Week for helping to rescue five fishermen off the southern coast of Jamaica Jan. 3 at 11 p.m.
Seaman Charles Gray of Norcross, Ga., Seaman Jarrod Reed of East Liverpool, Ohio, and Seaman Pablo Taborda, Jr. of Miami were standing lookout watch during a...
