Well, she does’nt exist anymore, she was sunk by the Navy in 1992 and wound up in deeper waters than the Titanic off of the coast of North Carolina after giving up the ghost to Navy shelling and target practice….but this is the ship I served on from 1982 to 1984, the Coast Guard cutter Evergreen when it was homepoerted in New London, CT back then….in the 1950’s she was the command ship out of Boston leading the rescue effort for the rescue ships picking up survivors of the Andrea Doria….in WWII, she chased German subs in the northern Atlantic, near Greenland and Newfoundland and other places…she was built in 1938 in the original Buoy Tender version like all the others (see USCGC Hornbeam, etc) but was converted for other work, including oceanographic research and work tracking icebergs…
She was a good ship, despite her propensity to roll a lot (took quite a few 45 degree rolls in rough northern waters) but we always got home….hope she is of interest to you lot…
Mark
By: Ja Worsley - 6th April 2005 at 01:17
See what I mean mate, the most progressive service
By: Corsair166b - 5th April 2005 at 23:13
When i went to boot camp at Cape May, NJ in April 1982 I had the first ever black female company commander…a good lady put into a tough job (she got picked on by the other CC’s, as did we all) but we made it through. Another first for the CG.
Mark
By: Ja Worsley - 5th April 2005 at 05:30
Mark: the USCG has always been my favourite of the US services, they were the first to allow women in their ranks, they were the first to have women skippers and they have always been at the front of the times in sociological changes!
It is a pitty that the other US services don’t take their example!
By: Corsair166b - 5th April 2005 at 04:54
Interesting stuff….I was there for the first round of ‘renovations’ when the ‘Bear’ class cutters came online as well as the newest of the Helicopters (none of which could land in the water like the old H-3’s and HH-52’s), the new Falcon jets (which I am now told are not efficient) and everything making the conversion to computers and computer control (our captain tried using a computer to moor the ship to the pier one time….we broke three railroad ties on the pier!) I hope the new improvements of Project Deepwater help out one of the best of the US services, underappreciated and underfunded as they are but immensely appreciated by those who work on and live near the water….we have a legacy of doing more with less and I hope that they get to do more….with MORE for once…
Semper Paratus-
Mark
By: Ja Worsley - 5th April 2005 at 03:56
Here you go mate, this is a link to my chat board where we discussed this a little while ago.
By: Corsair166b - 4th April 2005 at 23:25
Don’t know about the ‘deepwater’ plan…what is it?
I was a Seaman 1c on her, we made fisheries patrols, drug patrols, search and rescue, went to the America’s Cup when they lost it to the Aussies (great time in Newport, RI)…lots of adventures….rescued the crew of the s/v ‘Windermere’ and placed them on the tanker ‘British Resolution’ for safe keeping…wonder if THAT ship is still around? When we were in port, we painted her….always painting her….rust shows up REAL well on an all white surface…
Lots of good memories…
Mark
By: Ja Worsley - 4th April 2005 at 19:33
She looks like she was a fine old tub mate, pitty the classics always got to Davey Jones, mongrel gets all the good tubs.
What did you do on her and what do you think of the new Deepwater Plan?
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