Coast Guard Operations and Rescues

Images of U.S. Coast Guard operations, including rescue drills and interactions with Canadian forces, emphasizing maritime collaboration during the 20th century.

Lt. Craig took this photograph titled "Victory Ships Pass in Review" on December 26, 1918. It shows one of the returning ships passing by the Mayflower. The image was approved by the M.I.D censor on December 28, 1918. It is numbered 31794 in the collection and is accompanied by notes labeled as 1794.

American tank steamer "Wico" camouflaged, June 1918. This photograph, numbered 12916, was received from Lieutenant William Fox of the Signal Corps on July 2, 1918. The image shows numbered American transports concealed with camouflage patterns. The caption states that it is not for publication.

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929. Album leaf with three photos. Left: The Jenny Visser-Hooft expedition members, J.A. Sillem (to the right of her) and the Dog Patiala with the crew of the SS Ridderkerk; Midden: the statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps in Port Said; Right: The SS Ridderkerk in Port Said. 8 February 1929. Egypt, Port Said, Suez Canal

Helicopter Lands on Coast Guard "Flat Top" in Sea-Rescue Drill. Looking ahead to post-war rescue service on the high seas, the United States Coast Guard experiments with a Helicopter landing on the deck of a "flat top". The test was conducted off the Atlantic Coast. Helicopters have been used in simulated ocean rescues and found serviceable in dropping vertically beside shipwrecked survivors, taking them aboard and speeding to the nearest shore hospital.

Coast Guard Guards a Convoy. This image depicts Coast Guardsmen loading up depth charges.

Coast Guard And Canadians War Side By Side. This image depicts a canadian corvette as it comes alongside a U.S. Coast Guard cutter.

Protecting The New. This image depicts a Coast Guard "Sea Bird" protecting the merchant ship.

Coast Guard 83-Footers to The Rescue in Invasion Waters. Moving in with the first wave when the D Day invaders struck France, two of the Coast Guard's famous fleet of 83-foot rescue vessels maneuver to aid distressed craft in the English Channel. Coast Guardsmen in these tiny "sub-busters" saved hundreds of lives in those hours when Nazi guns were pouring death into the liberation armada.

Lt. Craig took this photograph titled "Victory Ships Pass in Review" on December 26, 1918. It shows one of the returning ships passing by the Mayflower. The image was approved by the M.I.D censor on December 28, 1918. It is numbered 31794 in the collection and is accompanied by notes labeled as 1794.

Pacific Caravan. This image depicts 32 ships, part of a mighty caravan moving the force of America westward against the Japs.

U.S.S. Terror, a United States naval ship, in action during World War One. The photograph was taken in 1918 by the Committee on Public Information. The ship was commissioned in 1891 and played a role in various military activities.

Cadets' Annual Summer Cruise. In rough North Atlantic waters, Coast Guard Cadets receive a lesson in boat drill. Shown here the boat drops away from the Cutter ROCKAWAY, a member of the Cadet Practice Squadron which is on its annual summer cruise to European ports. Accompanying the Academy's three-masted training bark EAGLE, the CGC ROCKAWAY provides modern facilities for training the 240 cadets in seamanship.

Coast Guard Plane Assists Airline Crash. This image depicts the Coast Guard cutter SORREL as it assisted in the search of a crashed Northwest Orient Airliner in the Gulf of Alaska.

Rhinos Join Yankee Invasion Menagerie. Riding low with its jam-packed load of fighting men and heavy military vehicles, a Rhino is shown wallowing through English Channel waters in this D-Day photograph made from a Coast Guard assault transport pushing toward the French Coast. First, it was the Alligator; next the Buffalo, and now the massive Rhino takes its place in the Allied amphibious invasion menagerie.

American military personnel unloading ambulances from a steamship at a base port in France during World War One. The ambulances will be used to transport wounded soldiers to medical facilities. This operation was crucial in providing timely medical aid to the injured.

Sunrise at Sea. This image depicts a Coast Guard sub-buster on the sea at sunrise.

Photograph of a Coast Guardsman Inspecting One of the German 88s Which Poured Murderous Shellfire Into the Invasion Armada. Scratch Off One More German 88. The French beachhead secure, a Coast Guardsman inspects one of the German 88s which poured murderous shellfire into the invasion armada that punctured Hitler's Atlantic Wall in Normandy. So swift was the invaders' advance that many German guns were captured undamaged as their crews fell back from the beaches.

Photograph of Coast Guard Landing Barges Ferrying the Flood of Fighting Men Who Are Spreading Our Over Normandy. The Invasion Stream Floods the Beaches of France. Bulging with reinforcements from the liberation waves that struck the French beaches and beached the vaunted Atlantic Wall, Coast Guard landing barges ferry the flood of fighting men who are spreading our over Normandy. They are transferred from a Coast Guard assault transport in the English Channel. In the distance, in a rhino loaded with ambulances easing toward the beach.

Coast Guard Air-sea Rescue Plane Sights Five Downed Fliers on Raft. This image depicts five downed Army pilots spotted from a Coast Guard rescue plane piloted by Coast Guard Commander Donald B. MacDiarmid.

Coast Guard-Manned LCI Hits the Beach at Sarmi. In the invasion of Sarmi and Wakde, Jap strongholds near the western end of Dutch New Guinea, Coast Guard-manned LCIs hit the beach with loads of invaders and equipment. Here, stretcher bearers are shown wading through the surf from an LCI. This successful amphibious action won strategic air strips for the Yankees.

Coast Guard Combat Cutter Captures 28 Nazis In Greenland. This image depicts the Coast Guard combat cutter Northland which pursued a German armed trawler for 70 miles through twisting channels of Greenland ice.

Soldiers unloading equipment and supplies from a ship onto flatcars in the assembly camp in St. Nazaire, France during World War I. This photograph was taken by the Signal Corps, United States Army. Caption information is included on the reverse side.

Majestic Hazard in the North Atlantic. From the stern of a Coast Guard combat cutter, two Coast Guard officers survey the majestic beauty of a giant iceberg which they discovered floating down toward the ship lanes. One of the Coast Guard's duties, in peace and war, is to keep constant watch against these floating hazards, so that ships may be warned of their presence in the sea routes.

Coast Guard Frigate Looses Death Blasts In Triumph In Last Battle With Nazi Sub. A depth charge raises a geyser off the stern of a Coast Guard-manned frigate in the last battle of the Atlantic off point Judith, Rhode Island, on Sunday, May 6. Teaming with three Navy vessels, the Coast Guard-manner USS MOBERLY attacks a U-boat which a few hours earlier had torpedoed an American collier with the loss of four lives. Sound contact was made with the sub by the USS ATHERTON, and patterns of depth charges were planted by all ships of the group until wreckage of the marauder boiled to the surface.

This photograph, numbered 43,561, was taken by the U.S. Navy Signal Corps during World War One. It captures U.S. Navy activities, but the specific details or location depicted are not provided. The symbol "USN 224" is noted on the image.

The Fighting Coast Guard Lets Fly. This image depicts the U.S. Coast Guard gunners braced against the sudden jar, letting fly a blast at the enemy.

Members of the U.S. Navy crew can be seen performing their duties on the deck of the ship. The sailors are busy preparing equipment and ensuring everything is in order. It is evident that the photograph showcases the organized and disciplined operations of the U.S. Navy during World War One. 111-SC-43590.

Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. This image depicts a painting of the cutter Spencer bearing down on U-boat in mid-Atlantic. Painted by Hunter Wood.

American troops boarding the ship "Wilhelmina" at Bordeaux, France, to return to their homeland. The photograph was taken on March 27, 1919 by an American Expeditionary Force (AEF) photographer. This image was part of a series of photographs documenting American military activities during World War One.

Drilling Within Sound of the Guns. This image depicts Coast Guardsmen loading a tank onto a landing craft during training in the South Pacific.

Coast Guard Helicopter To The Rescue. This image depicts a Coast Guard pilot hovering over a "distressed" life raft to demonstrate its effectiveness.

Greenland Patrol (Greenland and Alaska). This image depicts Coast Guardsmen operating a gun.

Invasion Task Force Moves On Hollandia. This image depicts a parade of fighting ships, including Coast Guard-manned assault transports, steaming toward Hollandia on the north coast of Dutch New Guinea.

Coast Guard Helicopter Rescues Sailor from Navy Minesweeper. This image depicts the rescue of Raymond Beaudry, an ill sailor aboard the Navy minesweeper USS TURKEY, by a Coast Guard helicopter, in which he was taken to a hospital.

LST's Unload at Manila. Coast Guard-manned LST's are among the first to drop their reamps at Manila after American forces had driven the Japs from the capital city of the Philippines. The harbor is bustling with activity as the big carriers come in to unload soldiers and supplies in the liberated city.

Action, Bay of Seine. This image depicts artwork of Coast Guard Rescue cutters attempting to discharge casualties and survivors in the Bay of Seine. Painted by combat artist Herman B. Vestal.

Captive Balloon Supports "Voice of America" Antenna. This image depicts members of the Coast Guard removing the balloon's restraining net.

Coast Guardsmen Land Invading Forces On Kiska. The Coast Guardsmen who landed the initial waves of invaders on Kiska make further trips ashore to transport the medical crews and the follow-up forces from the Coast Guard manned LST (Landing Ship, Tanks) to the shore.

They Fell That Guam Might Fall. This image depicts medical treatment given to Coast guard and Marine casualties on the deck of a landing barge as it moves out from the embattled beaches of Guam.

Anefo photo collection. Fleet. Submarines. May 10, 1940

Johnson City Coast Guardsman is Invasion Photographer. Coast Guard Combat Photographer Eugene S. Swierkosz, Photographer's Mate Second Class, of 138 Lester Avenue, Johnson City, N. Y., is shooting the Southwest Pacific invasions from a Coast Guard-manned LST. Here, he tests his camera for impending landing action on the shores of Morotai in the Halmaheras.

They Go And They Come. This image depicts a U.S Coast Guardsmen with their seabags over their shoulders coming down the plank from an army transport to walk on American soil again.

Soldiers aboard the USS Jarvis during World War One. The photograph was taken by a photographer from the C.P.L. Laboratory. This image is classified as "FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY".

The image shows a submarine named Tarpon, taken by a photographer from the Navy Department in April 1918. It is a type of submarine referred to as A.U. The description and details regarding the issue number are not provided. This photograph is marked as "For official use only."

On the Alert. This image depicts Coast Guardsmen on watch.

Coast Guard Mercy Mission Saves Seaman. Put over the side by their ship, the crew of a naval motor launch moves toward a Coast Guard flying boat to transfer a stricken sailor for a flying trip to a west coast hospital. The seaman, suffering an appendicitis earlier had been removed from an American submarine to the naval craft somewhere in the South Pacific. A radio message brought the Coast Guard plane, which was piloted by Lieutenant Commander Larry L. David, of Colman, Street, New London Conn.

The Elevator to a Transport Hospital. Coast Guardsmen, manning an assault transport in the Eniwetok invasion, bring aboard a wounded fighter from a Coast Guard-operated landing craft. Expeditious handling of the wounded saved many lives in the Marshalls invasion.

"Coast Artillery School at Fort Monroe, Virginia; November 1918. Two splashes of projectiles hitting the water near a standard pyramidal target used for target practice in U.S. Coast Artillery service. This photograph was taken around 200 yards behind a tug, traveling at a speed of 8 to 12 mph. Splashes were accurately measured using a calibrated camera."

Bucking in Toward Beach Battleline in Saipan. Pushing up the foam in the surf off Charon-Kanoa on the southern coast of Saipan, a Coast Guard-manned landing barge drives toward the beach and toward battle. It is packed with American invaders on the mission of capturing the Marianas bastion form Jap defenders. In the background is a Coast Guard-manned assault transport.

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Project 24 - Operation Hardtack (Enewetak/Bikini/Johnnston Island Area) Detonation. UMBRELLA detonation; series of 71 photos from Ikuren Island of burst and base surge (60 of 71). Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Apache. Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Date: November 25 1918. Photograph Odf Of S: S. Apache. Nationality: American. Tonnage: 4145. Captain: Frank Mackinnon. Owners: Clyde Line S. S. Co. Where From: Jacksonville, Fla. Destination: New York. Where Photographed: Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By Whom Photographed: J. B Dearborn. Date Photographed: November 7th/, 1918. Where Camouflaged: Hoboken N J. Date Sept. 29th. And May 5, 1918. By Whom Camouflaged: Fletcher Dry Dock Co.. 1918-11-07T00:00:00.

Maintaining the Watch. Somewhere at Sea- Oblivious to the salt spray that splashes over the bow of his Coast Guard cutter a member of Uncle Sam's vigilantes of the sea maintains a constant watch for any sign of an enemy submarine. Note the anti aircraft gun which wears a protective tarpaulin cover.

Death Hurtles From A Sub Buster. This image depicts a K gun booming and puffing to send a depth charge hurling away into the sea.

Photograph of the U.S.S. New York at Hampton Roads during World War I. Taken on March 10, 1921, by a photographer from the Signal Corps. The image shows the ship's symbol, numbered 43684, along with the notes "New York SN 328."

Normandy Beachhead. This image depicts artwork of units of the great invasion fleet that set out for France on D-Day. Artwork by combat artist Herman B. Vestal.

Men from the 43rd Railway Artillery are seen boarding the Princess Matoika in St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure, France, for their journey back to the United States. The photograph was taken on December 20, 1918, by J.M. Lilles.

LT. GEO. H. LYON, SC. PHOTOGRAPHER captures an image of the converted transport ship "Ohioan" as it departs for France on Feb. 4, 1919. The vessel, initially a freighter, has been transformed to house 1,700 troops, with former cargo areas now serving as soldier accommodations. The conversion process took approximately two months at Pier 9 in Hoboken, N.J.

Batting the Breeze in a Big Way. This image depicts artwork of Coast Guardsmen on a Coast Guard cutter in the north Atlantic engaging in a spirited debate, painted by Coast Guard Combat Artist John J. Floherty Jr. (Alt. Name of artist - John F. Floherty).

The Meritanza i.e. Maratanza, as she appeared immediately after the capture of the Teazer i.e. Teaser. Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs , pp/liljpaper. United States, Navy, Equipment & supplies, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, Gunboats, Union, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Union, Virginia, Richmond.

Fire Lead Me To It. This image depicts a U.S. Coast Guardsmen modeling a newly developed asbestos fire fighting suit.

Dashing Ashore. This image depicts artwork of American invaders dashing ashore from their landing barges during the invasion of France. Artwork by combat artist Herman B. Vestal.

Photograph of the Fore Side of the Bridge of the SS Dania. Photograph Of Fore Side Of Bridge. Date: - June 17 1918. Photograph of S. S. Dania. Nationality: - Danish. Tonnage: - 5300. Captain: - L. F. Peronard. Owners: - United S. S. Co. (Of Copenhagen.) Where from: - Gunin, Chili Chile. Destination: - Discharge at Charleston. Where photographed: ) Charleston, S. C. Sixth Naval District. By whom photographed: _ J. B. Dearborn. Date photographed June 8th., 1918.. 1918-06-08T00:00:00.

Stranger Challenged in Northern Fjord. This image depicts a Coast Guard signalman flagging a challenge as a strange vessel approaches through the ice-packed fjord.

Airview- Looking West to Spectacle Island , Islands. Photographs of the First Naval District

A photograph of the USS Submarine "K7," taken on October 3, 1914. The submarine belongs to the United States Navy and was in service during World War I. The image is part of the Photographs of American Military Activities collection and was taken by the PROTOPRES COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION in 1918.

U.S.S. New York, in service since 1914, captures a dramatic image during World War I. This photograph, taken on February 12, 1918, showcases the ship in action. Lab notes indicate the photograph was received from C.P.L. 2985. An official use-only label is also attached, dated June 15, 1937.

Destroyer Escorts Take To The Trail. This image depicts a Coast Guardsman on gun watch, keeping his eye peeled for enemy planes and submarines.

Fuel to Cook the Axis Goose. A quartet of thousand-pound aerial bombs that will help keep the Axis cauldron boiling is swung aboard ship under the experienced eyes of Coast Guardsmen. In the foreground is a Coast Guard fireboat, ready in case of trouble. Coast Guardsmen have inspected and guarded the bombs before loading and inspect them again when they are stowed away.

Ramps Down. This image depicts soldiers disembarking from Coast Guard-manned invasion barges during training on the East Coast of the United States.

Port Security at Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. The U.S. Coast Guard maintains 24 hour patrols to insure safety at Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state, covering every square foot of the lake which extends 153 miles to the Canadian border.

The Yankees Come Back to Luzon. The Yankees Come Back to Luzon. Coast Guard-manned landing barges unload American troops on the Luzon beachhead on invasion day, Jan. 9. A row of LSTs disgorges men and armaments to set up the advance upon Manila. At left, a Coast Guard beach party member directs landing traffic beside the striped signal flag. At right is a wrecked Jap plane.

Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. This image depicts the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Spencer as they prepare to engage a German submarine.

Destruction of river traffic in China is one of the chief objectives of the 14th AF. This photo shows how Japanese stern wheel steamer on the Song Koi river in northeastern Indo-China was demolished by a low-level bombing attack on 15 February 1944

Invaders Hit the Shore in Invasion Maneuvers. American troops, carrying rifles and light fighting equipment, spring through the surf from Coast Guard-manned landing craft in final amphibious maneuvers somewhere on the North African coast. Invaders and Coast Guard invasion craft, such as these, hit the beaches of French Normandy before dawn D-Day.

""Give Her the Gun, Mates"". This image depicts Coast Guard firefighters battling a sub-born fire which swept through dock facilities at a West Coast Port.

First U.S. Plane Rises From Saipan Air Field. After sweeping across the southern part of Saipan island early in the invasion of the Marianas stronghold, American fighters captured the Aslito Airfield and quickly put it to good use. Here, the first U.S. fighter plane rears up from the strip to harass Japanese troops falling northward before the overwhelming power of the invasion forces.

Bringing in Supplies for Makin Invaders. U.S. soldiers, photographed by a Coast Guard combat cameraman, didn't lay their rifles down for a moment as they rolled supplies into shore during the invasion of Makin. LST's and other landing craft heavily laden with supplies anchored on a coral reef about a mile offshore and floated the supplies into shore.

Oblique of NAF Wake Island

Photo collection First World War. With the British Forces in Salonika. The Wake Of A British SeaLane Skimming The Waters Of Salonica Bay. 1914-1918}. Greece, Saloniki

Ticklish Job. Loading thousand pound aerial bombs that will add their blast to the ever increasing tempo of the war in Europe, is a ticklish job, this U.S. Coast Guardsman appears to be thinking. He and his fellow Coast Guardsmen, on duty at an East Coast port, guard and inspect the loading of bombs, alert for danger from sabotage and carelessness.

War album 89, picture 26073.

Photograph of the U.S.S. California, taken during World War One. The photographer captured the image from a distance, showing the ship at sea. The U.S.S. California was an important military vessel used by the American military during the war.

Smokejumpers: Training - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Ship-to-Ship Transfer Far at Sea. An injured merchant seaman in a litter is hauled over the lines to the deck of a Coast Guard-manned destroyer escort somewhere in mid-ocean. He is on his way to treatment by the ship's doctor of the DE. In wartime convoys, as in peacetime, the Coast Guard maintains its traditional service of saving lives at sea.

Caption: "Gigantic copper statue of Wilhelm I standing at the triangle of land where the Moselle river meets the Rhine river. This photo was taken during American military activities on the Rhine, as evidenced by the official photographer's stamp and the date received on 1-21-19. Released for public issue by the AEP Censor on 2-1-19. Notes: Subject 50629."

Coast Guard Cutter Sinks Sub. This image depicts wounded Coast Guardsman Robert J. Croak as he is transferred off the Coast Guard cutter Spencer following its sinking of a German submarine.

U.S.S. Idaho participating in a naval review during World War One. The photograph was taken in October 1918.

Antarctic - Operation Deep Freeze II. Not a tuxedoed welcoming committee - Irate adults and sleepy chicks as a rookery on Cape Hallett, estimated at housing 150,000 Adeline penguins, are aroused at the intrusion of the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Northwind (right) and the Navy cargo ship Arneb. Six thousand of these penguins had to be moved from a four-acre plot to make room for a new scientific station. Scientists, Seabee construction men, and crew members from the ships pitched in to transfer the adult penguins with nets and chicks in boxes to another section of the cape. Located in the vicinity of Cape Adare, Antarctic, Cape Hallett was one of five stations established by Task Force 43, U.S. Naval Support Force for Operation Deep Freeze II phase of the U.S. National Committee for International Geophysical Task Scientific Programs 1956 - 1957. The task of establishing Cape Hallett Station was assigned the USCG icebreaker Northwind and the Navy cargo ship Arneb.

Naval Stores - Georgia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

"A group of sailors on board the U.S.S. New Mexico during World War I. The original photograph is filed in Drawer No. 3, Corridor Cabinet No. 5, for official use only."

Invasion "Ambulances" Bring Out the Wounded. Tying up alongside a Coast Guard assault transport in the English Channel, a Coast Guard landing barge delivers wounded American invaders for treatment in the transport's sick bay. Coast Guard Pharmacist's mates, going in to the French beaches at the height of the invasion, gave emergency treatment to the wounded on the "ambulance" run back to the transports.

Fueling Operations , Fuel. Photographs of the First Naval District

Photograph of Columns of Coast Guard LCIs Advancing Upon the Beaches of France. Old Glory Moves to New Glory. Columns of Coast Guard LCIs, protected by barrage balloons against low flying Nazi strafers, advance upon the beaches of France in the wake of the Stars and Stripes. A Coast Guard combat photographer, going into the invasion on an LCI, caught this picture of the advance guard of the Liberation Fleet in the English Channel.

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. beaters Sentanimer near Hollandia. February 1955. Guinea, Sentani

Where the Civil War began - Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor, South Carolina.. Underwood & Underwood (American, founded 1881, dissolved 1940s)

Two European men stand on the deck of R.M.S. Mandingo, a temporary renaming of the more well known SS Appam after it was captured by the Germans in 1916 and subsequently returned to the British. Captioned in the negative: The "Hun strafer" on R.M.S. "Mandingo." On the stern. Taken about 500 miles north of S. Leone 13/3/19.

Photograph of Whalers, 11th Naval District. This photograph was taken by Boatswain's Mate Second Class James C. Watson, ex-newspaper photographer of 15 years experience.

UH-1 helicopters, belonging to Marine Aircraft Group-39, are seen in this photograph taken on July 19, 1968. The helicopters were dispatched to Dong Ha, Vietnam, after an enemy rocket attack on a nearby area. The Marines stationed at Dong Ha observed the attack and requested support from the helicopters for defense against the explosive. The photograph was taken by Cpl. Miks Servais and is identified by the military code A422178.

An enlisted man at Payne Field, Cairo Egypt releases a hydrogen balloon which he will view through the theodolite to determine wind direction and velocity.

Umbrella of Fire Shields Saipan Invaders. A mantle of flak from U.S. anti-aircraft fire is drawn over the Coast Guard-manned attack transport, from which this photograph was made, and other ships in the task force during a Japanese air raid off the coast of Saipan.

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