| "The Patrol Frigate Story -
The Tacoma-class Frigates in World War II and the Korean
War 1943-1953",
by David Hendrickson; 180 pages, Fortis Publishing, 2011.
The author served aboard the USS Albuquerque (PF-7) from
its commissioning in December 1943 until August 1945. He
is the former historian for the Patrol Frigate Reunion
Association and through his book he seeks to preserve the
memory of the patrol frigates of WWII and the Korean War. Coast Guard Photographs Dick Levesque's website containing
numerous historical photos of US Coast Guard ships,
cutters, aircraft, stations and maritime disasters.
The U.S. Coast Guard in World War
Two Historical
facts, photos and information from the World War II 60th
Anniversary Committee's website.
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
The
Coast Guard and the North Atlantic Campaign
Ocean
Weather Ships, 1940-1980
Online Library of Selected Images:
U.S. NAVY SHIPS -- Listed by Hull Number -- PF
"Death
of a Wooden Shoe - A Sailor’s Diary of Life and
Death on the Greenland Patrol, 1942", by Thaddeus D.
Novak. Mr. Novak
hailed from the northeast side of Detroit and enlisted in
the USCG in Aug. 1941. This fantastic historical account
is based on a diary kept by S1/c Novak from June through
Dec. 1942.
"Where
There Is No Glory" - a tribute to the Black Gang
Engineers, originally published in the U.S. Coast Guard
Magazine, 1943
The
story and photos of "Sinbad" the famous Mascot
of the USCG Cutter Campbell
Photos
of other USCG Mascots
NavSource
Online: Frigate Photo Archive, PF-69 Davenport
NavSource
Online: Submarine Chaser Photo Archive, SC-705
NavSource
Photo Archives: Gunboat (PG) Index, PG-86 & PG-95
"The
Tacoma Class Frigates - The Forgotten Expendables of The
Navy", by
Christopher Eger
USS SC-705
Deck Log Excerpts
Web
Page of Don F. Roban, who was a S1/c on the Davenport
James
M. Gow's U.S. Coast Guard Military Service Photos
Lt. (j.g.) Gow was the USS Davenport's Assistant First
Lieutenant.
Vincent
Grobbel's letters of 8 June and 9 July 1945
Vince
Grobbel's photos of USCG AIRSTA Salem (Feb & Mar 1946)
Coasties
Rule! Photo
slideshow of today's USCG in action.
Fred's
Place - The Place to Meet Old Shipmates
"Semper Paratus"
Words and Music
How to
request Military Personnel Records
Splinter
Fleet - The Wooden Sub Chasers of WW II
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