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Spanish minicards. Chocolate Amatller, Marca Luna, Series 2. El Conde de Montecristo. Series of 33 minicards for the French film serial Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (Henri Pouctal, Le Film d'Art 1918), distributed by Pathé Frères, and starring Léon Mathot as Edmond Dantès / The Count of Monte-Cristo, and Nelly Cormon as Mercedes. NB This is a complete series of 33 cards. The numbers are those on the cards. The man on the right here is Gaston Modot as Bertuccio. The man being tied up here is Danglars (Alexandre Colas), who is taught a lesson about hunger, fraud and imprisonment.
Plot of the novel:
The Sixth Coalition War has just ended. Edmond Dantès is a sprightly young man of 19, who is already a helmsman on the three-masted Le Pharaon. Fortune smiles at him from all sides. He is a skillful sailor, well-liked by the sailors and the shipowner Pierre Morrel is pleased with him and is considering promoting him to captain in the near future. Moreover, Dantès is to marry the beautiful and sweet Catalan Mercedes. Edmond's happiness now leads to jealousy among his friends. The accountant of Le Pharaon, Danglars, feels humiliated by Edmond's impending promotion; he himself would have liked to become captain. Edmond's salary, with which he supports his elderly father, leads to the jealousy of Gaspard Caderousse, Edmond's father's neighbour. Edmond's relationship and proposed marriage also arouse the jealousy of Fernando Mondego, Mercedes' first cousin. Fernando himself is infatuated with Mercedes, but she has given her heart to Edmond. In the presence of Fernando and the drunken Caderousse, Danglars writes an anonymous letter to prosecutor Gérard de Villefort in which Dantès is accused of being a Bonapartist. Dantès is arrested on his wedding day, 1 March 1815. It turns out that he is carrying a letter that he received on Elba and that is to be delivered to a certain Noirtier in Paris. De Villefort opens the letter and reads that Napoleon is preparing his return. De Villefort foresees that the letter can provide him with a glorious career, but then Dantès has to be eliminated. He has Dantès locked up for life in the Château d'If. In prison, Dantès meets the Italian priest Abbé Faria, who is also an innocent prisoner. Faria is a very intelligent and educated man. From the scanty data, he concludes why Dantès is imprisoned. Meanwhile, Faria teaches Edmond foreign languages, history, economics, philosophy and mathematics. Dantès also learns the prevailing etiquette and how to regain self-confidence and develop himself. But Faria knows more: shortly before his capture, he found a 300-year-old document stating that a fabulous treasure is hidden on the island of Montecristo. That treasure was once hidden by the De Spade family; that family has now died out and their treasure therefore belongs to the first finder.
1829: Faria dies of catalepsy in his cell and Dantès manages to escape by climbing into the body bag himself. He goes to Montecristo and unearths the treasure. He is now fabulously wealthy. Dantès returns to his birthplace Marseille. He disguises himself as a priest and calls himself Abbé Busoni. In this disguise he has a conversation with Caderousse. He learns that the good shipowner Morrel has arranged for a pension and later a funeral for father Dantès. Morrel is now on the verge of bankruptcy. His ship le Pharaon has sunk. Danglars, Fernando and De Villefort have made a fortune and now live in Paris. Fernando is married to Mercedes. A few days later Dantès goes to Morrel. He arranges for Morrel to receive a small fortune from an unknown donor, apparently in gratitude for Morrel's having looked after Dantès' father. He also has a replica of the Pharaon built, so that it looks as if the ship has never sunk. This saves Morrel. Later, on his deathbed, Morrel will say that the benefactor could only have been Edmond Dantès.
1838: After nine years of wandering, Dantès goes to Paris. After all these years, no one recognises him. He now calls himself the Count of Monte-Cristo, a mysterious nobleman with a luxurious lifestyle. He shows off his wealth by buying two palaces that can be decorated in a short time, by serving a dinner with fish that can only be found in faraway countries and by travelling at record speed with changing rooms along the way.
The Count goes to see Danglars, who has become a successful banker. He shows letters of credit from the Roman bank Thomson & French (a bank he has bought up himself) and wishes to withdraw a substantial sum. Danglars has to give in to this in order not to damage his relationship with the Roman bank. The Count then bribes a telegraph operator to send a false stock exchange message. Danglars thus loses a considerable part of his fortune.
During his wanderings, Dantès has bought a slave girl at the market in Albania. However, he does not treat her as a slave at all. Her name is Haydée and she is the daughter of Ali Pasha, the Pasha of Ioannina. Ali Pasha's confidant was called Fernando Mondego. After a war, Mondego betrayed Ali Pasha. Ali Pasha was assassinated and Haydée and her mother Vasiliki were sold into slavery, Fernando taking over Ali Pasha's fortune. The Count of Monte-Cristo collected evidence of this scandal and published it.
Albert, Fernando and Mercedes' son, is furious and challenges the Count to a duel. Mercedes comes to the Count, addresses him as Edmond (so she recognises him) and begs him to spare Albert's life. The Count tells her the true story of Dantès' capture. Albert then withdraws the challenge. Fernando commits suicide. Mercedes and Albert feel that they should not live on a fortune acquired in such a shameful manner. They give their wealth to charity. Albert decides to enlist in Africa and takes the name Herrera, his mother's name. Mercedes returns to Marseilles.
Monte-Cristo's intendant Bertuccio is familiar with one of the count's houses. It used to belong to Marquis and Marquise de Saint-Méran, De Villefort's parents-in-law from his first marriage. Bertuccio happened to notice that De Villefort buried a child born out of wedlock in the garden there. Bertuccio dug the child up again - it turned out to be alive - and adopted him. He named him Benedetto. Benedetto became a criminal and was imprisoned together with Caderousse. Monte-Cristo gives Benedetto a new identity - Andrea de Cavalcanti - and a generous income.
Andrea tells Caderousse that Monte-Cristo has money lying around. They decide to break in. Caderousse will break in while Andrea is on the lookout. He is caught by an old acquaintance: Father Busoni. Caderousse leaves empty-handed and is stabbed by his partner, who wants the loot for himself. As Caderousse dies, Busoni reveals his true identity: Edmond Dantès.
The Count meets the De Villefort family when, during a trip in their carriage, their horses stampede. Together with his servant Ali, the Count saves Gérard de Villefort's son Édouard.
Death then strikes in the house of the De Villeforts. The marquis and marquise de Saint-Méran die of poisoning. Then it is the turn of the house servant Barrois, who empties a glass intended for De Villefort's father Noirtier. De Villefort's daughter Valentine is saved because Monte-Cristo replaced the poison with a soporific. De Villefort determines that his wife Heloïse is the poisoner because she wants to secure the inheritance - which later largely falls into Valentine's hands - for her own son Édouard. He gives her the choice between suicide and the guillotine. He then leaves for the court, where Andrea's murder of Caderousse is to be tried. During the trial, Andrea makes himself known: he is an illegitimate child of De Villefort's, and he proves it. De Villefort goes home, repentant. His wife Heloïse turns out to be dead and, apart from herself, she has also poisoned little Édouard. De Villefort then recognises the Count of Monte-Cristo as the man he had innocently put away more than twenty years ago. De Villefort confronts Dantès with the corpses of his wife and son and subsequently goes insane.
The cases have now had disproportionate consequences, more than Dantès had anticipated. He begins to doubt whether he has gone too far with his revenge now that a child has died. During this period of indecision, he regains his balance and forgives himself and his enemies.
Danglars travels to Rome to collect the debt of Thomson & French. Then he is kidnapped by the notorious highwayman Luigi Vampa - who is in league with Monte-Cristo. To get something to eat, he has to pay an absurdly high price. Thus, Danglars now experiences, as Dantès once did, what it is like to be locked up alone and hungry. In the end Danglars chooses for his life and decides to pay in exchange for a meal. Monte-Cristo now also tells him who he is. Danglars is then allowed to go free. For Dantès, this completes his mission; on the one hand, he has taken revenge on those who had caused him so much harm in the past, but he has also made a few people happy. Dantès gives the island and its dwellings to Valentine de Villefort, who is now married to Maximilien Morrel, the shipowner's son. He leaves with Haydée to build a new future with her elsewhere.
Pouctal's film reduces the novel, despite its three hours.
Originally the film was issued as a serial between 1917 and 1919 in fifteen episodes in the following order: Edmond Dantes; The State Prisoner; Abbe Faria; The Secret of Monte Cristo; The Crime ant the Inn; The Vendetta; The Philanthropist; The Grottoes of Monte Cristo; The Conquest of Paris; Haydee's Story; Haydee's Revenge; The Day of Reckoning; The Last Exploits of Caderousse; Villefort's Punishment; The Triumph of Dantes. According to IMDb, It was one of the two favorite boyhood films of the future French Cinematheque curator Henri Langlois and he would imagine himself in the situation of the hero, a victim of plots who struggles to exact revenge by becoming successful. The existing print presents the whole story as one feature-length film. According to Cineanalyst on IMDb, the biggest alteration may be the dropping of the entire subplot involving Villefort's family: his father's Bonapartism, his daughter's romance with Morrel's son, and all the poisonings. Instead, more attention is given to Dantès and his various disguises. Actually, within the print available on YouTube Danglars in the end drowns himself, unable to cope with his guilt.
The whole film can be watched on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCh2vmnJP0Q
Linha de chegada / Resultado final Classe Optimist - Finish line / Final result Optimist Class - Ligne d'arrivée / Résultat final Catégorie Optimist - Línea de meta / Resultado final Clase Optimist
Torneio do Cerrado 2012 - Tourney of Cerrado - Tournoi du Cerrado - Torneo del Cerrado.
Parabéns a todos os participantes!
Nossa admiração aos vencedores!
1º colocado: Veleiro: CABEÇÃO. Timoneiro: Vitor Costa.
2º colocado: Veleiro: sem nome. Timoneiro: Lucas Faria
3º colocado: Veleiro: CALOPITO. Timoneiro: Caio Uchoa
4º colocado: Veleiro: sem nome. Timoneiro: João Vitor Maximiliano
5º colocado: Veleiro: sem nome. Timoneiro: Diego Campos
6º colocado: Veleiro: sem nome. Timoneira: Clara Felix
7º colocado: Veleiro: sem nome. Timoneiro: Tiago Brugger
8º colocado: Veleiro: Filé². Timoneiro: Felipe Rondina
9º colocado: Veleiro: sem nome. Timoneiro: Leandro Bottecchia
10º colocado: Veleiro: Sweel. Timoneiro: Edward Cronwell
11º colocado: Veleiro: sem nome. Timoneiro: Christian Shaw
12º colocado: Veleiro: Filé. Timoneiro: Leonardo Diniz
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Congratulations to all participants! Our admiration to the winners!
1º place: Sail boat: CABEÇÃO. Helmsman: Vitor Costa
2º place: Sail boat: sem nome. Helmsman: Luiz André.
3º place: Sail boat: CALOPITO. Helmsman: Caio Uchoa
4º place: Sail boat: unnamed. Helmsman: João Vitor Maximiliano
5º place: Sail boat: unnamed. Helmsman: Diego Campos
6º place: Sail boat: unnamed. Helmswoman: Clara Felix
7º place: Sail boat: unnamed. Helmsman: Tiago Brugger
8º place: Sail boat: File². Helmsman: Felipe Rondina
9º place: Sail boat: unnamed. Helmsman: Leandro Bottecchia
10º place: Sail boat: Sweel. Helmsman: Edward Cromwell
11º place: Sail boat: unnamed. Helmsman: Christian Shaw
12º place: Sail boat: Filé. Helmsman: Leonardo Diniz
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Félicitations à tous les participants! Notre admiration pour les vainqueurs!
1º lieu: Bateau: CABEÇÃO. Timonier: Vitor Costa
2º lieu: Bateau: sem nome. Timonier: Lucas Faria
3º lieu: Bateau: CALOPITO. Timonier: Caio Uchoa
4º lieu: Bateau: sans nom. Timonier: João Vitor Maximiliano
5º lieu: Bateau: sans nom. Timonier: Diego Campos
6º lieu: Bateu: sans nom. Timonier: Clara Felix
7º lieu: Bateu: sans nom. Timonier: Tiago Brugger
8º lieu: Bateu: Filé². Timonier: Felipe Rondina
9º lieu: Bateu: sans nom. Timonier: Leandro Bottechia
10º lieu: Bateu: Sweel. Timonier: Edward Cromwell
11º lieu: Bateu: sans nom. Timonier: Cristian Shaw
12º lieu: Bateu: Filé. Timonier: Leonardo Diniz
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Felicitaciones a todos los participantes! Nuestra admiración a los ganadores!
1º lugar: Velero: CABEÇÃO. Timonel: Vitor Costa
2º lugar: Velero: sem nome. Timonel: Lucas Faria
3º lugar: Velero: CALOPITO. Timonel: Caio Uchoa
4º lugar: Velero: sin nombre. Timoniel: João Vitor Maximiliano
5º lugar: Velero: sin nombre. Timoniel: Diego Campos
6º lugar: Velero: sin nombre. Timoniel: Clara Félix
7º lugar: Velero: sin nombre. Timoniel: Thiago Brugger
8º lugar. Velero: File². Timoniel: Felipe Rondina
9º lugar. Velero: sin nombre. Timoniel: Leandro Bottechia
10º lugar. Velero: Sweel. Timoniel: Edward Cromwell
11º lugar. Velero: sin nombre. Timoniel: Cristian Shaw
12º lugar. Velero: Filé. Timoniel: Leonardo Diniz.
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Quer que seu filho cresça seguro, calmo e sábio, ensine-o a velejar cedo!
If you want your child to grow safe, calm and wise, teach him to sail soon!
Si vous voulez que votre fils grandisse calme, confiant et sage, enseignez lui a naviguer bientôt!
Si quiere que tu hijo crezca calmo, condifente y sabio, enseñale temprano a navegar!
La Santa María (The Saint Mary), alternatively La Gallega, was the largest of the three Spanish ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, the others being the Niña and the Pinta. Her master and owner was Juan de la Cosa, a man from Santoña, Cantabria, operating in south Spanish waters. Requisitioned by order of Queen Isabella and by contract with Christopher Columbus, whom de la Cosa knew previously, the Santa María became Columbus's flagship on the voyage as long as it was afloat. Having gone aground on Christmas Day, 1492, on the shores of Haiti, through inexperience of the helmsman, it was partially dismantled to obtain timbers for Fort Navidad, "Christmas Fort," placed in a native Taíno village. The fort was the first Spanish settlement in the New World, which Columbus had claimed for Spain. He thus regarded the wreck as providential. The hull remained where it was, the subject of much modern wreck-hunting without successful conclusion.
NameLa Santa María, "The Saint Mary," also La Gallega, on and before the beginning of Columbus' first voyage on 3 August 1492.
OwnerJuan de la Cosa
LaunchedUnknown and speculative
Stricken25 December 1492
FateRan aground on a shoal near Hispaniola
StatusPartly dismantled; the timber being used to build an ill-fated fort on Hispaniola.
General characteristics
TypeNao, at that period distinguished by Columbus from the smaller Caravel, and distinct from the Carrack
Displacementest. 150 metric tons of displacement
Tons burthenest. 108 tons BM
Length
est. hull length 19 m (62 ft)
est. keel length 12.6 m (41 ft)
Beamest. 5.5 m (18 ft)
Draughtest. 3.2 m (10 ft)
Propulsionsail
Complement40
Armament4 × 90 mm bombards, 50 mm culebrinas
NotesThe ship on the first voyage was captained by Juan de la Cosa. The navigation and command of the squadron was done by Christopher Columbus. wikipedia
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 26, 2021) Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Jose Ponce, right, from Fort Worth, Texas, stands watch as master helmsman and steers Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) alongside Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Matthew Perry (T-AKE 9) to conduct a replenishment-at-sea. Stockdale, part of Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG), is on a scheduled deployment in U.S. 7th Fleet to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Alex Kraft)
Hamburg, Blankenese, …give nature, bees, insects etc. a chance,
…give us a chance.
By the way, the owner is using this far over 100 years old house & garden as a weekend domicile & guesthouse for friends & business partners.
The formerly fishing village along the Elbe River in the western part of Hamburg has a long history, the name “Blankenese” comes from the Low German dialect “Blanc Ness”, meaning white promontory in the Elbe River.
The stunning views from the river-facing famous stairs-quarter of Blankenese have resulted in highly desirable properties & expensive real estate prices owned in the past by ship-owners, captains & helmsman, although most of the ship-owners resided along the “Elbchausse”, the road along above the River, starting at the Hamburg Harbour Area & ending in via Blankenese in Rissen.
The domiciles at the pedestrian-only labyrinth of the 58 stairs at the up to over 70 m high hillside, with a total of officially 4864 steps, are owned today by anyone who can afford it, not actually only moneywise, …more because you need the guts to carry everything over the stairs, food, beverage, garbage, furniture, babies, elderly people etc. etc. by hand up or down, which is especially tough in wintertime or by rain.
From spring to autumn the "Treppenviertel" is one of tourist favoured sightseeing point, with a few small cafés with home-made pastries & the restaurants along the river bank.
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TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
MMSI: 235082804
Call Sign: MWBM9
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
GENERAL
Damen Stan 1405
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH
PUSHBOW Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
ACCOMMODATION
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
NAUTICAL AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
SEARCHLIGHT Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003
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United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States armed forces and one of seven uniformed services. It is unique among other armed forces in that it combines aspects of a maritime law enforcement agency (with jurisdiction both domestically and in international waters), naval military support, and a federal regulatory agency. It is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, with its military operations working under the US Navy during times of war.
The Coast Guard has eleven statutory missions: Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations (AMIO) , Defense Readiness, Drug Interdiction, Ports, Waterways and Coastal Security, Other Law Enforcement, Search and Rescue, Aids to Navigation, Marine Safety, Living Marine Resources, Marine Environmental Protection, and Ice Operations. As one of the five armed forces and the smallest armed service of the United States, its stated mission is to protect the public, the environment, and the United States economic and security interests in any maritime region in which those interests may be at risk, including international waters and America's coasts, ports, and inland waterways.
Contents
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* 1 Overview
o 1.1 Description
o 1.2 Role
+ 1.2.1 Search and Rescue
+ 1.2.2 National Response Center
o 1.3 Authority as an armed service
o 1.4 Authority as a law enforcement agency
* 2 History
* 3 Organization
* 4 Personnel
o 4.1 Commissioned Officer Corps
+ 4.1.1 United States Coast Guard Academy
+ 4.1.2 Officer Candidate School
+ 4.1.3 Direct Commission Officer Program
+ 4.1.4 College Student Pre-Comissioning Initiative (CSPI)
+ 4.1.5 ROTC
o 4.2 Chief Warrant Officers
o 4.3 Enlisted
* 5 Ranks
* 6 Equipment
* 7 Symbols
o 7.1 Core values
o 7.2 Coast Guard Ensign
o 7.3 Coast Guard Standard
o 7.4 Racing Stripe
o 7.5 Semper Paratus
* 8 Missions
* 9 Uniforms
* 10 Issues
* 11 Notable Coast Guardsmen and others associated with the USCG
* 12 Deployable Operations Group (DOG)
* 13 Coast Guard Auxiliary
* 14 Coast Guard Reserve
* 15 Medals and honors
* 16 Organizations
o 16.1 Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl
o 16.2 USCGA Alumni Association
o 16.3 Coast Guard CW Operators Association
* 17 Popular culture
* 18 See also
o 18.1 Coast Guard
o 18.2 Related agencies
* 19 References
* 20 External links
[edit] Overview
[edit] Description
The Coast Guard, in its literature, describes itself as "a military, maritime, multi-mission service within the Department of Homeland Security dedicated to protecting the safety and security of America." The other armed services of the US military are components of the Department of Defense, under which the Coast Guard can also operate during times of war and under declaration by the President.
[edit] Role
The United States Coast Guard has a broad and important role in homeland security, law enforcement, search and rescue, marine environmental pollution response, and the maintenance of river, intracoastal and offshore aids to navigation (ATON). Founded by Alexander Hamilton as the Revenue Cutter Service on August 4, 1790, it lays claim to being the United States' oldest continuous seagoing service. As of October 2006, the Coast Guard has approximately 46,000 men and women on active duty, 8,100 reservists, 7,000 full time civilian employees and 30,000 active auxiliarists.[1]
While most military services are either at war or training for war, the Coast Guard is deployed every day. When not in war, the Coast Guard has duties that include maritime law enforcement, maintaining aids to navigation, marine safety, and both military and civilian search and rescue—all in addition to its typical homeland security and military duties, such as port security. While working as the only Military Branch allowed to make arrest, inquiries, and carry firearms inside of the USA, they are also the only Military Branch that are allowed to carry their firearms on and off base, thus giving them greater flexibility when being called to service. The service's decentralized organization and readiness for missions that can occur at any time on any day, is often lauded for making it highly effective, extremely agile and very adaptable in a broad range of emergencies. In a 2005 article in TIME Magazine following Hurricane Katrina, the author wrote, "the Coast Guard's most valuable contribution to [a military effort when catastrophe hits] may be as a model of flexibility, and most of all, spirit." Wil Milam, a rescue swimmer from Alaska told the magazine, "In the Navy, it was all about the mission. Practicing for war, training for war. In the Coast Guard, it was, take care of our people and the mission will take care of itself."[2]
The Coast Guard's motto is Semper Paratus, meaning "Always Ready". The service has participated in every U.S. conflict from 1790 through to today, including landing US troops on D-Day and on the Pacific Islands in World War II, in extensive patrols and shore bombardment during the Vietnam War, and multiple roles in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Maritime interception operations, coastal security,transportation security, transportation security, and law enforcement detachments are its major roles in Iraq.
[edit] Search and Rescue
See National Search and Rescue Committee
Search and Rescue (SAR) is one of the Coast Guard's oldest missions. The National Search and Rescue Plan[3] designates the United States Coast Guard as the federal agency responsible for maritime SAR operations, and the United States Air Force as the federal agency responsible for inland SAR. Both agencies maintain Rescue Coordination Centers to coordinate this effort, and have responsibility for both military and civilian search and rescue.
* USCG Rescue Coordination Centers
[edit] National Response Center
Operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Response Center (NRC) is the sole U.S. Government point of contact for reporting environmental spills, contamination, and pollution
The primary function of the National Response Center (NRC) is to serve as the sole national point of contact for reporting all oil, chemical, radiological, biological, and etiological discharges into the environment anywhere in the United States and its territories. In addition to gathering and distributing spill data for Federal On-Scene Coordinators and serving as the communications and operations center for the National Response Team, the NRC maintains agreements with a variety of federal entities to make additional notifications regarding incidents meeting established trigger criteria. The NRC also takes Terrorist/Suspicious Activity Reports and Maritime Security Breach Reports. Details on the NRC organization and specific responsibilities can be found in the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan.[4]
* U.S. National Response Team
[edit] Authority as an armed service
The five uniformed services that make up the Armed Forces are defined in 10 U.S.C. § 101(a)(4):
“ The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. ”
The Coast Guard is further defined by 14 U.S.C. § 1:
“ The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times. The Coast Guard shall be a service in the Department of Homeland Security, except when operating as a service in the Navy. ”
Coast Guard organization and operation is as set forth in Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
On February 25, 2003, the Coast Guard was placed under the Department of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard reports directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security. However, under 14 U.S.C. § 3 as amended by section 211 of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006, upon the declaration of war and when Congress so directs in the declaration, or when the President directs, the Coast Guard operates under the Department of Defense as a service in the Department of the Navy. 14 U.S.C. § 2 authorizes the Coast Guard to enforce federal law. Further, the Coast Guard is exempt from and not subject to the restrictions of the Posse Comitatus Act which restrict the law enforcement activities of the other four military services within United States territory.
[edit] Authority as a law enforcement agency
14 U.S.C. § 89 is the principal source of Coast Guard enforcement authority.
14 U.S.C. § 143 and 19 U.S.C. § 1401 empower US Coast Guard Active and Reserves members as customs officers. This places them under 19 U.S.C. § 1589a, which grants customs officers general law enforcement authority, including the authority to:
(1) carry a firearm;
(2) execute and serve any order, warrant, subpoena, summons, or other process issued under the authority of the United States;
(3) make an arrest without a warrant for any offense against the United States committed in the officer's presence or for a felony, cognizable under the laws of the United States committed outside the officer's presence if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing a felony; and
(4) perform any other law enforcement duty that the Secretary of the Treasury may designate.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office Report to the House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary on its 2006 Survey of Federal Civilian Law Enforcement Functions and Authorities identified the U.S. Coast Guard as one of 104 federal components employed which employed law enforcement officers.[5] The Report also included a summary table of the authorities of the U.S. Coast Guard's 192 special agents and 3,780 maritime law enforcement boarding officers.[6] Some contend that these law enforcement personnel are "qualified law enforcement officers" within the meaning of the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act, 18 U.S.C. 926B (LEOSA). The U.S. Coast Guard does not, however, have a LEOSA policy one way or the other.
As members of a military service, Coast Guardsmen (also known informally as Coasties) on active and reserve service are subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and receive the same pay and allowances as members of the same pay grades in the other four armed services.
[edit] History
Main article: History of the United States Coast Guard
Marines holding a sign thanking the US Coast Guard after the battle of Guam.
Marines holding a sign thanking the US Coast Guard after the battle of Guam.
The roots of the Coast Guard lie in the United States Revenue Cutter Service established by Alexander Hamilton under the Department of the Treasury on August 4, 1790. Until the re-establishment of the United States Navy in 1798, the Revenue Cutter Service was the only naval force of the early U.S. It was established to collect taxes from a brand new nation of patriot smugglers. When the officers were out at sea, they were told to crack down on piracy; while they were at it, they might as well rescue anyone in distress.[7]
"First Fleet" is a term occasionally used as an informal reference to the US Coast Guard, although as far as one can detect the United States has never in fact officially used this designation with reference either to the Coast Guard or any element of the US Navy. The informal appellation honors the fact that between 1790 and 1798, there was no United States Navy and the cutters which were the predecessor of the US Coast Guard were the only warships protecting the coast, trade, and maritime interests of the new republic.[8]
The modern Coast Guard can be said to date to 1915, when the Revenue Cutter Service merged with the United States Life-Saving Service and Congress formalized the existence of the new organization. In 1939, the U.S. Lighthouse Service was brought under its purview. In 1942, the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation was transferred to the Coast Guard. In 1967, the Coast Guard moved from the Department of the Treasury to the newly formed Department of Transportation, an arrangement that lasted until it was placed under the Department of Homeland Security in 2003 as part of legislation designed to more efficiently protect American interests following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
In times of war, the Coast Guard or individual components of it can operate as a service of the Department of the Navy. This arrangement has a broad historical basis, as the Guard has been involved in wars as diverse as the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War, in which the cutter Harriet Lane fired the first naval shots attempting to relieve besieged Fort Sumter. The last time the Coast Guard operated as a whole under the Navy was in World War II. More often, military and combat units within the Coast Guard will operate under the Navy while other Coast Guard units will remain under the Department of Homeland Security.
[edit] Organization
Main article: Organization of the United States Coast Guard
The headquarters of the Coast Guard is at 2100 Second Street, SW, in Washington, D.C. In 2005, the Coast Guard announced tentative plans to relocate to the grounds of the former St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington. That project is currently on hold because of environmental, historical, and congressional concerns. As of July 2006, there are several possible locations being considered, including the current headquarters location.
[edit] Personnel
[edit] Commissioned Officer Corps
There are many routes by which individuals can become commissioned officers in the US Coast Guard. The most common are:
[edit] United States Coast Guard Academy
Main article: United States Coast Guard Academy
The United States Coast Guard Academy is located on the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. It is the only military academy to which no Congressional or presidential appointments are made. All cadets enter by open competition utilizing SAT scores, high school grades, extracurricular activities, and other criteria. About 225 cadets are commissioned ensigns each year. Graduates of the Academy are obligated to serve five years on active duty. Most graduates (about 70%) are assigned to duty aboard a Coast Guard cutter after graduation, either as Deck Watch Officers (DWO) or as Student Engineers. Smaller numbers are assigned to flight training (about 10% of the class) or to shore duty at Coast Guard Sectors, Districts, or Area headquarters unit.
[edit] Officer Candidate School
In addition to the Academy, prospective officers may enter the Coast Guard through the Officer Candidate School (OCS) at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. OCS is a rigorous 17-week course of instruction which prepares candidates to serve effectively as officers in the United States Coast Guard. In addition to indoctrinating students into a military life-style, OCS also provides a wide range of highly technical information necessary for performing the duties of a Coast Guard officer.
Graduates of the program typically receive a commission in the Coast Guard at the rank of Ensign, but some with advanced graduate degrees can enter as Lieutenant (junior grade) or Lieutenant. Graduating OCS officers entering Active Duty are required to serve a minimum of three years, while graduating Reserve officers are required to serve four years. Graduates may be assigned to a ship, flight training, to a staff job, or to an operations ashore billet. However, first assignments are based on the needs of the Coast Guard. Personal desires and performance at OCS are considered. All graduates must be available for worldwide assignment.
In addition to United States citizens, foreign cadets and candidates also attend Coast Guard officer training. OCS represents the source of the majority of commissions in the Coast Guard, and is the primary channel through which enlisted ranks can ascend to the officer corps.
[edit] Direct Commission Officer Program
The Coast Guard's Direct Commission Officer course is administered by Officer Candidate School. Depending on the specific program and background of the individual, the course is three, four or five weeks long. The first week of the five-week course is an indoctrination week. The DCO program is designed to commission officers with highly specialized professional training or certain kinds of previous military experience. For example, lawyers entering as JAGs, doctors, intelligence officers, and others can earn commissions through the DCO program. (Chaplains are provided to the Coast Guard by the US Navy.)
[edit] College Student Pre-Comissioning Initiative (CSPI)
The College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) is a scholarship program for college sophomores. This program provides students with valuable leadership, management, law enforcement, navigation and marine science skills and training. It also provides full payment of school tuition, fees, textbooks, a salary, medical insurance and other benefits during a student's junior and senior year of college. The CSPI program guarantees training at Officer Candidate School (OCS) upon successful completion of all program requirements. Each student is expected to complete his/her degree and all Coast Guard training requirements. Following the completion of OCS and commission as a Coast Guard officer, each student will be required to serve on active duty (full time) as an officer for 3 years.
Benefits: Full tuition, books and fees paid for two years, monthly salary of approximately $2,000, medical and life insurance, 30 days paid vacation per year, leadership training.
[edit] ROTC
Unlike the other armed services, the Coast Guard does not sponsor a ROTC program. It does, however, sponsor one Junior ROTC ("JROTC") program at the MAST Academy.
[edit] Chief Warrant Officers
Highly qualified enlisted personnel from E-6 through E-9, and with a minimum of eight years of experience, can compete each year for appointment as a Chief Warrant Officer (or CWO). Successful candidates are chosen by a board and then commissioned as Chief Warrant Officers (CWO-2) in one of sixteen specialties. Over time Chief Warrant Officers may be promoted to CWO-3 and CWO-4. The ranks of Warrant Officer (WO-1) and CWO-5 are not currently used in the Coast Guard. Chief Warrant Officers may also compete for the Chief Warrant Officer to Lieutenant program. If selected, the officer will be promoted to Lieutenant (O-3E). The "E" designates over four years active duty service as a Warrant Officer or Enlisted member and entitles the member to a higher rate of pay than other lieutenants.
[edit] Enlisted
Newly enlisted personnel are sent to 8 weeks of Basic Training at the Coast Guard Training Center Cape May in Cape May, New Jersey.
The current nine Recruit Training Objectives are:
* Self-discipline
* Military skills
* Marksmanship
* Vocational skills and academics
* Military bearing
* Physical fitness and wellness
* Water survival and swim qualifications
* Esprit de corps
* Core values (Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty)
Following graduation, most members are sent to their first unit while they await orders to attend advanced training, in Class "A" Schools, in their chosen rating, the naval term for Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). Members who earned high ASVAB scores or who were otherwise guaranteed an "A" School of choice while enlisting can go directly to their "A" School upon graduation from Boot Camp.
Petty officers follow career development paths very similar to those of US Navy petty officers.
Enlisted Coast Guard members who have reached the pay grade of E-7, or Chief Petty Officer, must attend the U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy at Training Center Petaluma in Petaluma, California, or an equivalent Department of Defense school, to be advanced to pay grade E-8. United States Air Force master sergeants, as well as international students representing their respective maritime services, are also eligible to attend the Academy. The basic themes of this school are:
* Professionalism
* Leadership
* Communications
* Systems thinking and lifelong learning
[edit] Ranks
Officer Grade Structure of the United States Coast Guard
Admiral
(ADM)
Vice Admiral
(VADM)
Rear Admiral
(upper half)
(RADM)
Rear Admiral
(lower half)
(RDML)
Captain
(CAPT)
Commander
(CDR)
Lieutenant
Commander
(LCDR)
Lieutenant
(LT)
Lieutenant,
Junior Grade
(LTJG)
Ensign
(ENS)
O-10 O-9 O-8 O-7 O-6 O-5 O-4 O-3 O-2 O-1
Warrant Officer Grade Structure of the United States Coast Guard
CWO4 CWO3 CWO2
Non Commissioned Officer Grade Structure of the United States Coast Guard[1]
Crossed anchors in the graphics indicate a rating of Boatswain's Mate
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
(MCPOCG)
Command Master Chief Petty Officer
(CMC)
Master Chief Petty Officer
(MCPO)
Master Chief Boatswain's Mate (BMCM) insignia shown
Senior Chief Petty Officer
(SCPO)
Senior Chief Boatswain's Mate (BMCS) insignia shown
Chief Petty Officer
(CPO)
Chief Boatswain's Mate (BMC) insignia shown
Petty Officer First Class
(PO1)
First Class Boatswain's Mate (BM1) insignia shown
Petty Officer Second Class
(PO2)
Second Class Boatswain's Mate (BM2) insignia shown
Petty Officer Third Class
(PO3)
Third Class Boatswain's Mate (BM3) insignia shown
E-9S E-9 E-9 E-8 E-7 E-6 E-5 E-4
Enlisted Grade Structure of the United States Coast Guard
Seaman
(SN)
Seaman Apprentice
(SA)
Seaman Recruit
(SR)
E-3 E-2 E-1
[edit] Equipment
The equipment of the USCG consists of thousands of vehicles (boats, ships, helicopters, fixed-winged aircraft, automobiles), communication systems (radio equipment, radio networks, radar, data networks), weapons, infrastructure such as United States Coast Guard Air Stations and local Small Boat Stations, each in a large variety.
Main article: Equipment of the United States Coast Guard
[edit] Symbols
[edit] Core values
The Coast Guard, like the other armed services of the United States, has a set of core values which serve as basic ethical guidelines to Coast Guard members. As listed in the recruit pamphlet, The Helmsman,[9] they are:
* Honor: Absolute integrity is our standard. A Coast Guardsman demonstrates honor in all things: never lying, cheating, or stealing. We do the right thing because it is the right thing to do—all the time.
* Respect: We value the dignity and worth of people: whether a stranded boater, an immigrant, or a fellow Coast Guard member; we honor, protect, and assist.
* Devotion to Duty: A Coast Guard member is dedicated to five maritime security roles: Maritime Safety, Maritime Law Enforcement, Marine Environmental Protection, Maritime Mobility and National Defense. We are loyal and accountable to the public trust. We welcome responsibility.[10]
[edit] Coast Guard Ensign
Coast Guard Ensign
Coast Guard Ensign
The Coast Guard Ensign (flag) was first flown by the Revenue Cutter Service in 1799 to distinguish revenue cutters from merchant ships. The order stated the Ensign would be "16 perpendicular stripes, alternate red and white, the union of the ensign to be the arms of the United States in a dark blue on a white field." (There were 16 states in the United States at the time).
The purpose of the flag is to allow ship captains to easily recognize those vessels having legal authority to stop and board them. This flag is flown only as a symbol of law enforcement authority and is never carried as a parade standard. See [2]
[edit] Coast Guard Standard
Parade Standard of the U.S. Coast Guard
Parade Standard of the U.S. Coast Guard
The Coast Guard Standard is used in parades and carries the battle honors of the U.S. Coast Guard. It was derived from the jack of the Coast Guard ensign which used to fly from the stern of revenue cutters. The emblem is a blue eagle from the coat of arms of the United States on a white field. Above the eagle are the words "UNITED STATES COAST GUARD;" below the eagle is the motto, "SEMPER PARATUS" and the inscription "1790."
[edit] Racing Stripe
Racing Stripe
Racing Stripe
The Racing Stripe was designed in 1964 to give the Coast Guard a distinctive, modern image and was first used in 1967. The symbol is a narrow blue bar, a narrow white stripe between, and a broad red[11] bar with the Coast Guard shield centered. The stripes are canted at a 64 degree angle, coincidentally the year the Racing Stripe was designed. The Stripe has been adopted for the use of other coast guards, such as the Canadian Coast Guard, the Italian Guardia Costiera, the Indian Coast Guard, and the Australian Customs Service. Auxiliary vessels maintained by the Coast Guard also carry the Stripe in inverted colors.
[edit] Semper Paratus
The official march of the Coast Guard is "Semper Paratus" (Latin for "Always Ready"). An audio clip can be found at [3].
[edit] Missions
Main article: Missions of the United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard Ensign (Photo U.S. Coast Guard)
USCGC Steadfast
USCG HH-65 Dolphin
USCG HH-60J JayHawk
USCG HC-130H departs Mojave
USCG HC-130H on International Ice Patrol duties
Coast Guard motor lifeboat maritime safety operation
A Coast Guard helicopter crew member looks out over post-Katrina New Orleans
The Coast Guard carries out five basic roles, which are further subdivided into eleven statutory missions. The five roles are:
* Maritime safety (including search and rescue)
* Maritime mobility
* maritime security
* National defense
* Protection of natural resources
The eleven statutory missions, found in section 888 of the Homeland Security Act are:
* Ports, Waterways and Coastal Security (PWCS)
* Counter Drug Law Enforcement
* Migrant Interdiction
* Other Law Enforcement (foreign fisheries)
* Living Marine Resources (domestic fisheries)
* Marine (maritime) Safety
* Marine (maritime) Environmental Protection
* Ice Operations
* Aids to Navigation (ATON)
* Defense Readiness
* Marine (maritime) Environmental Response
The OMEGA navigation system and the LORAN-C transmitters outside the USA were also run by the United States Coast Guard. The U.S. Coast Guard Omega Stations at Lamoure, North Dakota and Kāne'ohe, Hawai'i (Oahu) were both formally decommissioned and shut down on September 30, 1997.
[edit] Uniforms
In 1972, the current Coast Guard dress blue uniform was introduced for wear by both officers and enlisted personnel (Prior to 1972, they wore U.S. Navy-style uniforms with Coast Guard insignia). Relatively similar in appearance to the old-style U.S. Air Force uniforms, the uniform consists of a blue four-pocket single breasted jacket and trousers in a slightly darker shade. A light-blue button-up shirt with a pointed collar, two front button-flap pockets, "enhanced" shoulder boards for officers, and pin-on collar insignia for Chief Petty Officers and enlisted personnel is worn when in shirt-sleeve order (known as "Tropical Blue Long"). It is similar to the World War II-era uniforms worn by Coast Guard Surfmen. Officer rank insignia parallels that of the U.S. Navy but with the gold Navy "line" star being replaced with the gold Coast Guard Shield and with the Navy blue background color replaced by Coast Guard blue. Enlisted rank insignia is also similar to the Navy with the Coast Guard shield replacing the eagle on collar and cap devices. Group Rate marks (stripes) for junior enlisted members (E-3 and below) also follow U. S. Navy convention with white for seaman, red for fireman, and green for airman. In a departure from the U. S. Navy conventions, all petty Officers E-6 and below wear red chevrons and all Chief Petty Officers wear gold. Unlike the US Navy, officers and CPO's do not wear khaki; all personnel wear the same color uniform. See USCG Uniform Regulations [4] for current regulations.
Coast Guard officers also have a white dress uniform, typically used for formal parade and change-of-command ceremonies. Chief Petty Officers, Petty Officers, and enlisted rates wear the standard Service Dress Blue uniform for all such ceremonies, except with a white shirt (replacing the standard light-blue). A white belt may be worn for honor guards. A mess dress uniform is worn by members for formal (black tie) evening ceremonies.
The current working uniform of a majority of Coast Guard members is the Operational Dress Uniform (ODU). The ODU is similar to the Battle Dress Uniform of other armed services, both in function and style. However, the ODU is in a solid dark blue with no camouflage patterns and does not have lower pockets on the blouse. The ODU is worn with steel-toed boots in most circumstances, but low-cut black or brown boat shoes may be prescribed for certain situations. The former dark blue working uniform has been withdrawn from use by the Coast Guard but may be worn by Auxiliarists until no longer serviceable. There is a second phase of Operational Dress Uniforms currently in the trial phases. This prototype resembles the current Battle Dress blouse, which is worn on the outside, rather than tucked in.
Coast Guard members serving in expeditionary combat units such as Port Security Units, Law Enforcement Detachments, and others, wear working operational uniforms that resemble Battle Dress uniforms, complete with "woodland" or "desert" camouflage colors. These units typically serve under, or with, the other armed services in combat theaters, necessitating similar uniforms.
Enlisted Coast Guardsmen wear the combination covers for full dress, a garrison cover for Class "B," wear, and a baseball-style cover either embroidered with "U.S. Coast Guard" in gold block lettering or the name of their ship, unit or station in gold, for the ODU uniform. Male and female company commanders (the Coast Guard equivalent of Marine Corps drill instructors) at Training Center Cape May wear the traditional "Smokey the Bear" campaign hat.
A recent issue of the Reservist magazine was devoted to a detailed and easy to understand graphical description of all the authorized uniforms.
[edit] Issues
The Coast Guard faces several issues in the near future.
Lack of coverage affects many areas with high maritime traffic. For example, local officials in Scituate, Massachusetts, have complained that there is no permanent Coast Guard station, and the presence of the Coast Guard in winter is vital. One reason for this lack of coverage is the relatively high cost of building storm-proof buildings on coastal property; the Cape Hatteras station was abandoned in 2005 after winter storms wiped out the 12-foot (3.7 m) sand dune serving as its protection from the ocean.
Lack of strength to meet its assigned missions is being met by a legislated increase in authorized strength from 39,000 to 45,000. In addition, the volunteer Auxiliary is being called to take up more non-combatant missions. However, volunteer coverage does have limits.
Aging vessels are another problem, with the Coast Guard still operating some of the oldest naval vessels in the world. In 2005, the Coast Guard terminated contracts to upgrade the 110-foot (33.5 m) Island Class Cutters to 123-foot (37.5 m) cutters because of warping and distortion of the hulls. In late 2006, Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, decommissioned all eight 123-foot (37 m) cutters due to dangerous conditions created by the lengthening of the hull- to include compromised watertight integrity. The Coast Guard has, as a result of the failed 110 ft (34 m) conversion, revised production schedules for the Fast Response Cutter (FRC). Of the navies and coast guards of the world's 40 largest navies, the U.S. Coast Guard's is the 38th oldest.[12]
Live fire exercises by Coast Guard boat and cutter crews in the U.S. waters of the Great Lakes attracted attention in the U.S. and Canada. The Coast Guard had proposed the establishment of 34 locations around the Great Lakes where live fire training using vessel-mounted machine guns were to be conducted periodically throughout the year. The Coast Guard said that these exercises are a critical part of proper crew training in support of the service's multiple missions on the Great Lakes, including law enforcement and anti-terrorism. Those that raised concerns about the firing exercises commented about safety concerns and that the impact on commercial shipping, tourism, recreational boating and the environment may be greater than what the Coast Guard had stated. The Coast Guard took public comment and conducted a series of nine public meetings on this issue. After receiving more than 1,000 comments, mostly opposing the Coast Guard's plan, the Coast Guard announced that they were withdrawing their proposal for target practice on the Great Lakes, although a revised proposal may be made in the future.[13][14][15][16][17]
[edit] Notable Coast Guardsmen and others associated with the USCG
Source: U.S. Coast Guard
* Derroll Adams, folk musician
* Nick Adams, actor
* Beau Bridges, actor
* Lloyd Bridges, actor
* Sid Caesar, comedian
* Lou Carnesecca, basketball coach, St. John's University
* Howard Coble, U.S. Congressman, North Carolina
* Chris Cooper, actor
* Richard Cromwell, actor
* Walter Cronkite, newscaster
* William D. Delahunt, U.S. Congressman, Massachusetts
* Jack Dempsey, professional boxer
* Buddy Ebsen (1908–2003), actor, comedian, dancer
* Blake Edwards, writer, director, producer
* Edwin D. Eshleman (1920-1985), former U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania
* Arthur Fiedler, conductor
* Arthur A. Fontaine, captain, college sailing national champion, ISCA Hall of Fame
* Charles Gibson, newscaster
* Arthur Godfrey, entertainer
* Otto Graham, professional football player and coach
* Alex Haley, author of Roots and Coast Guard chief journalist (first African-American man to reach the Coast Guard's rank of Chief Petty Officer)
* Weldon Hill, pseudonym of William R. Scott, author of novel Onionhead, based on his World War II Coast Guard service
* William Hopper, actor
* Tab Hunter, actor
* Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., Vice Admiral, Deputy Director FEMA
* Steve Knight, Vocalist for Flipsyde
* Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, athlete, actor
* Jack Kramer, tennis professional
* Jacob Lawrence, artist
* Victor Mature, actor
* Douglas Munro, the only Coast Guardsman to be awarded the Medal of Honor
* Frank Murkowski, former governor and former U.S. Senator, Alaska
* Sam Nunn, former U.S. Senator, Georgia
* Arnold Palmer, professional golfer
* Ed Parker, martial artist
* Claiborne Pell, former U.S. Senator, Rhode Island
* Cesar Romero, actor
* Sloan Wilson, writer
* Dorothy C. Stratton first director of the SPARS
* Gene Taylor, U.S. Congressman, Mississippi
* Ted Turner, businessman
* Rudy Vallee, entertainer
* Thornton Wilder, writer
* Gig Young, actor
* Elian Gonzales, Refugee
* Popeye, Cartoon character, had tattoos and uniforms signifying he was in the USCG. "Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" shows him under a USCG sign.
[edit] Deployable Operations Group (DOG)
The Deployable Operations Group is a recently formed Coast Guard command. The DOG brings numerous existing deployable law enforcement, tactical and response units under a single command headed by a rear admiral. The planning for such a unit began after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and culminated with its formation on July 20th, 2007. The unit will contain several hundred highly trained Coast Guardsmen. Its missions will include maritime law enforcement, anti-terrorism, port security, and pollution response. Full operational capability is planned by summer 2008.[18]
[edit] Coast Guard Auxiliary
Main article: United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard, established on June 23, 1939. It works within the Coast Guard in carrying out its noncombatant and non-law enforcement missions. As of November 18, 2007 there were 30,074 active Auxiliarists. The Coast Guard has assigned primary responsibility for most recreational boating safety tasks to the Auxiliary, including public boating safety education and voluntary vessel safety checks. In recent history prior to 1997, Auxiliarists were limited to those tasks and on-water patrols supporting recreational boating safety.
In 1997, however, new legislation authorized the Auxiliary to participate in any and all Coast Guard missions except military combat and law enforcement. 33 CFR 5.31 states that: Members of the Auxiliary, when assigned to specific duties shall, unless otherwise limited by the Commandant, be vested with the same power and authority, in execution of such duties, as members of the regular Coast Guard assigned to similar duties.
Auxiliarists may support the law enforcement mission of the Coast Guard but do not directly participate in it. Auxiliarists and their vessels are not allowed to carry any weapons while serving in any Auxiliary capacity; however, they may serve as scouts, alerting regular Coast Guard units. Auxiliarists use their own vessels (i.e. boats) and aircraft, in carrying out Coast Guard missions, or apply specialized skills such as Web page design or radio watchstanding to assist the Coast Guard. When appropriately trained and qualified, they may serve upon Coast Guard vessels.
Auxiliarists undergo one of several levels of background check. For most duties, including those related to recreational boating safety, a simple identity check is sufficient. For some duties in which an Auxiliarist provides direct augmentation of Coast Guard forces, such as tasks related to port security, a more in-depth background check is required. Occasionally an Auxiliarist will need to obtain a security clearance through the Coast Guard in order to have access to classified information in the course of assigned tasking.
The basic unit of the Auxiliary is the Flotilla, which has at least 10 members and may have as many as 100. Five Flotillas in a geographical area form a Division. There are several divisions in each Coast Guard District. The Auxiliary has a leadership and management structure of elected officers, including Flotilla Commanders, Division Captains, and District Commodores, Atlantic and Pacific Area Commodores, and a national Commodore. However, legally, each Auxiliarist has the same 'rank', Auxiliarist.
In 2005, the Coast Guard transitioned to a geographical Sector organization. Correspondingly, a position of 'Sector Auxiliary Coordinator' was established. The Sector Auxiliary Coordinator is responsible for service by Auxiliarists directly to a Sector, including augmentation of Coast Guard Active Duty and Reserve forces when requested. Such augmentation is also referred to as force multiplication.
Auxiliarists wear the similar uniforms as Coast Guard officers with modified officers' insignia based on their office: the stripes on uniforms are silver, and metal insignia bear a red or blue "A" in the center. Unlike their counterparts in the Civil Air Patrol, Auxiliarists come under direct orders of the Coast Guard.
[edit] Coast Guard Reserve
Main article: United States Coast Guard Reserve
The United States Coast Guard Reserve is the military reserve force of the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard Reserve was founded on February 19, 1941. Like most military reserve units, Coast Guard reservists normally train on a schedule of one weekend a month and an additional 15 days each summer, although many work other days of the week, and often more frequently than just two days a month. Unlike the other armed services, many Coast Guard reservists possess the same training and qualifications as their active duty counterparts, and as such, can be found augmenting active duty Coast Guard units every day, rather than just serving in a unit made up exclusively of reservists.
During the Vietnam War and shortly thereafter, the Coast Guard considered abandoning the Reserve program, but the force was instead reoriented into force augmentation, where its principal focus was not just reserve operations, but to add to the readiness and mission execution of every day active duty personnel.
Since September 11, 2001, over 8,500 Reservists have been activated and served on tours of active duty. Coast Guard Port Security Units are entirely staffed with Reservists, except for five to seven active duty personnel. Additionally, most of the staffing the Coast Guard provides to Naval Coastal Warfare units are reservists.
The Reserve is managed by the Director of Reserve and Training, RDML Cynthia A. Coogan.
[edit] Medals and honors
See also: Awards and decorations of the United States military
One Coast Guardsman, Douglas Albert Munro, has earned the Medal of Honor, the highest military award of the United States.[19]
Six Coast Guardsmen have earned the Navy Cross and numerous men and women have earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.
The highest peacetime decoration awarded within the Coast Guard is the Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal; prior to the transfer of the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, the highest peacetime decoration was the Department of Transportation Distinguished Service Medal. The highest unit award available is the Presidential Unit Citation.
In wartime, members of the Coast Guard are eligible to receive the U.S. Navy version of the Medal of Honor. A Coast Guard Medal of Honor is authorized but has not yet been developed or issued.
In May 2006, at the Change of Command ceremony when Admiral Thad Allen took over as Commandant, President George W. Bush awarded the entire Coast Guard, including the Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Coast Guard Presidential Unit Citation with hurricane device, for its efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
[edit] Organizations
[edit] Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl
Those who have piloted or flown in U.S. Coast Guard aircraft under official flight orders may join the Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl ("Flying Since the World was Flat").
[edit] USCGA Alumni Association
The United States Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association is devoted to providing service to and promoting fellowship among all U.S. Coast Guard Academy alumni and members of the Association.
Membership Types: Academy graduates and those who have attended the Academy are eligible for Regular membership; all others interested in the Academy and its Corps of Cadets are eligible for Associate membership. (Website)
[edit] Coast Guard CW Operators Association
The Coast Guard CW Operators Association (CGCWOA) is a membership organization comprised primarily of former members of the United States Coast Guard who held the enlisted rating of Radioman (RM) or Telecommunications Specialist (TC), and who employed International Morse Code (CW) in their routine communications duties on Coast Guard cutters and at shore stations. (Website)
[edit] Popular culture
The Coast Guard has been featured in several television series, such as Baywatch, CSI: Miami, and Deadliest Catch; and in film. A comedy, Onionhead, portrayed Andy Griffith as a Coast Guard recruit. The 2000 film The Perfect Storm depicted the rescue operations of the USCGC Tamaroa (WMEC-166) as one of its subplots. Special Counter-Drugs helicopters known as HITRONs are seen in action on Bad Boys II. In the 2005 family comedy Yours, Mine, and Ours, Dennis Quaid plays a fictional U.S. Coast Guard Academy superintendent who marries a character played by Rene Russo and together have 18 children. The 2006 film The Guardian, starring Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher, was based on the training and operation of Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers. Additionally, a Coast Guard cutter and its commander and crew figured prominently in Tom Clancy's book Clear and Present Danger.
Beautifully detailed photo of the wheelhouse of the Matsonliner S.S. Matsonia. Vintage red-bordered cardboard mounted “Kodachrome Transparency Processed by Kodak” slide produced between 1955 and 1959 and marked “Hawaii S.S. Matsonia Bridge 1-58.”
Photo notes
- “SS Matsonia” on the black signboard to the right of the officer, center left of photo
- Copper cone speaking tube above the wheel, center
RNLI Station, Beach Road, Clifden Bay, Galway.
Founded in 1988.
Situated in an area of spectacular scenery, Clifden Lifeboat Station provides search and rescue cover off the west coast of Ireland. The station operates two inshore lifeboats, a D class and a B class Atlantic 75.
Clifden Lifeboat History -
1988 An inshore lifeboat (ILB) station was established on 15 March for one season’s evaluation. A C class lifeboat was sent to the station.
1989: In March the station became a fully operational summer season only lifeboat station.
1992: A new boathouse was built on the quayside. As well as providing an area for the ILB and launching vehicle, it included a workshop and crew facilities.
1997: The C class lifeboat was replaced with a B class Atlantic 21 lifeboat. This was placed on service on 22 May and kept afloat until the B class boathouse was built.
1998: A new D class lifeboat Holme Team IV was placed on service in May. She was funded by the landlord and regulars of The Fleece Inn at Holmfirth.
A new boathouse for the B class and launching tractor was completed in August.
1999: A new Atlantic 75 lifeboat, B-751 Benjamin Dowing Fairbridge, was placed on service on 12 January.
2000: A Framed Letter of Thanks was awarded to Helmsman Bernard Whelen, individual Letters of Appreciation were sent to the three other crew members and a collective Letter of Appreciation was sent to the station for the rescue of the two crew, a dog and the yacht Cicada. The service was carried out in very strong winds within 40m of Fahy Point, on a lee shore.
2007: A Framed Letter of Thanks signed by the Chairman was presented to Helmsman Bernard Whelan for his part in saving four lives and rescuing two more people after a currach capsized on 28 December 2006.
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All the Lifeboat crew and support staff are volunteers.
All funding is through donations.
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Say I am you.
I am dust particles in sunlight.
I am the round sun.
To the bits of dust I say, Stay.
To the sun, Keep moving.
I am morning mist,
and the breathing of evening.
I am wind in the top of a grove,
and surf on the cliff.
Mast, rudder, helmsman, and keel,
I am also the coral reef they founder on.
I am a tree with a trained parrot in its branches.
Silence, thought, and voice.
The musical air coming through a flute,
a spark of stone, a flickering in metal.
Both candle and the moth crazy around it.
Rose, and the nightingale lost in the fragrance.
I am all orders of being, the circling galaxy,
the evolutionary intelligence, the lift, and the falling away.
What is, and what isn’t.
You who know, Jelaluddin,
You the one in all, say who I am.
Say I am you.
Mevlana Rûmî
______________________
This is in dedication to my beloved niece Grace Ophelia
who left this world so early. My love is with her.
Este torneio é para destacar o Celso Freddi. Ele merece. Sua conhecida personalidade comedida dificulta-o de ver como tanto a gente o reconhece. O Lars tem razão, o Celso é um sábio e habilidoso timoneiro e um diplomata na coordenação. É o Lars tem mesmo razão : )
This championship is to put in evidence Celso Freddi. He really deserves it. His well known contained personality prevents him from seeing that so many people recognise him. Lars is right, Celso is wise and skillfull helmsman and a diplomate at coordination. Lars is really right : )
Ce Championat est à mettre en evidence Celso Freddi. Il le mérites vraiment. Son caractère prudent lui empêche de voir comment il est reconnu. Lars a raison, Celso est un sage et doué barreur et um diplomate em coordenation. Oui, Lars a vraiment raison : )
Este campeonato es para poner en evidencia a Celso Freddi. El lo merece. Su conocida personalidad comedida lo impide de ver como la gente tanto lo reconoce. Lars tiene razón, Celso es um sábio y habilidoso timonel y un diplomático en coordenación. Si, Lars tiene razón : )
O Megh, listen to me for directions
To my beloved: Take what you need
Through every pore; if your tired feet
Must rest, on mountaintops repose
With crystal waters to quench your thirst --
Then do carry on your task.
Is the mountain peak still all there?
The Siddhi girls gazed up to ask in wonder
As a sharp gale blew over their valley,
Not knowing him as your helmsman. Steer clear
Of wild elephants stomping-down wet Kunja lands --
Lift off and be northbound.
A rainbow, stamping his jewel colors on your
Grey, termite mound-like body,
Decorates you like Vishnu
Radiant in peacock plumage,
Shining in elegance.
The fields, O Megh, depend on your fruitful rains.
Thus, the hard-working village women
Glance at you with soft, admiring eyes.
Climbing high above the sweet-smelling,
Freshly-tilled plain, you again descend
To rest -- then once again head north.
Kalidasa- Meghaduta, Purva-Megh
Verse 13 through 16
Ein Drachenboot ist ein besonders langes, offenes Paddelboot, das ursprünglich aus China stammt.
Die Besatzung eines Drachenbootes besteht aus Paddlern, die paarweise auf Bänken nebeneinander sitzen und mit Stechpaddeln das Boot vorwärts bewegen. Ein Trommler im Boot nimmt den Rhythmus des vordersten Paddlerpaares („Schlagreihe oder Schlagleute“) auf, sorgt mit seinen Schlägen für einen gleichmäßigen Takt aller Paddler im Boot und motiviert die Paddler durch Zurufe, ihr Bestes zu geben. Der Steuermann steht im Heck und steuert das Boot mit einem Langruder.
A dragon boat is a long one, open canoe, which originated in China.
The crew consists of a dragon boat paddlers in pairs sitting on benches next to each other with paddles and move the boat forward. A drummer in the boat takes the rhythm of the foremost pair of paddlers, makes his punches for a steady beat all paddlers in the boat and the paddlers motivated by shouting to give their best. The helmsman is at the stern and steers the boat with a long oar.
(Wikipedia)
Best viewed in Original Size
This panorama was constructed using Photoshop Elements to stitch five images horizontally. The individual images of Tian'an Men, the largest public square in the world, were captured from a balcony on Tian'an Men Gate (the structure which separates Beijing's Forbidden City from Tian'an Men Square and which is always seen displaying a huge portrait of Mao, "The Great Helmsman").
This panorama shows the China National Museum (on the near left), the National Flag (on the near center), The Monument to the People's Heroes (on the middle center), Mao's Mausoleum (on the far center), and Great Hall of the People (on the near right).
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɔntkəˈsəɬtɛ], full name in Welsh: Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee, between the villages of Trevor and Froncysyllte, in Wrexham in north east Wales. Completed in 1805, it is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain, a Grade I Listed Building[1] and a World Heritage Site. The name is in the Welsh Language and means junction or link bridge. For most of its existence it was known as 'Pont y Cysyllte' - 'Bridge of the Junction'.
The aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, is 1,007 ft (307 m) long, 11 ft (3.4 m) wide and 5.25 ft (1.60 m) deep. It consists of a cast iron trough supported 126 ft (38 m) above the river on iron arched ribs carried on nineteen hollow masonry piers (pillars). Each span is 53 ft (16 m) wide.. It was opened on 26 November 1805, having taken around ten years to design and build at a total cost of £47,000 (£2,930,000 as of 2010),[2].
The trough sides rise only about 6 inches (15 cm) above the water level, less that the freeboard of an empty narrow boat, so the helmsman of the boat has no visual protection from the impression of being at the edge of an abyss. (Wikipedia)
These dedicated men were practicing lifesaving on a rather rough day at South Durras. They would row in and out several times, followed by a run along the beach.
You can see the helmsman and a couple of the front rowers, but most of the boat is obscured by whitewash.
Lady Delph (SunIntended as a no-compromise express cruiser with an equal balance between cockpit space for lounging and entertaining and luxurious interior accommodations for owner and guests, the Camargue feels right at home on American waters. Low, lean and stylish, the Camargue's foredeck seems long enough to launch carrier aircraft, yet there's ample cockpit space for a dozen or more of your closest friends.
The wide integral swim platform makes boarding easy, with a teak stairway leading to the cockpit level via a walkway to port that leaves a spacious sun pad for soaking up rays. As the entryway widens out, a deeply upholstered U-shaped lounge has seating for eight around a folding table, providing a gathering spot for cocktails or al fresco dining. Opposite is a built-in wet bar with sink, bottle locker, and refrigerator/ice maker.
Just forward is the helm area, with a seat to port and a wide bench seat for the helmsman and companion that is heavily bolstered and hinged to permit both standing and sitting. Hydraulic power steering is standard, and the burled walnut facia on the dash holds a full array of analog engine gauges as well as the Detroit Diesel DDEC electronic instrumentation for our test boat DDEC engines. Even more impressive is the electronics collection, since Sunseeker provides everything as standard equipment: radar, autopilot, VHF, depth sounder, and electronic speedo. Grip the glossy wood-rimmed steering wheel, gaze out through the steeply raked windshield, and pick your next port of call: Chicago, Mackinac, St Tropez?
Going forward, the side decks are fully protected by the welded stainless-steel rails and the sturdy windshield serves as a hand rail. The electric anchor windlass has cockpit controls for both up and down, and a large locker forward has space for docklines and other deck gear.
It's obvious that the generous seating and lounge areas of the cockpit are aimed at an open air lifestyle, but Sunseeker includes the radar arch with a full suntop and sidecurtains for those blustery afternoons on the English Channel.
Before going below, take a quick look back at the transom swim platform. The entire transom hinges up on electric lifts to reveal a seagoing garage that can hold a tender or jetbike which is launched and retrieved with a powerful electric winch. In addition, a hidden swim ladder leads down from the stairway and can be converted to a passerelle plank for stern-to boarding. The swim platform also has a hot-and-cold shower, and there's room in the garage for a windlass to simplify Med mooring.
Step below on the Camargue 55, and you're in another world of mirror-finished woods, soft leathers, and graceful curves. The saloon of our test boat was paneled in honey-colored birds eye maple which, with the fawn-colored leather upholstery, provided a light and elegant ambiance. To starboard is an S-shaped sofa with soft suede upholstery, and a fold-out dining table that can seat six easily.
The galley area to port curves to match the sofa and, when not in use, all the galley equipment is concealed under or behind maple panels. The deep sink has folding faucets to tuck under a counter panel, and the two-burner ceramic cooktop has another covering panel. The microwave oven and grill are in eye-level cabinets and even the under-counter double refrigerator/freezer have maple faces. The resulting galley is unobtrusive when entertaining, and fully functional when needed.
The master stateroom is forward, with a centerline oval double berth with large storage drawers and bins underneath, cedar-lined hanging locker, and settee. The private head compartment is of molded fiberglass with maple trim, and includes an electric toilet and separate shower stall with a curved door that rotates into place.
Aft, a pair of guest staterooms mirror each other with twin single berths, full headroom, full-height hanging lockers and underberth drawers. Both cabins share use of the second head (with shower stall) that also serves the salon for day use.
Construction is conventional and well-proven, with handlaid fiberglass, woven roving and unidirectional fabrics for strength. A balsa core is used in the topsides for added panel strength, and Sunseeker uses isophthalic gelcoat and resins backed up by orthophthalic resins. A bonded fiberglass and foam girder system stiffens the hull as well as carries the loads from the engines and structural molds, and an anti-blister treatment protects the hull before the bottom paint is applied.
You'll find the installation practices to be as good as any in the world: all the wiring is neatly bundled, the plumbing is carefully shielded from chafe and heat, and your mechanic will have plenty of room to move around all the various systems. Our test boat had the standard G&M 10.8 kW generator, U.S. spec. 120v shorepower, and an impressive bank of nine batteries with split-charging systems.
Sunseeker modified the Don Shead-designed deep-vee hull to a modified vee bottom with propeller pockets that not only provide shallower draft but also a much more efficient operation with near-level direct drive prop shafts. While prop pockets can sometimes affect the steering, the rudders on the 55 give away Sunseeker's performance orientation, with high-performance shapes and transom mounting for maximum control. Four-bladed bronze props are standard, as are the stainless-steel shafts and bronze P-brackets.
Unlike many Euro-styled designs that look fast at dockside and then turn out to be tepid performers offshore, the Camargue 55 has more than enough punch to keep you satisfied. Our test boat, with the Detroit 8V92 DDEC II engines (760 HP each), topped out at 37 knots, which is impressive when you consider we were pushing a 20 ton boat with an additional ton and a half of fuel, full cruising gear and six people aboard. At a comfortable 1900 RPM cruising speed, our 55 was still doing nearly 30 knots (29.5, actually) which will not only get you to Mackinac Island or Bimini or St. Tropez quickly, but will keep those diesels running happily for thousands of hours. A variety of power options are available, including MAN and MTU diesels, but the Detroit 8V92 were the most popular package for the 55.
At 30+ knots, the Camargue flattens out even lumpy seas into a mild rocking horse motion that allows your landlubber guests to walk around the cockpit, set their drinks down and, best of all, not turn green. Handling is what you'd expect from 20 tons of inertia: she rolls leisurely into turns and carves an immense white swath as she banks gracefully around. Picture the torpedo runs of PT-109, and you'll have an idea of the majestic feel of the Camargue.
The standard equipment list for the 55 includes the entertainment center with television, VCR and stereo/CD player,full fire extinguisher system, windlass, cockpit carpeting, shore fresh water, and 10.8 kW generator.
For '95, the Camargue will have a 51' sister, which has one guest stateroom and less space in the salon and cockpit, but still has the stern garage. Top of Sunseeker's Performance Motoryacht line for '95 is the aptly named Predator 77, a four stateroom, three head layout with a variety of power options including jet drives or Arneson surface props, and a Sunseeker-built jet-powered tender already in the garage!
After viewing and running the Camargue 55, it's clear that this is one boat that will keep the sun from setting on the British Empire!
See Sunseeker Camargue 55 listings.
Boat Specifications
Length55'
Length waterline43'11"
Beam14'7"
Draft4'1"
Bridge Clearance11'2"
Displacement39,670 lb.
Fuel753 U.S. gal.
Water185 U.s. gal.
Performance (2/DDEC 8V92, 760 hp, half fuel, 6 persons aboard)
RPMKnots
4004.5
120011.0
160022.0
190029.5
210031.5
240037.0
seeker Camargue 55)
This sculpture at Burton W Chase park overlooks Marina del Rey. Not to complain about how cold it was in southern Cal, but it was quite blustery and my fingers were getting numb. I was having thoughts of rounding Cape Horn.
We joined the crowds on the riverbank for the Duan Wu (Opening of the Fifth [month]) Festival, with Zongzi and Dragon-boat racing.
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Palinuro is a small town, the most populated civil parish (frazione) of Centola, Province of Salerno, in the Campania region of Italy. The name of the town is derived from Palinurus, the helmsman of Aeneas, as recorded in the fifth and sixth books of the Aeneid. Palinuro lies on the southern side of Cilento, on the Tyrrhenian Sea and in the northern part of Cape Palinuro. The town, situated at the estuaries of the Lambro and Mingardo rivers, is also the main port of the comune. It is 7 km from Centola, 8 km from Marina di Camerota, 10 km from Pisciotta and 80 km from Salerno.
Palinuro is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, an area of "shrubland" typical of Mediterranean countries.
It is popular with tourists, especially in summer, due to the cleanliness of its waters and beaches and to the caves along its coast.
EAST CHINA SEA (May 17, 2021) Quartermaster Seaman Myajeanette Abreu, from Lowell, Mass., records navigation orders from the navigation officer to the helmsman on the USS New Orleans (LPD 18) bridge. New Orleans, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Desmond Parks)
Catherine Barr, who died in 2008, left the money to fund a new lifeboat named in the memory of her late husband, Dr John Buchanan Barr MBE.
Dr Barr worked as a GP in Glasgow before World War II, during which he served with distinction with the Royal Army Medical Corps in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. After demobilising, he returned to general practice in Glasgow.
However, he and his wife often spent their holidays in Portpatrick and the lifeboat bequest was because of their fondness for the village.
The new boat is stationed in the Dumfries and Galloway village.
Tamar class lifeboats are all-weather lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) around the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. The Tamar class is the replacement for the Tyne-class slipway launched All Weather Lifeboat (ALB).
The class name comes from the River Tamar in south west England which flows into the English Channel where they are manufactured by Babcock International Group.
Since 1982 the RNLI had deployed 17 knots (31 km/h) Tyne Class lifeboats at stations which launched their boats down slipways or needed to operate in shallow waters. The organisation desired to increase the speed and range of their operations so introduced 25 knots (46 km/h) Severn and Trent boats from 1994 where they could be moored afloat. They then needed to produce a boat with similar capabilities but with protected propellers and other modifications that would allow it to be launched on a slipway.
The prototype Tamar was built in 2000 and was used for trials until 2006. It was sold in December 2008 to Kent Police, becoming Princess Alexandra III, the force's permanent maritime vessel operating out of Sheerness. The first production boat, Haydn Miller entered service at Tenby in March 2006. A few of the early boats suffered problems such as fuel leaking under the floor of the engine control room around hydraulic lines. These boats were recalled and the problems rectified. There are very few reported problems associated with the vessel now as the design and manufacturing process is largely perfected.
The Tamar has a new design of crew workstation with seats that can move up and down 20 centimetres (7.9 in) as the boat passes through rough seas at high speed, and a networked computerised Systems and Information Management System (SIMS) which allows the crew to monitor and control the boat entirely from within the wheelhouse. The coxswain and helmsman have seat-mounted throttles, trackerball and joystick controls of the rudder. Alternatively the boat may be monitored and control by two controls on the bridge: Dual throttle controls and joystick on the left; dual throttle, wheel and control-screen on the right. All aspects of the vessel may also be controlled from this position.
The lifeboat is completely water-tight allowing it to self-right with up to 60 people on board. The boat has the potential to carry a maximum of 120 passengers on board, but without self righting capability. The Survivors Space has room for 10 sitting and 8 standing. The Survivors Space is accessed either through the Wheelhouse or the fore deck Emergency Escape Hatch.
Each Tamar carries a Y Class inflatable boat which can be deployed and recovered while at sea
A major maritime exercise, Exercise Diamond, which involved HM Coastguard, vessels, RNLI lifeboats, helicopters, search and rescue coordinators, Belfast Harbour, emergency services and local authorities was held on Sunday 23 September from 9.30 am. Exercise Diamond, a live large-scale incident exercise, was held within Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland and involved 365 people.
Exercise Diamond was designed to test the major incident plans for all of the organisations that would be involved should a major maritime incident happen in Northern Ireland.
Exercise Diamond was the largest live maritime exercise ever held in Northern Ireland.
An exercise held within the Titanic centenary, Olympic, & Diamond year involving Emergency Services, Agencies and Companies dedicated to saving lives and providing the best possible service.
The following organisations participated in the exercise:
HM Coastguard / Maritime and Coastguard Agency; Royal National Lifeboat Institution; Police Service of Northern Ireland; Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service; Northern Ireland Ambulance Service; Ministry of Defence (including Royal Airforce); Stena Line; RFD Survitec; Irish Coastguard; Northdown and Ards Borough Council; Belfast Harbour.
Hiro Nakamura: Japanese computer programmer with the (sometimes unpredictable) abilities to teleport and travel through time and whose father trained him to use a katana.
Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu: Starfleet helmsman (and swashbuckler at heart) aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 who is skilled in fencing and whose interests include ancient weapons.
If they had to fight, who would win?
#184 in the Duel 365 series.
TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
IMO: - N/A
MMSI: 235082804
Call Sign: MWBM9
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
GENERAL
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH
PUSHBOW Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
ACCOMMODATION
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
NAUTICAL AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
SEARCHLIGHT Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003
TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
IMO: - N/A
MMSI: 235082804
Call Sign: MWBM9
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
GENERAL
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH
PUSHBOW Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
ACCOMMODATION
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
NAUTICAL AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
SEARCHLIGHT Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003
TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
IMO: - N/A
MMSI: 235082804
Call Sign: MWBM9
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
GENERAL
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH
PUSHBOW Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
ACCOMMODATION
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
NAUTICAL AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
SEARCHLIGHT Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003
TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
IMO: - N/A
MMSI: 235082804
Call Sign: MWBM9
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
GENERAL
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH
PUSHBOW Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
ACCOMMODATION
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
NAUTICAL AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
SEARCHLIGHT Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003
Following an early morning close inshore exercise beneath Boulby cliffs on Monday 5th May 2014, the Staithes RNLI lifeboat 'Pride of Leicester' returns to the slipway. The B-class Atlantic 75, operational number B788, was funded by the leicester branch of the RNLI and introduced in 1993. It is designed to work close inshore and, with a draft of only 41cm, is at home in shallow water. In the experienced hands of the helmsman this boat can also make great speed through rough weather, aided by the use of the water ballast tank which can be dropped and refilled by the pull of a lever. © Copyright Gordon Edgar - No unauthorised use. Further information:.http://rnli.org/findmynearest/station/Pages/Staithes-and-Runswick-Lifeboat-Station.aspx.http://www.staithes-lifeboat.org.uk/fundraising/leicester-branch-of-the-rnli/
"Medea and the Golden Fleece"
This collar is the second piece in a line of historically/ mythologically inspired jewelry.
Based on the myth of the Golden Fleece it is constructed by scrunching and "sewing" 22 gauge wire. The base is copper that has been hammered and coiled and the chain is forged out of 14 gauge copper wire. Lays around 17" long.
Here is the info on Medea, Jason and the Fleece thanks to Wikipedia.;-)
Medea's role began after Jason arrived from Iolcus to Colchis to claim his inheritance and throne by retrieving the Golden Fleece. In the most complete surviving account, the Argonautica of Apollonius, Medea fell in love with him and promised to help him, but only on the condition that if he succeeded, he would take her with him and marry her. Jason agreed. In a familiar mythic motif, Aeëtes promised to give him the fleece, but only if he could perform certain tasks. First, Jason had to plough a field with fire-breathing oxen that he had to yoke himself. Medea gave him an unguent with which to anoint himself and his weapons, to protect him from the bulls' fiery breath. Then, Jason had to sow the teeth of a dragon in the ploughed field (compare the myth of Cadmus). The teeth sprouted into an army of warriors. Jason was forewarned by Medea, however, and knew to throw a rock into the crowd. Unable to determine where the rock had come from, the soldiers attacked and defeated each other. Finally, Aeëtes made Jason fight and kill the sleepless dragon that guarded the fleece. Medea put the beast to sleep with her narcotic herbs. Jason then took the fleece and sailed away with Medea, as he had promised. Apollonius says that Medea only helped Jason in the first place because Hera had convinced Aphrodite or Eros to cause Medea to fall in love with him. Medea distracted her father as they fled by killing her brother Absyrtus. In some versions, Medea is said to have dismembered his body and scattered his parts on an island, knowing her father would stop to retrieve them for proper burial; in other versions, it is Absyrtus himself who pursued them, and was killed by Jason. During the fight, Atalanta was seriously wounded, but Medea healed her.
According to some versions, Medea and Jason stopped on her aunt Circe's island so that she could be cleansed after the murder of her brother, relieving her of blame for the deed.
Jason et Médée by Gustave Moreau (1865).
On the way back to Thessaly, Medea prophesied that Euphemus, the Argo's helmsman, would one day rule over all Libya. This came true through Battus, a descendant of Euphemus.
The Argo then reached the island of Crete, guarded by the bronze man, Talos (Talus). Talos had one vein which went from his neck to his ankle, bound shut by a single bronze nail. According to Apollodorus, Talos was slain either when Medea drove him mad with drugs, deceived him that she would make him immortal by removing the nail, or was killed by Poeas's arrow (Apollodorus 1.140). In the Argonautica, Medea hypnotized him from the Argo, driving him mad so that he dislodged the nail, ichor flowed from the wound, and he bled to death (Argonautica 4.1638). After Talos died, the Argo landed.
While Jason searched for the Golden Fleece, Hera, who was still angry at Pelias, conspired to make him fall in love with Medea, who she hoped would kill Pelias. When Jason and Medea returned to Iolcus, Pelias still refused to give up his throne. Medea conspired to have Pelias' own daughters kill him. She told them she could turn an old ram into a young ram by cutting up the old ram and boiling it (alternatively, she did this with Aeson, Jason's father). During the demonstration, a live, young ram jumped out of the pot. Excited, the girls cut their father into pieces and threw him into a pot. Having killed Pelias, Jason and Medea fled to Corinth.
The atrium in each of the Disney Cruise Line ships feature a signature character statue. The Magic has Helmsman Mickey, the Wonder has Ariel, the Fantasy has Minnie Mouse and, the Dream features Admiral Donald who is finally getting some respect and putting his best webfoot forward!
The atrium is typically a busy place on the ship, it it well worth the loss of sleep to check it out in the late night and early morning hours before guest start mulling around.
Disney Cruise Line
Disney Dream
Lobby Atrium, Deck 3
Last night I watched a documentary that essayed a psychological history of the Chinese Cultural Revolution called "Morning Sun". For me it's an interesting paradox. I don't self-identify as being Chinese, but Canadian. I was not born in the homeland of my parents. Unfortunately, I can't even speak the tongue of my ancestors. And yet, from a psychological perspective, there's something about Revolution that ignites one's youthful heart, that even I can recognize.
The Cultural Revolution was an abject failure and even Mao Zedong realized his folly and tried to reverse it. But not before thousands of years of cultural artifacts were destroyed, thousands tortured, beaten, humiliated and killed. Revolution is like the edge of a knife, balanced between reason and madness.
Off the coast of Avalonia, a small Elven patrol craft lazily plys the water, whilst the bored Peregrinus scouts stationed on the cliffs above shiver in the damp. "Damn, i wish i was back in Baqua", grumbles one, "This posting is a waste of time - only one black ship sighted so far, and that vanishing in these accursed mists."
Suddenly there is a panicked shout from the ship, and the two scouts jump to thier feet. The water around the Elven boat is now roiling, and white, hideously gleaming creatures are hauling themselves onto the deck. It is the attack they feared would come! The elves seem hopelessly outnumbered, and the situation goes from bad to worse as the helmsman falls wounded. Suddenly, when all seems lost, bolts fly from the cliffs, knocking one ghoul from the stern, and impaling another to the gunwhale. The odds are evening up!
Built for Guilds of Historica, ChII Cat C.
Sailor's Monument
The Sailor's Monument, a national monument of Norwegian seamen's efforts at sea, from the Viking Age to the 20th century, paid for by funds collected and unveiled on June 7, 1950.
In the maritime city of Bergen, it goes without saying that a memorial dedicated to this important and honorable professional group had to be centralized space in the city.
This demand was met in full when the municipality allowed Dyre Vaas's towering, seven-meter-high sculptural tribute to the sailor's stand to dominate the eastern end of the city's main street, Torgallmenningen.
But many people reacted to the fact that the Sailor Monument here stood a good distance from the right element of seafarers, the sea.
It was only in 1999, almost 50 years after the unveiling, that this objection succeeded to some extent. As part of the extensive renovation of the Torgallmenning completed this year, a large water pool was built around the monument. After this, 12 tough sailors, cast in bronze, were able to reflect in the water. Waves around the monument, on the other hand, only criticize the location and the artistic design that has created.
The road from idea to realization of the Sailor Monument was very long. The idea was erected as early as 1917 by the Bergen Shipowners' Association and the Bergen Skipperforening, which wanted a memorial to war-lost seafarers.
Sofus Madsen undertook to make a draft based on this wish, but it was rejected.
It was concluded that the monument should express a general tribute to the sailor's stand rather than dwell especially on the victims of the war.
In 1938, open competition was announced, and a total of 45 drafts came in. The winner was "The Trial of Happiness", submitted by the telemarketing Dyre Vaa.
Because of the war, it was 12 years before the monument could be unveiled. The honorable assignment was left to the then Minister of Industry Lars Evensen.
The result was a startling, but controversial, sculptural account of Norwegian shipping, expressed in the form of 12 burly sailor statues and high above them eight reliefs on two heights that contribute with further knowledge.
Four centuries of Norwegian maritime history pass revue on the monument's equally numerous sides.
The tenth century is presented as "Vinland's journey", and the statues depict a chieftain with a spear, a skull in leather skins and a berserk with a shield on his back. The reliefs show a Viking ship under sail and a meeting between Vikings and Indians.
The eighteenth century, "Greenland's journey", is symbolized by a scouting fisherman, a full-fledged captain in the process of giving orders and a sailor with a pipe in his mouth.
The reliefs are related to Greenland's rediscovery from Bergen. You see Hans Egede preaching the Christian gospel to the Eskimos and a stack drain with a sea worm bowing under the ship.
On the panel for the nineteenth century, with the inscription "Kornferd", you see a ship with a top hat, a first-time boy and a pilot. The reliefs depict whaling and scenes from a shipyard.
The twentieth century has the inscription “Oljeferd”, and the sculptures depict a deck boy, a helmsman with binoculars and a wrench machinist. The reliefs depict a ship in front of a rising sun and a resurrection scene. Drowned awakened to eternal life by an angel.
As models, Dyre Vaa did not use seafarers, but people from his community. Several Telemark farmers from that time must have been easily recognizable. The artist was working on the monument throughout the war. In 1944, no less than 25 plaster statues lined up in his studio in Rauland. The number was subsequently more than halved. A very rich memorial must be said to be the Seamen's Monument, a work of art that alone is an entire art exhibition.
TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
IMO: - N/A
MMSI: 235082804
Call Sign: MWBM9
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
GENERAL
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH
PUSHBOW Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
ACCOMMODATION
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
NAUTICAL AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
SEARCHLIGHT Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003
TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
MMSI: 235082804
Call Sign: MWBM9
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
GENERAL
Damen Stan 1405
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH
PUSHBOW Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
ACCOMMODATION
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
NAUTICAL AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
SEARCHLIGHT Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003
TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
Vessel Details
Name:TEIGN C
Flag: United Kingdom
MMSI:235082804
Call sign:MWBM9
AIS transponder class:Class B
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
General
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
Dimensions
LENGTH: 14.40 m
BEAM: 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES: 2.05 m
DRAUGHT AFT: 1.71 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
Tank Capacities
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
Performances (trials)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
Propulsion System
MAIN ENGINE: 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER: 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX: 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS: Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS: Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL: Kobelt
STEERING GEAR: 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
Auxiliary Equipment
BILGE PUMP: Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS: 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM: Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM: Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET: Speck 24V
Deck lay-out
ANCHORS: 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN: 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH: Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK: Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH PUSHBOW: Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
Accommodation
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
Nautical and Communication Equipment
SEARCHLIGHT: Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO: Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION: Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Owner
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003
Aberdeen Pilot Boat Sea Shepherd on duty at the harbour Torry Battery and the Seafarers Monument in the distance.
Designed by Murray Cormack and derived from their longer NorthBay 17 design, SeaShepherd is a single chine displacement hullform custom adapted to operate stern-to the seas while transferring a pilot off the North Sea port of Aberdeen and also to achieve a continuous service speed of 11.25 knots and a bollard pull of 6 tonnes.
The steel displacement hulled vessel measures 15.25m LOA, beam 5.1m, draught 1.84m and was developed from larger Murray Cormack designed pilot launches for other ports in the north of Scotland.
The vessel will work year round up to three miles offshore and will also be used for general harbour duties including pushing/ pulling larger vessels within the harbour confines and to transport crew personnel to and from ships anchored in the approaches to the harbour. A sweeping sheerline was used to facilitate the boarding of low freeboard vessels midships.
The lines of the vessel were faired electronically by Maritime Lofting Services in Cramlington and the data transferred into kit form by the profiling division of Macduff Shipyards Limited.
Fabrication and fitting out were completed under cover at the firm's base in Macduff, Aberdeenshire.
The hull and superstructure was built under Lloyds Survey with scantlings in accordance with Lloyds Rules - 'Pilot', G2 service area, and a hull certificate provided. Code survey was undertaken by Pirie and Smith Ltd of Aberdeen, representing the Society of Consulting Marine Engineers and Ship Surveyors on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, and the vessel was issued with a Pilot Boat Certificate for category 6.
Aberdeen Harbour's design brief included a low noise requirement both within and outside the vessel when underway.
Centa flexible drive shafts and thrust bearings were fitted between the propeller shafts and the resiliently mounted Scania DI12 41M engines. These each produce 355hp at 1,800rpm and are matched to Twin Disc MG5090A seven degree downdrive 2.43:1 ratio reverse reduction gearboxes. Fleetwood sterngear and Lips five bladed propellers are driven through Centa-Drive units with flexible couplings and thrust bearings.
An Onan MDKBD 13.5kW 240V generator is provided in a sound-proof box and a wet exhaust system uses Halyard silencers.
Dutch noise consultants Van Cappellen were employed to specify on-board acoustic noise reducing measures and provide noise level predictions in the wheelhouse and forward accommodation. On trials 65 dB(A) was achieved in the wheelhouse and forward cabin at full power.
The flattened bow profile is strengthened and heavily fendered for pushing and a 6 tonne towing hook with remote release, which was supplied by Britannia Marine Towing Equipment, is mounted aft.
A clutched hydraulic pump is arranged on a drive from the port gearbox powering a Kort KT45DD bow thruster, a Spencer Carter capstan, and MOB recovery derricks and winches manufactured by the yard.
The steel hull has four watertight bulkheads for subdivision and also incorporates four deck lifting lugs set inboard of the pilot / crew handrails for craning the vessel out of the water for servicing at Aberdeen.
Comfortable live-onboard accommodation is provided for two crew in the forward part of the vessel below decks including a two berth/settee cabin, toilet compartment and galley facility.
An Onan genset powers heaters and galley equipment at sea.
The aluminium wheelhouse has seating for up to eight persons.
The helm console forward is arranged with a steering position on centre together with controls to port and navigation aids all within reach of the helmsman.
A second set of engine controls is fitted to starboard to allow the helmsman improved visibility when using the MOB rescue boom over the starboard side.
Hydraulically powered gull-wing MOB rescue booms are fitted across the wheelhouse canopy aft, operable for either wing of the wheelhouse when recovering a person from the water. This system has been used on a number of Murray Cormack pilot boats operating in the north of Scotland where the arrangement was initially developed. Scramble nets are stowed in recesses formed in the wheelhouse sides below the windows. Aluminium luggage bins are provided on the aft deck for use when transporting anchored off ship's crews ashore.
Wheelhouse equipment supplied by Furuno (UK) Ltd includes M1833NT radar/plotter display unit, SC60 satellite compass, Ultrasonic wind sensor, FCV600L/MSD colour sounder, and Navnet station. Simrad Ltd's contribution to a comprehensive fit out includes Raytheon Ray 430 loudhailer c/w two speakers, Sailor RT4822 DSC VHF, Sailor RT 2048 VHF and LS80 internal loudspeaker for it, two Sailor N240 converters, and two Icom IC-M21 handheld VHF c/w chargers.
Sea Shepherd displaces 44 tonnes, has 3,100 litre fuel capacity, 450 litre fresh water capacity, and is crewed by two with a capacity for 10 passengers.
Fragment of geometric vase depicting a ship with the sail on the wind and the helmsman standing at the stern. He fixes the direction of the ship maneuvering with his right hand the sail and with the left the helm.
To right, an heron and a warrior with dipylon shield, two spears and two swords .
Attic krater fragment
Attributed near to The Dipylon Painter
760 – 750 BC
North-west of the Dipylon area, Athens;
Athens, National Archaeological Museum, NM 260
For EDITORIAL USE only, please credit: Sander Pluijm/Team Delta Lloyd/Volvo Ocean Race
Day 5 leg 7 of Team Delta Lloyd. Helmsman Ben Costello warming his feet in the sun
The Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain, on 4 October 2008, it will, for the first time, take in Cochin, India, Singapore and Qingdao, China before finishing in St Petersburg, Russia for the first time in the history of the race. Spanning some 37,000 nautical miles, visiting 11 ports over nine months, the Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier ocean yacht race for professional racing crews.
For all media enquiries please contact Lizzie Ward on +44 (0)1489 554 832 or email lizzie.ward@volvooceanrace.org. For all photographic enquiries, please contact Tim Stonton on +44 (0)1489 554 867 or email tim.stonton@volvooceanrace.org. For further images, please go to http://images.volvooceanrace.org
TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
MMSI: 235082804
Call Sign: MWBM9
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
GENERAL
Damen Stan 1405
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH
PUSHBOW Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
ACCOMMODATION
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
NAUTICAL AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
SEARCHLIGHT Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003
TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
MMSI: 235082804
Call Sign: MWBM9
AIS Vessel Type: Dredger
GENERAL
Damen Stan 1405
DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
Avelingen-West 20
4202 MS Gorinchem
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 (0)183 63 99 11
info@damen.com
DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
ANCHOR WINCH Hand-operated
TOWING HOOK Mampaey, 15.3 ton SWL
COUPLING WINCH
PUSHBOW Cylindrical nubber fender Ø 380 mm
ACCOMMODATION
The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
covering, make Bolidt, color blue The wheelhouse has one
helmsman seat, a bench and table with chair Below deck two berths, a
kitchen unit and a toilet space are arranged.
NAUTICAL AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
SEARCHLIGHT Den Haan 170 W 24 V
VHF RADIO Sailor RT 2048 25 W
NAVIGATION Navigation lights incl towing and pilot lights
Teignmouth Harbour Commission
The Harbour Commission is a Trust Port created by Statute.
The principal Order is the Teignmouth Harbour Order 1924
as amended by the Teignmouth Harbour Revision Order 2003