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USCGC DILIGENCE
No Date
While assigned to the Miami FL area.
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USCGC DAUNTLESS WMEC-624
Taken off of Little Creek VA during underway training.
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USCGC ACTIVE
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USCGC VIGILANT
1965
Commissioned October 2, 1965.
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USCGC RESOLUTE
August 14, 1971
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USCGC RESOLUTE
August 14, 1971
In San Francisco Bay with HH52 helo aboard.
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USCGC RESOLUTE
April 16, 1972
Refueling a HH3F Helo in San Francisco Bay.
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USCGC RELIANCE
1969
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USCGC ALERT
Summer 1969
Former crewmember, Dave Moyer was kind enough to write with a corrected date of the photo and added "The gray box-like
rectangle in the red circle on the flight deck was called a "bear trap." Believe, and I'm not 100% sure, that she
was the first and possibly the only cutter to have one. The Canadians used them and the Guard decided to try one out. Inside
the box were two bars on either side with metal teeth. In the center of the box was a cable attached to a high speed winch
directly below in an interior compartment on the main deck. Helos (HH52s) at Cape May (Her homeport) were fixed with a probe.
Helo would hover over the flight deck and lower the probe which would be attached to a fitting on the end of the high speed
cable and then raised back up to the helo and made fast. Helo would then hover over the flight deck while tension was taken
up on the cable. As the ship pitched and rolled the helo would apply "up" power keeping the cable taut. When the
ship rolled back and/or pitched to level, the flight officer would engage the winch slamming the helo on deck. As the probe
entered the box the two bars would slam closed catching the probe and holding the bird on the deck. The thing was designed
to land the helos in almost any weather. Worked well also but heard the pilots weren't too fond of it. Transferred off as
a QM1 in October of 1970 and it was still in use". Thanks Dave for the interesting explaination.
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PRE-COMMISSIONING PROGRAM AND ORIGINAL CREW LIST
Submitted by former QM2 and "plank owner"David Moyer.
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| Courtesy of David Moyer |
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| Courtesy of David Moyer |
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| Courtesy of David Moyer |
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USCGC CONFIDENCE WMEC619
1975
Taken from the CGC Mellon in the Gulf of Alaska
USCGC CONFIDENCE WMEC619
1975
Hi-lining with the CGC Mellon in the Gulf of Alaska.
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USCGC CONFIDENCE
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