Coast Guard Cebrates Its Birthday

It’s hard to belive the U.S Coast Guard closed its Crescent City station pulling out in 2020 and on March 10, 2021, its 87’ Cutter.  Dorado was decommissioned. It was a sad and somber day but also a day of great appreciation.

The Dorado was built in the Bolinger Shipyards in Lockpart. Louisiana in 1988, traveled through the Panama Canal and up the Pacific Coast to Crescent City and honorably served the north coast until Covid shut the station down in 2020. 

The Coast Guard Celebrates its 235th birthday August 4. 11790. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton over- saw operations as revenue-generating vessels whose mission it was to protect America’s Coastline and collect tarrifs. 

Thr Guard preceded the Naval founding by eight years.

The Guard now operates under the Dept of Homeland Security and backs up the Navy in Defense posture. The most recent Coast Guard service under the Navy occurred in World War II. Some 250,000 Guard served in the Navy during World War II.

The Guard staffed and served Lighthouse duty, until 1975 when the Guard closed down St. George Reef Lighthouse.

Today,  the Coast Guard is the primary Search and Rescue Tool for rescuing stranded  vessels. 

Happy Birthday, United States  Coast Guard