The crews of U.S. Coast Guard cutters patrolling the far-flung ocean stations were subjected to some of the heaviest weather the sea had to offer, yet the cuttermen remained on station to make weather observations and to provide navigation, communication, and search-and-rescue services. On ocean station, seamanship was survival. Ocean Station: Operations of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1940 1977, is a well-researched text and a gripping read.
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Cdr. Michael R. Adams, USCG (Ret.), is a master mariner, certified STCW instructor, and member of the Florida Bar. During his two decades in the Coast Guard, he served in the cutters Absecon, Boutwell, Dependable, Midgett, and Steadfast and as commanding officer of the cutter Ute. As a junior officer in Absecon, he served on the North Atlantic Ocean Stations Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, and Hotel. After his Coast Guard service, he spent eleven years as captain of the large oil spill response vessel Delaware Responder with brief intervals as captain of the California Responder, Maine Responder, and Virginia Responder. He is the author of the textbook Shipboard Bridge Resource Management (Nor easter Press, 2006).
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As a guy who did some six years thrashing around on North Atlantic stations, I loved the book - The account (pages 155 - 158)where some of my actions are described (aboard CGC Rockaway) is accurate, as is the harrowing account of a Bravo patrol by my prior ship (CGC McCulloch). The descriptions are accurate - including 50 foot seas and "rogue waves" perhaps double that size.
It is a great read about real-life in the Coast Guard a half-century ago spending weeks on end in mid-ocean, year round.
It is a great read about real-life in the Coast Guard a half-century ago spending weeks on end in mid-ocean, year round.
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Was looking into dates and how the rest of the ocean stations, other than the ones I made, fared during this period. Very satisfying having lived some of episodes that were never recorded in a book and to be a part of this great organization.
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