Coast Guard Art Program

2021 Collection

Presented by the United States Coast Guard and the Salmagundi Club

2020 George Gray Award Recipient 

Inaugural Exhibition: June 28—July 9, 2021

Salmagundi Club, New York City

Rescue near Galveston

by John Ward

Acrylic 
Cover:

Rescue near Galveston

John Ward

2020 George Gray Award Recipient for Artistic Excellence

Acrylic

16 x 31 inches

Saranac Lake, N.Y.

An Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew rescues a 58-year-old man from an oil tanker 

50 miles south of Galveston, Texas. The captain of the tanker requested a Coast Guard medevac after 

the victim—a tanker crewmember—experienced symptoms of a heart attack. The Coast Guard is recognized worldwide as a leader in the field of search and rescue. 

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About the Artist

John Ward, a New York native, received a bachelor of science degree from Niagara University and a 

master’s in art education from SUNY (Plattsburgh) and a master’s in illustration from Syracuse University. He received his New York State teacher certificate from St. Lawrence University Graduate Program. He retired from the Saranac Lake High School where he taught art for 30 years. His art has been 

used by more than 60 publishers and he has received numerous awards. His work was chosen by the 

U.S. State Department for its Art in Embassies Program and exhibited in Swaziland, Africa. Ward’s 

works have also been shown at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., and the Baseball 

Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., among many other locations. He is a former member of the Society 

of Illustrators and the Graphic Artists Guild. Ward has designed two Adirondack rustic homes in the 

village of Saranac Lake, where he has his home and studio. He was recently inducted into the Niagara 

University Athletic Hall of Fame for rugby. He is the official ice carver for the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival Ice Palace and creates sculptures out of enormous 600 pound blocks of ice. He now spends much 

of his time creating portraits. This is the artist’s third George Gray Award. He has previously won the 

award —the art program’s best in show award—for his outstanding work in 2006 and earlier in 2000.

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The U.S. Coast Guard and its art program thank the New York Council of the Navy League of the United States for the invaluable support and interest it has provided for years. The Service is indebted to 

the League and honored by its assistance.
About the Coast Guard

The U.S. Coast Guard stands “Always Ready” to safeguard the most robust and complex 

maritime operating environment in the world. America’s maritime operating domain 

comprises 95,000 miles of coastline and 25,000 miles of inland waters, serves 361 commercial ports, and carries more than 90 percent of our nation’s critical resources and 

goods. This marine transportation system (MTS) facilitates $5.4 trillion of economic activity each year. It is also essential to U.S. strategic requirements, as our military depends 

heavily on the MTS to move approximately 90 percent of its supplies and equipment overseas on U.S. Military Sealift Command, or other U.S.-flagged and crewed vessels. Our 

MTS, focused domestically but interconnected globally, is vital to U.S. and world safety 

and prosperity.

The Commandant’s Three Guiding Principles

Admiral Karl L. Schultz, 26th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard

Ready

Semper Paratus, “Always Ready,” is

more than a motto. It is our core

purpose.

Relevant

Serving our nation’s current and

emerging needs is both a privilege and

a calling.

Responsive

The Coast Guard is an agile and

adaptive problem solver, with a bias

for action. 
About the Coast Guard Art Program

The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) uses fine art as an outreach tool for educating diverse 

audiences about the Coast Guard. Today, more than ever, the Service addresses an abundance of challenges as it works to maintain the nation’s security at home and abroad and executes its statutory missions. COGAP art provides visual testimony to the unique contribution 

the Service makes to the nation in its multifaceted roles as a military, humanitarian and law 

enforcement organization. Art from the program is exhibited at museums around the country. 

It is displayed in the offices of members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, senior government 

officials and other military services and Coast Guard locations nationwide. It has also been 

displayed by the State Department overseas in its prestigious Art in Embassies program.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Coast Guard Art Program. Today, the collection 

holds over 2,000 works that capture the myriad missions the more than 41,000 active-duty 

men and women of the Coast Guard perform daily, including homeland security, search and 

rescue, marine environmental protection, drug interdiction, national defense and natural resource management. Paintings and drawings bring to life the work performed by the Coast 

Guard and vividly demonstrate the Service’s contributions to the country.

The 2021 collection is comprised of 32 works of art created by 26 artists. Among missions captured in these remarkable works are the many varied training exercises that help the Coast 

Guard be Semper Paratus, illegal drug interdiction, patrols, ice-breaking, daring search and 

rescue missions, and the Service aiding people and even their pets in response to natural disasters. All works are generously donated by COGAP members, most of whom are professional 

artists. 

About the Salmagundi Club, COGAP’s partner organization

Since 1981, the Salmagundi Club has been a sponsor of the Coast Guard Art Program. In the 

course of its 150-year history, it has served as a center for artists from New York and around 

the country and today has a membership of over 1,000 artists and patrons. It offers exhibitions of paintings, sculpture and photography; conducts art classes and painting demonstrations and holds auctions of member artists’ work throughout the year. It has a collection of 

over 1,500 works of art spanning its century and a half history. 

Originally formed as the New York Sketch Club in 1871, the club adopted its present name 

over 100 years ago from Washington Irving’s Salmagundi Papers, a satirical and urbane periodical he co-authored.

Through the years, the club has been the gathering place for important artists such as Childe 

Hassam, William Merritt Chase, Howard Pyle, N. C. Wyeth, Charles Dana Gibson, Ogden Pleisner and many others. Honorary members have included Sir Winston Churchill, Buckminster 

Fuller, Paul Cadmus, Al Hirschfeld, Thomas Hoving and Schuyler Chapin.

The Salmagundi Club is located in a historic brownstone at 47 Fifth Avenue, between 11th and 

12th Streets. To learn more about the club, please visit its website at www.salmagundi.org.

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The George Gray Award

Named for the co-founder of the Coast Guard Art Program, the 

George Gray Award recognizes Coast Guard artists for outstanding 

artistic achievement. One artist from the 2021 collection of contributors will be named recipient of this award.

George Gray worked as an artist for more than seven decades. A muralist and illustrator, he specialized in historical and military themes. 

Love of country compelled him to enlist in the Coast Guard during 

World War II. During the Vietnam War, he spent six weeks sketching 

Marines in action for the U.S. Navy’s fine arts program. He cofounded COGAP in the early 1980s and served as its chairman and 

champion for over 20 years. Born in Harrisburg, Penn., in 1907, he is 

a direct descendent of Capt. Robert Gray, who, in 1788, became the 

first American to carry the nation’s flag around the world. He died in 

2004 at the age of 96.

George Gray

by James Dyekman

Jurors for the George Gray Award

Rear Admiral M.W. “Joe” Raymond is the Acting Director of Governmental and Public Affairs for the 

Coast Guard, where he is responsible for external engagement with Congress, the media, and other 

inter-governmental entities. He most recently served as the Chief of Coast Guard Congressional and 

Governmental Affairs and was responsible for external engagement with Congress and promoting the 

Service’s legislative agenda. He is a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, the Joint Military Intelligence College, and the Naval War College. He has served on four cutters, commanding two, and previously served as the Commanding Officer of Maritime Force Protection Unit Kings Bay and as the Sector 

Commander and Captain of the Port for Sector Puget Sound. Rear Admiral Raymond has extensive experience in legislative affairs with previous assignments as a Congressional Fellow on the staff for the 

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; the Coast Guard Liaison to the U.S. 

Senate; and as the Deputy Chief of Congressional and Governmental Affairs. From 2017 to 2019, he 

served as the Executive Assistant to the 30th and 31st Vice Commandants of the Coast Guard. His many 

personal awards include two Legions of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, five Meritorious 

Service Medals, the Coast Guard Commendation Medal, and the Coast Guard Achievement Medal.

Elizabeth Spencer was Club President for two years beginning in 2019. She has also served as the 

Club’s First Vice President, Chair of the Jury of Awards, on the Board of Directors and as a longtime 

member of the Art Committee. The latter juries artwork for Salmagundi Club exhibitions and the artwork of prospective club artist members. She is a gifted artist who works in oil, watercolor and pastel 

and has won numerous awards in all three mediums. Her work is held in collections in the U.S., Europe 

and the Far East. The artist teaches painting and color theory privately and a popular painting and 

drawing class at the Salmagundi Club.

Alasdair Nichol is Chairman and Director of Fine Art at Freeman’s—America’s oldest auction house—

which he and two colleagues acquired in 2016. He joined Freeman’s in 1999 and was instrumental in 

establishing its departmental fine art sales and showcasing single-owner collections. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he studied Fine Art at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen. He later graduated with a 

master’s degree from the University of Ulster in Belfast. In 1985, he embarked on his career in the auction world with Phillips in Edinburgh before moving to Glasgow, where he organized the first sale of 

Scottish Contemporary Art at the Glasgow School of Art. He then moved to London where he specialized in Modern and Impressionist Art before transferring to New York as Head of Fine Art in 1997. 

Since 1998 he has been a familiar face on the PBS television program Antiques Roadshow.

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Safe in his arms

Tom Hedderich

Watercolor

16.5 x 11 inches

Westtown, N.Y.

A Coast Guard machinery technician from Station 

Galveston holds an infant after rescuing him from 

a grounded fishing vessel near Rollover Pass in 

Gilchrist, Texas. Coast Guard Sector HoustonGalveston watchstanders received a report of 

three fishing vessels aground in the Intracoastal 

Waterway north of Rollover Pass when concerns 

were raised about possible rollovers occurring due 

to Hurricane Delta. This was the tenth-named 

storm to strike the United States in 2020 and the 

third major one in that year’s record-breaking 

hurricane season.

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The search for hurricane victims

Leendert van der Pool

Oil

18 x 24 inches

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Coast Guard Sector Ohio Valley’s 

Shallow Water Response Team 

(SWRT) rescued six adults, three 

children and their beloved dog 

near Navarre Beach, Fla., as the 

destructive Hurricane Sally 

caused flash flooding. SWRTs 

responded to areas impacted by 

the hurricane and conducted 

search and rescue operations.

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Natural disasters: Coast Guard to the rescue
Searching in the storm

John Ward

Acrylic

11 x 19.75 inches

Saranac Lake, N.Y.

A Coast Guard aviation survival technician—better known as a rescue swimmer—from Air Station Houston, 

battles the wind and rain while surveying for stranded victims and damage from Hurricane Isaac. The hurricane 

made landfall in Louisiana, resulting in many deaths and significant property losses.

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wake of severe flooding 

in North Carolina, rescuing both people and 

pets. The flooding was 

caused by a violent hurricane thrashing both 

North and South Carolina. The SWRT was comprised of the Coast 

Guard Maritime Safety 

and Security Team and 

the Tactical Law Enforcement Team South—both 

out of Miami, Fla.

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Friends

Debra Keirce

Oil

18 x 27.75 inches

Broadlands, Va.

Members of a Coast Guard Shallow Water Response Team (SWRT) conduct search and rescue operations in the 
Against all odds

Priscilla Messner-Patterson

Transparent watercolor

11 x 14 inches

Post Falls, Idaho

Coast Guard rescues often go unheralded or are briefly mentioned in the 

news such as the rescue depicted 

here. Upon receiving a distress call 

from stranded hunters on a remote 

Alaskan island close to Russia, Coast 

Guard Air Station Kodiak dispatched 

an MH-60 helicopter. The helicopter 

crew traveled over 700 miles, 

braved blowing snow and gale force 

winds, to locate the three people on 

the island. But dedication paid off: 

the three were successfully located 

and safely transported to Nome for 

medical attention.

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South of Cape San Blas

Oscar Romero

Oil

16 x 12 inches

Sacramento, Calif.

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer (center) from an 

MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter out of Air Station 

Clearwater, Fla., assists with dewatering a fishing 

vessel taking on water 67 miles south of Cape 

San Blas, Fla. The dewatering device—the box 

submerged in water—was hauled aboard by the 

Coast Guard member. The Coast Guard Cutter 

Seahawk later safely towed the vessel to St. Andrews Marina in Panama City, Fla. 

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Lives imperiled
Evening patrol

Leon Wescoat, III

Oil

16 x 20 inches

Absecon, N.J.

The Coast Guard crew of a 

small boat patrols the 

azure waters in Ocean 

City, N.J. These boats 

usually operate near 

shore or on inland waterways. The bridge shown 

here underwent renovation and was replaced 

with a fixed span and a 

pedestrian walkway.

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On patrol

Returning to the Cutter Swordfish

Louis Stephen Gadal

Watercolor

14 x 20 inches

Los Angeles, Calif.

A crewmember on a small boat from the Coast Guard Cutter Swordfish returns after a patrol on Puget Sound. 

The 87-foot Swordfish is a patrol boat homeported at Group/Air Station Port Angeles, Wash. The vessel performs a variety of missions including maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, and protecting living marine 

resources.

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Searching for illegal drugs

Chuck Van Horn

Watercolor

16 x 20 inches

Glen Head, N.Y.

Coast Guard Cutter Munro 

crewmembers inspect a selfpropelled semi-submersible in 

the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The 

Fast rope insertion: demonstrated

Frank Gaffney

Oil

16 x 20 inches

Mountlake Terrace, Wash.

A service member from the Coast 

Guard Maritime Security Response 

Team (MSRT)-West in San Diego executes a fast rope insertion from a 

Coast Guard helicopter down to the 

deck of the Cutter Steadfast. MSRTWest service members undergo advanced training and are proficient in 

specialized techniques to operate 

alongside federal, state and local partners and protect the nation from 

threats at sea and in air.

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Illegal drugs: Interdicted

A Coast Guard demonstration

Coast Guard seized more than 39,000 pounds of cocaine and 933 pounds of marijuana in 14 separate suspected 

drug smuggling interdictions and disruptions. The street value of the seized drugs was estimated at $569 million. 

The searches by three Coast Guard cutters and occurring off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America 

were conducted during a three-month period. 

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Greeting at sea

Crissie Murphy

Acrylic

10 x 10 inches

Lowell, Mass.

A Coast Guard operations officer of 

the Cutter Stone bumps elbows in 

greeting and celebration with a member of the Guyanese coast guard near 

the shore of this Latin American nation. All personnel wore masks as a 

COVID virus mitigation practice. The 

two nations had just completed their 

first cooperative training exercise 

combating illicit marine traffic in support of a bilateral agreement. 

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Safety first

Kristin Hosbein

Oil

16 X 20 inches

St. Joseph, Mich.

A Coast Guard marine inspector with Sector Anchorage in 

Alaska carefully checks a survival suit as part of a commercial fishing vessel safety exam in Levelock, Alaska. All Coast Guard members were tested for COVID-19 before deploying, followed by appropriate quarantine procedures. Inspectors wore protective equipment and practiced social distancing.

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COVID virus mitigation
Escorting the USNS Comfort

Emily Waldman

Watercolor

9 x 11 inches

Pittsford, N.Y.

The Coast Guard and the New 

York City Police and Fire Departments provide a security 

escort for the USNS Comfort’s 

arrival into New York Harbor. 

The Navy vessel was sent to 

assist in responding to the 

COVID-19 virus. Coast Guard 

crew from Cutters Shrike and 

Sitkinak, Maritime Safety and 

Security Team New York, Station New York and Air Station 

Cope Cod participated in the 

escort.

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Fishing vessel rescue

Don Hatcher

Acrylic

16 x 20 inches

Newport, Wash.

Cutter Dependable crewmembers prepare to broad a 

commercial fishing boat in 

waters 80 miles east of Cape 

Cod, Mass. The commercial 

vessel was disabled when a 

fishing net became enmeshed in the vessel’s propeller. It was safely towed 

by the Coast Guard crew to 

Cape Cod Bay.

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Aiding commercial fishing
Coast Guard rescues a fisherman in Alaska

Don Hatcher

Acrylic

24 x 30 inches

Newport, Wash.

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, helicopter pilot 

awaits the arrival of an injured 

fisherman on a small boat from 

the commercial fishing vessel 

seen in the distance. The helicopter crew transported the 

man safely to emergency medical services in Kodiak.

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Heaving the towline for a 

rescue

Karen Loew

Oil

18 x 24 inches

New York, N.Y.

A crew member of the Coast 

Guard Cutter Liberty heaves 

a towline to a disabled commercial fishing vessel. The 

cutter towed the fishing boat 

to safety in Elfin Cove, Alaska, 80 miles west of Juneau. 

The cutter, homeported in 

Juneau, is a patrol boat with 

primary missions that include 

search and rescue, law enforcement, and homeland 

security operations.

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training in Bahrain. The members are with Patrol Forces Southwest Asia—PATFORSWA—the largest Coast Guard unit overseas. PATFORSWA maintains a maritime humanitarian presence on the seas and provides the U.S. Navy's Fifth 

Fleet with combat-ready assets. It is comprised of six 110-foot cutters, shore-side support personnel, 

Advanced Interdiction and Maritime Engagement Teams, and other deployable specialized forces.

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Decompressed

Susanne Corbelletta

Oil

20 x 20 inches

Glen Head, N.Y.

A Coast Guard diver emerges from a decompression chamber during a simulated 

training exercise aboard the Coast Guard 

Cutter Polar Star. The chamber allows the 

crew to perform lifesaving procedures in 

the event of a dive emergency. The cutter, 

dispatched to McMurdo Station in Antarctica, breaks ice for refuel and resupply vessels as part of Operation Deep Freeze—the 

U.S. military’s contribution to the National 

Science Foundation-managed civilian U.S. 

Antarctic Program. 

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Water survival training in 

Bahrain

James Dyekman

Watercolor

14.5 x 21.75 inches

Chesapeake, Md. 

A Coast Guard boatswain’s 

mate (right) and a maritime 

law enforcement specialist 

(left) observe as a female service member (middle) manually inflates a life vest during 

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Training to be Always Ready
Training in 30-foot waves

Anne Kullaf

Watercolor

11 x 14 inches

Philadelphia, Penn.

Coast Guard surfmen, often considered 

among the service's most proficient 

small boat operators, undergo demanding training. Training provides them 

the skills for meeting maritime emergencies caused by violent storms. The 

National Motor Lifeboat School 

(NMLBS), located near the mouth of 

the Columbia River, is the only school 

for rough weather surf rescue operations in the country. The Columbia 

River Bar, known as the "Graveyard of 

the Pacific," provides an ideal NMLBS 

training environment. Depicted here is 

a surfboat navigating in extreme conditions at Cape Disappointment on the 

north side of the river.

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for its many large icebergs. The cutter safely navigated these hazards—some the size of sports stadiums—and 

also launched its MH-65 helicopter. The Danish naval vessel is certified for landings and take offs of this Coast 

Guard air asset.

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Joint helicopter training

Don Hatcher

Acrylic

16 x 20 inches

Newport, Wash.

Coast Guard Cutter Campbell’s crew ventured onto 

Disko Bay off the western 

coast of Greenland along 

with a Danish naval vessel, 

to conduct training exercises. The bay is well known 
Sling load operations

Amy Digi

Oil

16 x 20 inches

Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

A Coast Guard avionics electrical 

technician attaches a buoy to an 

MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter during sling load operations conducted in Chiniak, on Kodiak 

Island, Alaska. Aircrews routinely conduct sling load hoisting of 

buoys and large towers to practice moving large navigational 

aids, simulating work crews will 

conduct on water and in remote 

locations throughout the state.

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Rescue training, Arctic 

style

Don Hatcher

Acrylic

16 x 20 inches

Newport, 

 Wash.

Coast Guard aviation 

personnel from across 

the nation deploy to 

Alaska to participate in 

the service’s annual Arctic Shield Operations. Here, an aviation technician—flight mechanic—from Air Station 

Cape Cod, Mass., hoists an aviation survival technician—rescue swimmer—from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C. 

The exercise took place near Oliktok Point on the coast of the Arctic Ocean.

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Coast Guard: Serving in the Arctic
Preparing for lift off

J.C. “Jim” Smith

Watercolor

17 x 14 inches

McMinnville, Ore.

A Coast Guard flight mechanic keeps watch over a 

MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter during start-up before a 

flight from Kotzebue, Alaska. Helicopter crews from 

Air Station Kodiak are forward deployed to Kotzebue 

in support of maritime activity in the Arctic.

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utility vessel approaches Seward Boat Harbor in Seward, Alaska, during an Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise. This joint training exercise tests expeditionary logistical capabilities in the Arctic region and prepares joint 

forces to respond to crises across the Indo-Pacific.

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Keeping a watchful eye

Ken Stetz

Oil

15 x 24 inches

Neptune, N.J.

Maritime Safety and Security Team members from 

Pacific Area units provide 

security as a landing craft
is homeported in Charleston, S.C. While the cutter’s primary mission is servicing aids to navigation, other duties include maritime law enforcement, maritime environmental protection, and search and rescue. The Willow, also an ice-breaker, has participated with other nations in the Arctic environment, as here depicted, and 

patrolled the region.

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Clearing the way

Kirk Larsen

Acrylic

24 x 24 inches

Hicksville, N.Y.

The Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay breaks 

ice for freighters navigating through the 

St. Marys River in the Great Lakes and 

near Group Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. During 

the winter, paths must be made in the ice 

for commercial vessels to continue shipping goods.

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Ice-breaking for maritime traffic

Coast Guard Cutter 

Willow

J.C. “Jim” Smith

Watercolor

14 x 17 inches

McMinnville, 

 Ore.

The Willow, a 225-foot 

seagoing buoy tender,
Warning of things to come

C.R. “Bob” Bryant

Oil

16 x 20 inches

Cape Neddick, Maine

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Legare 

works a stern towline for the disabled 

fishing vessel Aaron & Melissa II off the 

coast of Maine. Under rough weather 

conditions seeing 10-foot high seas and 

turbulent winds, the fishing vessel was 

taking on water. A Coast Guard helicopter crew was dispatched from Air Station 

Cape Cod, Mass., and rescued the four 

crewmembers aboard, bringing them to 

safety at a nearby hospital. 

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Hoisted

Debra Keirce

Oil

18 x 26.75 inches

Broadlands, Va.

A Coast Guard aviation survival technician completes 

the final qualification flight 

before becoming a fully 

qualified helicopter rescue 

swimmer. The hoist training 

he undergoes is conducted 

from the Coast Guard Cutter 

Naushon off Kodiak, Alaska. 

He is hoisted down to the 

cutter and then back up to a 

Coast Guard MH-60 

Jayhawk Helicopter.

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Testing to meet challenges
Cutter Valiant conducts 

flight operations

Don Sturdivant

Oil

18 x 24 inches

Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

The Coast Guard Cutter Valiant conducts flight operations with an Air Station 

Miami MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter in order to qualify 

flight deck team members 

while in the Caribbean. Earlier, Valiant crew conducted 

training with two MH-65 

Dolphin Helicopters from 

the air station.

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Passing the safety exam

Sandra Hart

Acrylic

16 x 20 inches

Arlington Heights, 

 Ill.

A Coast Guard boatswain’s 

mate goes over the positive results of a dockside 

safety exam with a commercial fisherman in Yaquina Bay, Newport, Ore. 

These mandatory exams, 

conducted free of charge, 

insure a fishing vessel is in 

compliance with all safety 

regulations.

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Always Ready

Debra Keirce

Oil

12.5 x 36 inches

Broadlands, Va.

Coast Guard musicians,—one playing a clarinet, the other a saxophone—and a Navy flute player perform before 

the backdrop of lyrics to the Coast Guard’s official marching song, Semper Paratus. Coast Guard Band members 

tour throughout the country to promote the work of the men and women in the Coast Guard and to serve as a 

bridge between the service and the American people.

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Pollution threat assessed

Semper Paratus

Interagency response

MST3 Thomas Unger

Coffee and pen

22.5 x 28.5 inches

New Bern, N.C.

Pollution responders from the Coast 

Guard Marine Safety Detachment in 

Fort Macon, N.C., work with local 

authorities to reach a partially submerged sailboat in shoal waters and 

assess the pollution threat to the 

environment. In one year alone, the 

Coast Guard conducted over 340 

inspections in North Carolina.

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