Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-26
COAST GUARD CUTTERS
SOON TO ENTER SERVICE
The Ossipee and Tallapoosa Are Be-
ing Fitted Out at Depot at
Arundel Cove.
Cadets From New London Academy
Reach Colon-Other News
of the Service.

Lying AT Afundel Cove. the UttlnS
out depot Of the coast guard near Bal
timore, are the two new cutters Ossi-
pee and Tallapoosa. recently turned
over to the coast guard officials al the
Newport News shipyard, which are be-
ing made ready for service as rapidly
as possible. The crew of the old cutter
Woodbury. has arrived at Arundel
Cove from Portland. Me, TO take
charge of the ossipee, and as soon as
she is ready TO 20 into commission
she Will leave the Chesapeake for the
Maine coast. where she viii he sta
toned. The Tallapoosa is to do duty
on the coast of the Gulf Of Mexico in
place of the old cutter Winona. Within
the next month or six weeks the new
ships will be ready for service. The
old cutters Woodbury. and Winona Will
then he sold to the highest bidders.
and probably will become commercial
craft.
From several weeks spent on ice
patrol duty, with the cutter Seneca on
the north Atlantic, hunting out denger-
Gus icebergs and sending broadcast
wireless notices as to their position
and drift. the cutter Miami is due at
Key West, her home station, ard has
probably arrived there by this time
her station. and it is probable her
services will be in demand. as the
southern hurricane season generally
begins in the latter part of August and
continues Though September and into
October. These storms are especially
severe on the gulf, and shipping caught
out in them suffers severely.
Responding to an appeal for aid the
cutter Onondaga from the Norfolk sta
ton went to the aid of the three
masted schooner Virginia Rulon of
Norfolk. which caught in heavy sum
mer squall off the mouth of the Plan
katank river, Va, had most of her big
sails blown away and was otherwise
damag ed The cutter took her in tow
to Hampton roads and from there she
was taken to Norfolk for repairs.
Cadets Arrive at Colon.
With the cadets from the Coast Guard
Academy at New London aboard, the
Itasca has arrived at Colon. where she
will remain until the middle of this
week. From Colon the Itasca Will go
to Guantanamo. Cuba. for stay of a
few days before sailing for New Lon
don. where she is scheduled to arrive
early in August. There the cadets of
the new classes, appointed as a result
of the recent examination, will be TAX
en- aboard for a cruise on the north
Atlantic coast, during which Boston,
Portland. New York and other points
will be visited and a trip made up the
hudson.
A report received from the command
ing officer of the coast guard launch
Scout. stationed on Puget sound, in the
vicinity of Seattle, tells of the rescue
Of two men adrift in an open launch
off Dumwamish Head, Washington.
They had started from Seattle on a trip
across the Straits of San Juan de Fuca
when the engine broke down. The
launch with it's passengers was in dan
ger of drifting out on rough waters
when the Scout arrived and took it
back to Seattle and safety.
About a year ago the American
schooner Trilby stranded on Aliad Is
land, near the Alaskan coast in the far
north. Several months after the vessel
went ashore, it was reported. in good
cutter Unalga took its owner. with d
wrecking crew and appliances. to the
island for the purpose of Salving the
vessel Arriving there the Trilby was
found to have been severely dana ged
by winter storms and it was determined
she was not worth the effort necessary
to save here.
The six-pounder rapid-fre guns
which will compose the batteries of the
new cutters Ossipee and Tallapoosa
were built at the navy yard here, and
in the past week the cutter Apache Wis
tied the navy yard. took the guns
aboard and carried them to Arundel
Cove, where they will be installed on
the new ships. Each vessel will be
armed with four guns.
Orders for the Week.
Orders for the week are as follows:
First Lieutenant of Engineers I. G.
Lewton, preparatory orders to the
Unalga.
First Lieutenant of Engineers c. c.
Mcmillan, preparatory orders to the
Golden Gate.
Capt. W. E. w. Hall. detached from
Androscoggin July 81 and retired from
active service.
First Lieutenant of Engineers w. L.
Maxwell, detached from Mohawk and
ordered home. Retired from active
service July 81, 1915.
Capt. Randolph Ridgely. jr.. commits
stoned captain to date from June 10,
1915.
Senior Capt. Howard Emery, Capt. W.
V E. Jacobs and Capt. c. E. Johnston,
appointed a board to examine papers of
candidates for promotion to grade OF
first lieutenant.
Capt. tombstone H. Quinan, retired
from active service.
First Lieut. John Boedeker, ordered
to the Pamlico for temporary duty.
First Lieut. r. w. Dempwolf. de-
tached from Pamlico to the depot.
Third Lieut.. r. B. Hall, detached from