The Coast Guard in Massachusetts
By: Donald J. Cann and John J. Galluzzo ; foreword by W. Russell Webster
Contributors: Galluzzo, John
Series: Images of America; Images of America: a history of American life in images and texts
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Pictorial works; History; Lifesaving stations; Lifesaving; Rescues; United States. Coast Guard; United States
Other titles: Coast Guard in Massachusetts
Description: The Coast Guard's deepest roots run through Massachusetts, the ancestral home to three of the five predecessor agencies that make up the service today. The Coast Guard formed in 1915 and since that time has served the citizens of the Bay State at lifeboat stations, air stations, lighthouses, LORAN stations, and radio stations, as well as on lightships and cutters of all sizes. They have protected the Massachusetts coastline during numerous wars, performing some of the most dramatic rescues in American history--from the Pendleton to the Argo Merchant to the Etrusco and more. The story of the Coast Guard in Massachusetts is one of heroism, honor, respect, and devotion to duty.
Table of contents: title: The North Shore; title: Boston Harbor and the South Shore; title: The cutters; title: The South Coast and the islands; title: Cape Cod; title: The rescues.