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July 23, 2021
The Long Blue Line: Last of the Coast Guard fishing fleet— Hurricane San Calixto and the loss of EM Dow
During World War I and World War II, the Menhaden fishing fleet became a ready reserve for the Navy and Coast Guard.
July 16, 2021
The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard’s mission to the tropics--LORAN aviation in the Philippines
Keeping the signal strong around the globe
June 24, 2021
The Long Blue Line: Into the eye of chaos--River Tender Pamlico in Hurricane Katrina, Part I. The Response
Read the dramatic story of Coast Guard Cutter Pamlico's Hurricane Katrina response
June 18, 2021
The Long Blue Line: Glimpses through a mustered past—uncovering African-American cuttermen through Civil War muster rolls
For the last 10 years, NOAA and the National Archives and Records Administration have been collaborating to make a trove of historical information and data available to the public online.
May 21, 2021
The Long Blue Line: Ship of heroes—Seneca’s history-making rescue of World War I
Lt. Brown and the gallant volunteers set an example worthy of the highest traditions of any Service or any Nation.
March 26, 2021
The Long Blue Line: Barbara Mabrity—Long-time Lighthouse Keeper and Hurricane Heroine
Barbara Mabrity, or someone from her family, kept the Key West Light for 82 of its 89 years of manned operation. And, for most of the Mabrity years, a female family member oversaw operation of the light.