The Coast Guard and the Navy

The USRC Itasca was used as a training ship by the Coast Guard in the early years of the 20th century. Here it is shown at anchor in Ponta Delgada on the island of Sao Miguel in the Azores. For more information about the Itasca click on this link.

Information about the Itasca at Ponta Delgada photo written on the back

The Itasca cadets

Information about the Itasca cadets photo written on the back

Barrels of booze confiscated from rum runners being loaded aboard the USCGC Marion

Information about the Marion photo typed on the back

The New York rum runner Leona M. Sproul was captured by the Coast Guard on December 30, 1929 and taken to New London with four prisoners and 700 cases of liquor.

Information typed on the back of the rum runner photo

Undated photo of patrol boat CG-231 with piece from mysterious wreckage of an airplane found in Fort Pond Bay near Montauk

Information typed on the back of the photo of CG-231

Undated photograph of CG-290, the patrol boat involved in the deadly Black Duck incident in 1929

The United States Coast Guard has been a presence in New London for many years as the home of the Coast Guard Academy, and soon to be the site of the Coast Guard Museum located on the waterfront. Here is a selection of photographs that illustrate some of the USCG's activities, including the famous Rum Patrol during the Prohibition era.

For more information about Skate click on this Wikipedia link.

In this photograph from 1957 you see a midget X-1 submarine. For more information about the SS X-1 submarines click on this Wikipedia link.

The US Government Pier at New London with sub chasers lined up alongside (1920?)

Cold day aboard a sub chaser

Naval submarine chasers played a vital role during war and peace, and were part of the New London waterfront scene. For more information about submarine chasers, click on this link.