The Coast Guard recently produced a video commemorating the transit of the Northwest Passage in the summer of 1957 by three cutters that became icebound, forcing the crews to dynamite the ice to free themselves.
Josh Thole, the Mets' catcher, said Gee blended in about five cutters in the game.
Concerning some of the details of the "System of Cutters", Hamilton wanted the first ten cutters in different areas in the United States, from New England to Georgia.
The crews of the two cutters were joined by Point Hudson and and several South Vietnamese Navy junks in fighting the fire and beginning salvage operations.
The need for Squadron One cutters had been supplanted by the shallower draft PCFs and PBRs that were being concentrated in the Delta region for use in Operation SEALORDS.
The first transfer of Squadron One cutters occurred at the South Vietnamese Navy Base in Saigon during joint decommissioning and commissioning ceremonies held 16 May 1969 by the Coast Guard and the South Vietnamese Navy.
Squadron One cutters were entitled to display the VSM by virtue of having served in Vietnam for more than thirty days during the eligibility period of 15 November 1961 to 30 April 1975.
In addition, the Coast Guard currently has five cutters patrolling Haitian waters.
The morning after their arrival five of the eight cutters prepared to get underway for their first patrol accompanied by the Navy destroyer which coordinated the Market Time assets in the Da Nang area.
The groups were located at Da Nang where there were six cutters assigned; Cam Ranh Bay, six cutters; Vung Tau, eight cutters; and An Thoi, six cutters.
