Does anyone have any history/info on this style of boat?
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Sorry to fire up an old thread!
Apparently the Coast Guard received 25-30 of these boats circa 1944 for use at coastal Stations. Again approx 10 Mark 3's in the late 50's.
Now I have only scuttlebutt from another forum and the CG history site doesn't have info,
has any one here have any info? PS I've Goggled, Binged, searched the net, No CG history.
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A fairly recent book by the noted maritime author
William D. Wilkerson and Timothy D. Dring, American Coastal Rescue Craft: A Design History of Coastal Rescue Craft Used by the U. S. Life-Saving Service and the U. S. Coast Guard, (Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 2009) does not show this boat.
The photo provided by Tip-Dog does not show the Revenue Ensign so it may have been USN air-sea rescue.
This movie trailer from the Boatnicks on Amazon show a CG painted 63 footer.
It is true that a number of the World War II built 63-footers were transferred toward the end of WWII in 1945 to the USCG for coastal rescue and patrol use, and those boats for which I have 1945 station assignment information are as follows: 63019 and 63020 at SanFrancisco; 63021 at Bodega Bay; 63022 at Fort Point; 63023 at Point Reyes; 63024 and 63070 at Monterey; 63025/63028/63030/63031/63032 at San Diego; 63026, 63027 and 63029 at Santa Barbara; 63033 at Port Hueneme; 63034 and 63041 at Coos Bay; 63035 at Point Adams; 63036 at Neah Bay; 63037 at Grays Harbor; 63038 at Tillamook; 63039 at Yaquina Bay; 63040 and 63074 at Port Angeles; 63042 and 63085 at Key West; 63043/63063/63064/63072/63084 at Miami; 63044 at Freeport; 63045 at Elizabeth City; 63046 at Rockaway Point; 63047 at Salem; 63048 at Cape Cod Canal and Provincetown; 63049 at Eatons Neck; 63050 at Fire Island; 63051 at Sandy Hook; 63052 at Barnegat; 63053 at Assateague Beach and Chincoteague; 63054 at Cobb Island; 63055 at COTP Baltimore; 63056 at Little Creek; 63057 at Biloxi; 63058 at Morgan City; 63059 at Sabine; 63060 at Burrwood; 63061/63062/63073/63105 at Saint Petersburg; 63065 at Ocean City (MD); 63066 at Oregon Inlet; 63067 at Ocracoke; 63069 at Sullivans Island; 63071 at Humboldt Bay; 63075 at Tybee; 63076 at Oak Island; 63077 at New London; 63078 at Manasquan Inlet; 63079 at Atlantic City; 63080/63081/63082 at Cape May; 63083 at Mayport; 63089 at Portsmouth Harbor; 63092 at Menemsha; 63093 at Brant Point; 63094 at Castle Hill; 63101 and 63102 at Pensacola; 63103 at Ponce de Leon Inlet; 63104 at Gasparilla (FL); and 63106 at Corpus Christi.
Most of these boats were in USCG service only from about 1945 to about 1947 or so, and supposedly were real "gas-hogs" and not very cost effective to operate for the newly de-mobilized, post-WWII, budget-restricted Coast Guard. I guess this is another reason that Bill and I chose to exclude them from our book. There is a website for the AAF/Air Force AVRs that has some nice photos and other information on these craft, but does not really talk about their USCG usage. I hope this is helpful. Best regards. Tim Dring