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Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association 57790_CGCVA:57790_CGCVA 11/24/08 1:00 PM Page 1 the QuarterdeckQuarterdeck LogLog Membership publication of the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association. Publishes quarterly — Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. Not sold on a subscription basis. The Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association is a Non-Profit Corporation of Active-Duty, Retired, Reserve, and Honorably Discharged Former Members of the United States Coast Guard who served in or provided direct support to combat situations recognized by an appropriate military award while serving as a member of the United States Coast Guard. Volume 23, Number 3 Fall 2008 Coast Guard Honors Hero, Dedicates Mast USCGC Spencer Mast Finds New Home at Coast Guard Recruit Training Center Cape May, NJ Coast Guard Training Center sioned in 1974, the Spencer Cape May honored Signalman was the most decorated cutter First Class Douglas A. Munro and in the Coast Guard’s fleet. dedicated the USCGC Spencer’s After the Spencer was mast in a ceremony on the training decommissioned the cutter’s center's parade field Sept. 27, 2008. mast was displayed at the Munro, the only Coast Guard entrance of the Intrepid Medal of Honor recipient, served Museum in New York City. aboard the Spencer. He was killed Years later, the Coast Guard in action while protecting U.S. regained ownership of the mast Marines at Guadalcanal during and transferred it to Coast World War II and Sept. 27, 2008 Guard Facilities Bayonne. marked the 66th anniversary of his Now, the Spencer mast is heroic actions. permanently displayed on the The Spencer (W-36) was com- Coast Guard Training Center missioned in 1937, and was used as Cape May’s parade grounds. a search and rescue platform pri- CWO Veronica Bandrowsky marily patrolling Alaskan waters. In WWII under the U.S. Navy, the The mast of the Coast Guard Spencer saw significant combat Cutter Spencer (W-36), action in both the Atlantic and dedicated in honor of Signalman Pacific theaters. In the Battle of 1st Class Douglas Munro, is now located on the parade grounds of the Atlantic, the cutter acted as a USCG Training Center Cape convey escort and hunted German May, N.J. (photo by CWO submarines, sinking the U-225 and Veronica Bandrowsky) the U-175. In late 1944, Spencer reported to the Navy’s Seventh (Pacific) Fleet as a In This Issue Communications Command Ship. There Spencer partici- From the President Page 2 and 27 pated in numerous amphibious invasions including Luzon Coast Guard In The News Page 3 and Palawan in the Philippines. After the war, Spencer From the Secretary Page 4 returned to Coast Guard operations serving as an Atlantic Notices & Association News Page 5 -14 Ocean Station vessel. 2009 Convention Info & Forms Page 15-18 In January 1969, Spencer returned to combat duty off Feature Stories Page 19-27 the coast of Vietnam. In November 1969, Spencer returned From the Service Officers Page 28-29 to the U.S. to continue peacetime missions. Spencer served Ship’s Store Page 30 the nation for more than 37 years and when decommis- CGCVA Membership Form Page 31 57790_CGCVA:57790_CGCVA 11/24/08 1:00 PM Page 2 From the President Scholarship Program The Association has an on-going scholarship pro- gram that is replenished solely with donations. You Coast Guard Combat Veterans may send your contribution Association of any amount to go into the general scholarship fund or OFFICERS designate a scholarship in the name of a Coast Guard Paul C. Scotti, LM, National President Paul C. Scotti Terry O’Connell, LM, National Vice President member such as Kristin does Baker W. Herbert, LM, National Secretary in memory of her father in our CGCVA-Phillips Van Bill Ross, LM, National Treasurer Campen Taylor Scholarship. The minimum contribution for a designated scholarship is five hundred dollars. This BOARD OF TRUSTEES program brings attention to the achievements and sacrifices Chairman of Coast Guard men and women and aids students in PNP Gil “Frenchy” Benoit, LM becoming productive members of society. I encourage Two-Term participation in the Scholarship program. Send donations E.P. “Ed” Burke, LM to our Secretary, Baker Herbert, or contact him for further Ernest “Swede: Johnson, LM information. One-Term PNP Robert J. Maxwell, LM Nominations Michael Placentia, LM By the time you read this the country’s election for President will be over. But it is not too late for you to ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE* become president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, or National Secretary trustee (sorry, there is no dog-catcher position) in the P.O. Box 544 6629 Oakleaf Drive Association. Through elected office you may shape the Westfield Center, OH 44251 future of the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association and Phone: (330) 887-5539 continue its traditions of fellowship and publicizing the E-mail: [email protected] sacrifices of Coast Guardsmen. To be considered for office Website: www.coastguardcombatvets.com you must be present at the Reunion/Convention in Reno. *use the Administrative Office for contact with the You may inform the chairman of the nominating committee CGCVA on all matters then what office you seek or you may be nominated from the floor during the business meeting. Think it over. AUXILIARY OFFICERS Shirley Ramsey, National President Rene O’Connell, National Vice President Song Lyrics Jane Maxwell, National Secretary-Treasurer Everyone likes songs. We sing snatches of words with frequency. Apart from the music I have always been APPOINTED OFFICERS impressed with lyrics. Songwriters have a unique creative Thomas W. Hart, LM (By-Laws); William G. Miller, gift; their words lift a piece of music from good to LM (Chaplain); PNP Robert J. Maxwell, LM (Con- (continued on page 27) vention Planner); Patrick E. Ramsey, LM and Floyd Hampton, LM (Membership); Mike Placentia, LM Next QD Log deadline is February 1, 2009. (Parliamentarian); Paul C. Scotti, LM (Historian); Josh Sparrow (Awards); Thomas Huckelberry, LM Please email articles and photos to the editor and Floyd Hampton, LM (Service Officers) at: [email protected] 57790_CGCVA:57790_CGCVA 11/24/08 1:00 PM Page 3 Coast Guard In The News Sept. 13, 2008 — A U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment embarked aboard the USS McInerney, seized a stateless, self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel with seven tons of cocaine aboard about 350 miles west of Guatemala in the waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The 59-foot, steel and fiberglass, self- propelled, semi-submersible (SPSS) craft was detected by a U.S. Navy aircraft. The aircraft vectored the USS McInerney to a position near the SPSS whereupon two small boats were launched from the McInerney. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment 404, under the cover of darkness, boarded the SPSS from the McInerney’s small boats, surprising the smugglers. When the smug- glers realized the Coast Guard was on the Members of Coast Guard law enforcement detachment 404 peer inside deck of the SPSS, they reversed the engines the compartment containing seven tons of cocaine on a stateless, self-pro- pelled, semi-submersible vessel seized in the Eastern Pacific Sept. 13th. at a high speed in an attempt to throw the boarding team into the sea. The smugglers also attempted to scuttle the SPSS but complied with orders from the board- ing team to close the valves that were flooding the SPSS. Sept.17, 2008 — The USCGC Midgett and a U.S. Navy maritime patrol aircraft teamed up to interdict a stateless, self-propelled, semi-submersible vessel with seven tons of cocaine aboard approximately 400 miles south of the Mexico-Guatemala border. The 60-foot, self-propelled, semi-submersible (SPSS) craft was detected by a U.S. Navy aircraft. The aircraft vectored Midgett to the location of the SPSS whereupon the Coast Guard quickly commenced a boarding of the stateless SPSS. The Coast Guard boarding team located 295 bales of cocaine, valued at more than $196 million, in a huge forward compartment. The SPSS became unstable and began to sink during the transfer of the bales of cocaine from the SPSS to Midgett. The condition of the vessel made it unsafe to tow and Midgett’s crew sank the vessel as a hazard to navigation. Sept. 29, 2008 — Coast Guard Commandant ADM Thad W. Allen announced the award of an $88 million contract to Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., for the design and construction of the Fast Response Cutter, Sentinel-Class patrol boat at Bollinger’s shipyard in Lockport, LA. To meet specific U.S. Coast Guard mission requirements, a stern launch capability and increased speed were incor- porated into the winning design. The Sentinel Class patrol boats will be 153-feet long, capable of speeds exceeding 28 knots, and armed with one stabilized, remotely-operated 25mm chain gun and four crew-served .50-cal. machine guns. It will be able to operate independently for five days at sea and be underway for 2,500 hours per year. The FRC will accommodate 22 crew members. A state-of-the-market command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system will be fully interoperable with other Coast Guard assets as well as those of the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. The first Sentinel-class patrol boat will be delivered to Coast Guard District Seven, based in Miami, in the fall of 2010. It will complete a comprehensive operational test and evaluation period, and then enter operational service in the Caribbean area of responsibility. The Quarterdeck Log 3 Vol.23, No.3 57790_CGCVA:57790_CGCVA 11/24/08 1:00 PM Page 4 From the Secretary Think Reunion Hoover with “Commodore” and Crossed The Bar when we made an appointment You will need a current CGCVA in 1989 with the USCG membership card to enter our Anthony N.
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