Archived Historical Images

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  September 06, 2007
  USCG Academy head coach Otto Graham (3.41 MB)
  U.S. Coast Guard Academy photo
  
  Cleveland Browns Hall of Fame Quarterback Otto Graham was the head coach of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy football team. In 1959, Graham accepted a full-time position as head football coach at the Coast Guard Academy, where he served for seven seasons, leading the team to an undefeated campaign in 1963.
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  September 06, 2007
  2007 U.S. Coast Guard Academy Glee Club (92.12 KB)
  U.S. Coast Guard Academy photo
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard Academy Glee Club is a select group of fifty mena dnThe United States Coast Guard Academy Cadet Glee Club is a select group of fifty men and women chosen from the Corps of Cadets by audition. This group specializes in the performance of patriotic music and songs of the sea. The Glee Club travels annually to entertain people throughout the country. Appearances have included performances at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Disneyworld in Orlando, the Rose Bowl Parade in Pasadena, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City and the 2005 Super Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida. The group has also performed for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as well as for numerous Presidential Inaugurations. The Glee Club’s director and musical arranger is Dr. Robert G. Newton, Director of Cadet Vocal Music at the United States Coast Guard Academy.
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  March 08, 2007
  USS Escanaba USCG Memorial in Gran Haven, Mich. (1.17 MB)
  
  A memorial for the USS Escanaba (USCG WPG-77) is displayed at the waterfront in "Coast Guard City, USA," Grand Haven, Mich. The 165-foot, "A" class cutter was permanently stationed in Grand Haven. Photo provided by the USCG Headquarters Historian's Office.
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  March 08, 2007
  03-2007 Raymond F. O'Malley - Last survivor of the USS Escanaba (USCG)_1 (634.01 KB)
  
  USS Escanaba (USCG WPG-77) crewmembers BM2/c Melvin A. Baldwin (left) and SN1/c Raymond F. O'Malley (right) on June 18, 1943, aboard the USCGC Raritan, which rescued them from sea after the Escanaba sank. Photo provided by USCG Headquaters Historian's Office.
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  March 08, 2007
  03-2007 Raymond F. O'Malley - Last survivor of the USS Escanaba (USCG)_2 (1.15 MB)
  
  Mrs. Patience Teschendorf meets USS Escanaba (USCG WPG-77) crewmembers BM2/c Melvin A. Baldwin (center) and SN1/c Raymond F. O'Malley (right) on March 23, 1945. Baldwin and O'Malley are lone survivors of the Escanaba, which became a casualty of the war on the North Atlantic. On June 13, 1943, at 5:10 a.m., Escanaba blew up and sank within three minutes in the North Atlantic. All but two of her crew of 103 were lost. The ship sank so quickly it had no time to send out signals. At the time of the sinking Escanaba was part of Task Unit 24.8.2 which was escorting convoy GS-24 from Narsarssuak, Greenland to St. Johns, Newfoundland. Photo provided by USCG Headquaters Historian's Office.
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  March 08, 2007
  03-2007 Raymond F. O'Malley - Last survivor of the USS Escanaba (USCG)_3 (670.03 KB)
  
  Photo of the USS Escanaba (USCG WPG-77) moored in Grand Haven, Mich, prior to 1941. Escanaba was built at Dafoe Works, Bay City, Mich., and commissioned on November 23, 1932. The 165-foot "A"-class cutter was built for light ice-breaking. Sister ships included the Algonquin (WPG-75); Comanche (WPG-76); Mohawk (WPG-78); Onondaga (WPG-79); and Tahoma (WPG-80). Photo supplied by the USCG Headquarters Historian's Office.