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4728
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The United States Coast Guard Station on Ocracoke Island closed in 1996 after nearly six decades of service. Now, through a $400,000 appropriation from the North Carolina General Assembly, the 10,000-square-foot building will be renovated for use as a professional development center for North Carolina teachers. The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teachers (NCCAT) at Cullowhee and the East Carolina University maritime studies program will manage the building.
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34635
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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter CHILULA was stationed in Morehead City, NC for 35 years, serving between 1956 and 1991. CHILULA was built in 1945 as a Navajo-class tug for use in the U.S. Navy. Decommissioned in 1947, the tug was towed to Morehead City a decade later for use in the U.S. Coast Guard. The author served on board as a Quartermaster and recalls the juxtaposition between life on board and his liberty time in Morehead City. The vessel participated in both search and rescue activities and conducted narcotics patrols in southern waters. USCGC CHILULA was retired from service in June, 1991 and intentionally sunk.
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The Researcher (NoCar F 262 C23 R47), Vol. 16 Issue 3, Winter 2000, p14-19, il, por
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4162
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Lying off the coast of North Carolina is a stretch of ocean known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Many ships and sailors have met disaster there. Survivors could count only on people in coastal communities on the Outer Banks for help. It was not until 1870 that the federal government established the United States Life-Saving Service to aid ships in distress. The name was later changed to United States Coast Guard.
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34506
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An excerpt from a travel diary, this article details a visit to the Cape Lookout Lighthouse in 1953. Emphasis is placed on daily activities at the lighthouse, Coast Guard activity, and lighthouse activities during a hurricane.
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The Researcher (NoCar F 262 C23 R47), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Winter 1994, p11-13
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9068
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When the U.S. Coast Guard cutter NORTHWIND came to Wilmington's waterfront last December, it docked in the same spot on the Cape Fear River that the cutter DILLIGENCE had in 1792. The icebreaker was relocated from Baltimore in 1978. Visitors are welcome about the 269-foot icebreaker on weekends from one to four before the ship returns to ocean duty in August.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 46 Issue 12, May 1979, p25-26, il
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13761
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Wrecks once were so common along the North Carolina coast that when the barge SAXON came ashore on the Banks north of Hatteras, it caused no great interest. The SAXON wreck, however, was an illustration of tragedies often found in the annals of the Coast Guard - many a mariner's life would have been saved had he only stuck with his vessel.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 19 Issue 43, Mar 1952, p8, f
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13797
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Captain John Allen Midgett of the United States Coast Guard fought his way through a sea of blazing oil to rescue forty-two men from the torpedoed British tanker, Mirlo.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 19 Issue 49, May 1952, p6-7, f
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32684
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Helicopters, seaplanes, radar, and other technological devices will play important roles in lifesaving work for the Coast Guard. With the technological advances in observation and communication nearly two thirds of the Coast Guard stations will soon be deactivated.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 39, Feb 1946, p12-13, il
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15057
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One of the worst wrecks ever to occur off the coast of North Carolina gave Coast Guardsmen stationed at Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, and Nag's Head stations an opportunity to effect one of the most thrilling rescues of human life in the history of the service. The ship, Paraguay, enroute from Spain to New York City, ran aground in strong winds between Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills, but Coast Guardsmen rescued twenty-four of the Greek seamen aboard the vessel.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 8 Issue 18, Sept 1940, p9, f
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