Bear and the Northland

Legendary Coast Guard Cutters in the Alaskan Ice

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the U.S. Coast Guard served as the Alaskan 911. Known then as simply the Revenue Cutter Service, it was comprised of skilled navigators, judges and law enforcement specialists tasked with preventing the frontier from descending into anarchy, and securing its status as a "cash cow" for the mainland states. This is the history of the early U.S. Coast Guard, with special focus on its former whalers-turned-cutters, the Bear and the Northland, and their voyages along the coast of Alaska, Hawaii and Greenland. Following the two vessels through history, chapters detail the diverse responsibilities that the "Coasties" had to face at the time, including capturing seal poachers and pirates, delivering babies, pulling natives' teeth and even engaging in combat with a German warship.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-07-20
Mått:178 x 254 x 11 mm
Vikt:404 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:221
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476692111

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Sjökrigföring inom Samhälle och politik
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Militärhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Arthur G. Sharp is a Sun City Center, Florida, based writer/editor whose publications include 21 books and more than 2,500 articles on a variety of topics.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of Contents PrefaceIntroduction—The Bear and the Northland: The “911s” of the North1—Semper Paratus, Bert Rankin2—Captain, My Captain3—Reindeer Rustlers4—Do Bears Have Tales?5—The Bizarre Court-Martial of Captain Healey6—The Bear May Have Been a Ship, but There Was Railroading Afloat7—Impeach Hamlin and Convict Healey8—The Fallout Hurts More than Healey9—Ellsworth P. Bertholf, the Santa Claus of the Coast Guard10—A Unique Partnership11—Providing Provisions12—Relief at Point Barrow13—1900—A Year of Death, Disease, and Devotion14—The Bear Takes a Hawaiian Vacation15—The Bear Rides the Waves to Bust a Crime Wave16—The Only Ship the Bering Patrol Lost17—Judge Not, Lest Ye Be “Thurbered”18—A Lieutenant Makes a Major Discovery19—Healey and His Counterparts Share a Conundrum20—Sailing on the “Inconsistent Sea”21—Five Killed, a Dozen Captured22—A Seemingly Hopeless Task23—The Bear and the Karluk24—The Bear and the Explorers25—The Bear Goes into Hibernation26—The Great Walrus Hunt27—Routine, but Challenging28—Sailing Toward War29—World War II’s Weirdest BattleEpilogue: The Bear Goes to the Bottom; the Northland Ends Life on the Scrap HeapAppendix A—Technical Specifications/Features (the Northland)Appendix B—How The Call Has Outfitted the BearChapter NotesBibliographyIndex