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This book would not have been possible without the cooperation and assistance of both the National Archives and Records Administration (i.e., their main location in Washington, D.C., their cartographic branch in College Park, Md., and their regional facilities in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta, Fort Worth, San Francisco, and Seattle), and the U.S. Coast Guard Historian ’s Office, to whom we are deeply indebted. Our sincerest thanks are also extended to Lieutenant Commander Clark Black, USCG, who, while assigned to the Coast Guard’s Engineering Logistics Center at Curtis Bay, was quite successful in hunting down and providing copies of requestedblueprintsanddrawingsofoldertypesofrescue craft. Thanks are also extended to the Coast Guard’s Of- fice of Boat Forces (G-OCS), who shared valuable information on current boat types and station assignments. Specific individuals whose assistance was invaluable include : Susan Abbott, National Archives and Records Administration Boatswain Mate First Class Scott Baker, USCG Jeff Beach Richard Boonisar Kees Brinkman, Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (KNRM) Lynn Brown Robert Browning, Ph.D., USCG Historian Peter Capelotti Howard I. Chapelle, Smithsonian Institute Jacques Chauveau Boatswains Mate First Class James Clark, USCG Steven Cohen Senior Chief Boatswains Mate David Considine, USCG Admiral Ralph Cousins, USN (Retired) Jeffrey M. Curtis Lieutenant Jay Dell, USCG Chief Warrant Officer Mark Dobney, USCG (Retired) Chief Warrant Officer John Dodd, USCG (Retired) Master Chief Boatswains Mate John Dunn, USCG Gerard Dutton, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK Coxswain Clay Evans, Canadian Coast Guard Grahame Farr, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK Charles Fox John Galluzzo, U.S. Life Saving Service Heritage Association Machinery Technician First Class Sydney Glass, USCG Captain Dana Goward, USCG (Retired) Chief Journalist Alex Haley, USCG Chief Warrant Officer Jim Harmon, USCG Lucinda Herrick Captain James Hobaugh, USCG T. Parker Host, Jr. Patrick Howarth, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK Debbie Jett Charles Johnson, National Archives and Records Administration Pete Kennedy Ray Kipling, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK Boatswains Mate First Class Eric Koch, USCG Bard Kolltviet, Norwegian Lifeboat Institution (NSSR) Commander Ron LaBrec, USCG Captain James Maes, USCG Master Chief Boatswains Mate Thomas McAdams, USCG (Retired) Brian Miles, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK Commander Michael Monteith, USCG Jason Morphet, Canadian Coast Guard Dennis Noble, Ph.D., Chief Marine Science Technician, USCG (Retired) Thomas Owens, Office of Boat Forces, USCG Chief Boatswains Mate Jeffrey Reider, USCG Richard Ryder Vice Admiral Robert Scarborough, USCG Robert Scheina, former USCG Historian Ralph Shanks David Shepard, Naval Architect, Office of Boat Forces, USCG Boatswains Mate First Class Dan Shire, USCG Judith Schlaack, Registrar; Michigan Maritime Museum Jeff Shook Fred Siegel Simon Stephens, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich , UK ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxviii Acknowledgments Glenn Stockwell Kenneth Sutherland Chief Boatswains Mate Mark Underhill, USCG Ian Ventham, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, UK Edward Wake-Walker, Royal National Lifeboat Institution , UK Rolf Westerstrom, Swedish Lifeboat Institution (SSRS) Chief Warrant Officer John Williams, USCG Alan Wingood, Sea Venture Trust Captain Robert Witter, USCG (Retired) Boatswains Mate First Class Brant Zado, USCG The authors wish to also extend their sincerest thanks and appreciation to Mrs. Dorothy Wilkinson, who has been a tower of strength to this project over many years, and who not only has contributed her own talents and advice, but has also been very patient, understanding, and tolerant of the many piles of materials, books, documents , and photographs that clutter the house, but that were absolutely vital to writing this history. In addition to those listed above, the following Coast Guard veterans very generously shared their experiences, information, and photographs for this book: Malcolm Archard, Ken Ball, Chief Warrant Officer Robert Barker, Dan Barrett, Charles Bolton, Master Chief Boatswains Mate Edmund Burbage, Chief Warrant Officer Bill Collette, Garret Conklin, Bill Driscoll, Chief Boatswains Mate Robert Driscoll, Senior Chief Machinery Technician Rich Fichter, Van Field, Master Chief Boatswains Mate C. Greene, William Guthrie, Robert Holder, Chief Boatswains Mate Gary Hudson, Don Jacobs , David Kissling, Don Kistler, Master Chief Boatswains Mate James Klug, Master Chief Boatswains Mate Carl Lawson, Dick Levesque, Vic Librizzi, Ronald Maples, Brien Matthews, Mike McFadden, Hugh McManus, Frank Meligan, Mike Rhodes, Dave Sanders, Stacy and Virginia Thomas, Barry Trombly, Chief Boatswains Mate Jim Wall, Donald Ward, Chief Warrant Officer Bernie Webber , Chief Warrant Officer Frank Wescovich. ...

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