U.S. Coast Guard Photography
Historic Photographs & Other Images
Please note that unless otherwise stated, all photos are official U. S. Coast Guard photographs and are therefore in the public domain. CLICK HERE for instructions on how to order copies of Coast Guard photos from the collection held by the Coast Guard Historian's Office.
Historic Photo Galleries (click on description to access the gallery):
- Pages From A Scrapbook: an incredible collection of photos from the scrapbook of BMC-L Ira Lewis, who served at small boat stations on Long Island for over twenty years, from the late-1930s to the late-1950s. His photos document life at these unheralded stations.
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"The Other Boatlift": Camarioca, Cuba, 1965: a historic photo gallery of the first Cuban boatlift that took place in 1965 when Fidel Castro opened the Cuban port of Camarioca.
U-boat Warfare in the North Atlantic During World War
II:
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CGC Spencer versus U-175 on 17 April 1943: The Spencer attacked and sank the German submarine U-175 on 17 April 1943 while escorting a convoy across the North Atlantic to Great Britain. Combat photographers captured the entire action on film, including the dramatic rescue of 41 of the U-boat's survivors.
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CGC Argo accepted the surrender of three U-boats: U-234, U805, & U-873 in May, 1945.