Search and Rescue in the U.S. Coast Guard
Historical Bibliography
Note: This section of the bibliography contains works on the Coast Guard's search and rescue history since the Coast Guard's creation in 1915. For works on early rescues and the history of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, please go the Life-Saving Bibliography. For works on actual search and rescue equipment, such as EPIRBs, PFDs, and inflatable life rafts, please go to the Equipment Bibliography.
Articles
"Air Officer Foresees Air-Sea Rescue Growth." Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1945), p. 51.
"Air Sea Rescue." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 1 (Oct 1944), p. 205.
"Airplane Crash [ American Aeronautical Corporation's Savoig Marchett S-56, killing test pilot Peter Talbot, off Port Washington, Long Island; CG-162 assisted in recovery efforts. ]." Coast Guard Magazine (June 1930), p. 17.
"AirSta Sitka Crew Saves Fourteen [ 25 April 1985 rescue off British Columbia ]." Commandant's Bulletin (Jun 7 1985), p. 7.
Alejandro, Anthony C. "The [George S.] Patton Legend: A Coast Guard Sidelight." The Bulletin 44 (Apr/May 1982), pp. 38-39.
Allen, Benjamin. "Clara Belle Cove: A Story of Old Cape Cod." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1937), pp., 8, 10-11.
"AMVER." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 18 (Jun 1961), p. 15.
"AMVER." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 18 (Jul 1961), p. 134.
"AMVER: Atlantic Merchant Vessel Report System." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 17 (Aug 1960), p. 135.
"AMVER Center [ Governors Island ] Becomes Computer Center." Commandant's Bulletin (Aug 24 1981), pp. 16-17.
"AMVER -- A Look Behind the Blue and White Pennant." Mariners Weather Log 48, No. 3 (Dec 2004), pp. 16-17.
"AMVER: SS Pine Ridge." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 18 (Nov 1961), pp. 204-206.
"AMVER: The Role of the Electronic Computer In SAR." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 18 (Oct 1961), p. 183.
"The AMVER Program." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 16 (Dec 1959), p. 244.
"AMVER: In a Search and Rescue Operation." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 17 (Jun 1960), pp. 91, 102.
"The AMVER Story." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 36 (Feb 1979), pp. 24-27.
"AMVER/SEAS 2000 Tour." Mariners Weather Log, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Aug 2001), pp. 52-58.
Anderson, R .E. "Crossing the Bar." The Bulletin (Aug 2000), pp. 39-40.
"Andrea Doria Rescuers Honored." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 14 (Dec 1957), pp. 200, 208.
"Annual Report of the Air Sea Rescue Agency [1945]." Commandant's Bulletin (Mar 22 1968), Suppl. No. 1.
"Appreciation [George P. Putnam thanks Navy and Coast Guard for assistance in search for Amelia Earhart]." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1937), p. 44.
Arbogast, Kenn. "Superpower Rescue [ M/V Komsomolets Kirgizii ]." Commandant's Bulletin (Apr 10 1987), pp. 12-17.
Askwith, Doc. "Coast Guard Paratroopers in Alaska." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1944), pp. 47-49.
"Assistance by Lighthouse Tenders." Light House Service Bulletin II, 20 (Aug 1, 1919), p. 85.
"Assistance Rendered by Light Keeper at Cape Romain.’" Light House Service Bulletin I, 57 (Sep 1, 1916), pp. 231.
"Assistance Rendered by Tender ‘Cypress.’" Light House Service Bulletin I, 56 (Aug 1, 1916), pp. 225-226.
"Assistance Reports Digest." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1930), pp. 18-19; (Feb 1930), pp. 36-37.
"Atlantic Merchant Vessel Reporting System (AMVER)." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 17 (Jan 1960), p. 3.
"Atlantic Merchant Vessel Reporting (AMVER) System ." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 17 (Apr 1960), p. 59.
"Atlantic Merchant Vessel Report (AMVER) System." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 20 (Feb 1963), pp. 33-36.
"Atlantic Merchant Vessel Reporting System." The Bulletin (Sept-Oct 1958), pp. 40-43.
"Bad Night on the Lakes." Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1930), p. 20.
Balles, Jack. "And the Haida Too [ rescue of crew of the Star of Falkland ]." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1928), p. 17.
Bannister, W. M. "Search and Rescue: An Overview." Commandant's Bulletin (Nov 20 1987), pp. 16-21.
Barnett, J. Paul. "Lyle Gun Rescue Above Horseshoe Falls." Wreck & Rescue No. 5 (Summer 1997), p. 9.
Beard, Tom. "Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers: Filling the Void." Naval Institute Proceedings 117 (Jan 1991), pp. 106-107.
________. "The First Mission." Naval Aviation Museum Foundation 12 (Spring 1991), pp. 100-105.
________. "'Nineteen, Talk To Me!'" Naval Institute Proceedings 121 (Aug 1995), pp. 66-71.
________. "Ocean Express [oil rig] rescue, April, 1976." Naval Aviation Museum Foundation (Spring 2004), pp. 98-103.
Bearss, Edwin C. "The 'Mirlo' Rescue." The North Carolina Historical Review XLV (Oct 1968), pp. 384-398.
"Bibb Rescues Twelve [ from M/V Mary J ]." Commandant's Bulletin (Sep 28 1981), pp. 6-7.
"Bibb Rescues Sixty-Nine." The Bulletin (Nov 1947), p. 391.
Blaney, H. E., Jr. "The Grounding of Samarga." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec, 1976), pp. 34-37.
Bollinger, Raymond. "What to Say to a Naked Lady." Naval Institute Proceedings 122 (Dec 1996), pp. 70-71.
Boswell, Day. "The Miracle Rescue [ Prinsendam ]." Commandant's Bulletin (Nov 24 1980), pp. 8-15.
________. "'Miracle' Rescue in Alaska." Profile XXIV (Mar 1981), pp. 4-7.
Brown, David A. "Tooling Up For the Challenge: Rescue 21 Provides Superior Communications for Coast Guard Missions." The United States Coast Guard: The Shield of Freedom [ A Government Services Group periodical ] (2004), pp. 106-113.
Brudnicki, Lawrence G. "The Aftermath: The 'Real' Perfect Storm Revisited. [ Tamaroa, Andrea Gail, Satori ]" The Bulletin (Aug 2000), pp. 36-38.
Buckley, Francis. "The Gillam Airlines Rescue [ January, 1943 in Alaska ]." Commandant's Bulletin (Aug 1993), p. 11.
Buckley, William F. "On Being Rescued by the Coast Guard." National Review (16 Feb 1973), pp. 209-211.
Burns, B. G. "Questions and Answers on Search and Rescue Operations." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 25 (Sep 1968), p. 183.
Burgess, Kenneth R., & Arthur S. Olsen. "Heroic Mission: The TWA Flight 800 Crash and Ensuing Search Operation." The Bulletin (Apr 1997), pp. 19-23.
"Busy Days, Great Work, & Below Zero Weather: Great Lakes Coast Guard Stations and Ships Brave Chill Blasts to Rescue Lives." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1928), pp. 46-47.
Butler, A. R. "Coast Guard Choppers to the Rescue." Boating XII (Aug 1968), pp. 41-43, 68-72.
Cadigan, J. J. "Decision at Sea: Rescue of Crewmen from the Smith Voyager." Reader's Digest XC (Jan 1967), pp. 50-54.
"In California Storm [ Aurora rescues Pacific Queen ]." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1937), p. 4.
Calvey, Paul. "Night of the Snohomish." Commandant's Bulletin (Apr 1993), pp. 16-17.
Candee, James. "The Coast Guard and the Needles in the Haystack." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council (Jan 1983), pp. 8-11.
________. "Sea Hunt: A Bird's Eye View." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 38 (Dec 1981), pp. 232-233. [Pidgeons]
"Cape Horn Rescues Six [ F/V Hattie Rose ]." Commandant's Bulletin (Mar 17 1980), pp. 6-7.
Carney, J.C. "One Hell of a Storm [ Escanaba & SS Monte Palomares ]." Naval Institute Proceedings 124 (Dec 1998), pp. 40-43.
Castagnera, James. "Lifesaving: 1934 Style." The Bulletin (Sep-Oct 1971), pp. 30-32.
Castelluci, Tony. "'Galaxy' Explodes, Weather Fights Rescue [ STA Kodiak rescue ]." Mariners Weather Log 46, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 2002), pp. 6-7.
Caster, William A. "Evacuation of the Survivors of British Motor Vessel Southbank." The Bulletin (Jul-Aug 1965), pp. 295-301.
"The Chelan's Work on the Alloway." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1929), pp. 16-17.
Christians, Lindsay. "Coast Guard Rescuers Recount Trip Into Harms Way: As They Tried to Save Two on a Sailboat Near San Simeon, Their Boat Flipped in a Giant Wave." Wreck & Rescue 7, No. 4 (Feb 2005), pp. 24-25.
"Coast Guard Helicopter in Unprecedented Arctic Rescue." The Bulletin (Jun 1945), pp. 93-96.
Clark, A.G. "They Spend to Save: Cutter-Air Rescue Service." Rotarian LXXXIX (Jul 1956), pp. 12-13.
Clark, Edward F. "C. G. Heroes of 1940." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1941), pp. 12-14, 41.
________. "In Line of Duty." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1943), pp., 12-14.
"The Coast Guard Flies to the Rescue." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1937), pp. 1-2, 10.
"Coast Guard Flyer Makes Daring Rescue." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1952), p. 39.
"Coast Guard Heads Rescue Team Which Saves 44 Persons from Wreck of Belgian Plane in Newfoundland." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1947), pp. 25-26.
"Coast Guard Immortals [John A. Midgett and Mirlo rescue]." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1947), p. 39.
"Coast Guard Promulgates EPIRB [ Emergency position indicating equipment ] Regulations." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 31 (May 1974), p. 101.
"Coast Guard to the Rescue--32,000 Times This Summer." U.S. News and World Report LXXX (Jun 7, 1976), p. 52.
"The Coast Guard's Search and Rescue Equipment." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 43 (Mar 1986), pp. 52-53.
"Coast Guardsmen Save Shipwrecked Crew With Breeches Buoy." Lighthouse Digest (Sep 2001), p. 3.
Colt, Samantha, & Greg Walsh. "Rescue Swimmers." Ocean Navigator 68 (May-Jun 1995), pp. 71-74.
"Combined Plane/Vessel Search Operations Formula to Aid Planning of Ladder Search." The Bulletin (Nov 1947), pp. 401-402.
Cooney, Bud. "A Brush with Coast Guard History: At Sea on February 19, 1952 [ Fort Mercer / Pendleton ]." Wreck & Rescue 17 (Fall 2001), pp. 10-13.
________. "'Pounding Brass': An Account of Coast Guard Radio Watchstanding During the Early 1950s." Wreck & Rescue 7, No. 2 (Aug 2004), pp. 20-22.
Creedon, Gregory, & Gillian Smith. "Reflections of Old and New Lifesavers." Commandant's Bulletin (Aug 1989), pp. 24-30.
Cronk, Paul B. "Official Report on Bibb Rescue." The Bulletin (Dec 1947), pp. 435-441.
________. "Personal Notes on Bibb Complement." The Bulletin (Dec 1947), pp. 441-444.
Crosby, Charley. "8th District Units Patrol Louisiana Flood Scene." Commandant's Bulletin (Jan 31 1983), pp. 12-15.
Custard, Norman. " 'We Will Not Forget' [ Alaska Airlines Flight 261 ]." Naval Institute Proceedings 140 (Aug 2004), pp. 46-47.
"Cutter ‘Bibb’ Makes Spectacular Rescue of Plane ‘Bermuda Sky Queen.’" Coast Guard Bulletin III, 29 (Nov 1947), pp. 421-423.
Dalton, J.W. "Life Savers of Cape Cod." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1930), pp. 10-13, 42-43; (Aug 1930), pp. 52-55; (Sep 1930), pp. 40-45; (Oct 1930), pp. 22-25; (Nov 1930), pp. 6-7, 40-45; (Dec 1930), pp. 36-39; (Jan 1931), pp. 38-41; (Feb 1931), pp. 38-40; (Mar 1931), pp. 42-45; (Apr 1931), pp. 41-45.
Dancy, Thomas B. "Twin Strandings at Ludington." Inland Seas: The Quarterly Journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society III (Apr 1947), pp. 59-65.
Davis, F. D. "In World War I: Coast Guard Heroism... [SS Mirlo]." Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1941), pp. 30-31.
Davis, Margaret. "The Carolina Banks: The Mother of Men." Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1932), pp. 46-51.
"Day of Dread." On Scene (2/92), p. 17.
"Death and Heroism Play Twin Roles as Storms Spread Havoc in Alaska..." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1948), pp. 16-17.
DeCosta, A. R. "Electronics in Search and Rescue." Electronics XXV (Apr 1952), pp. 98-100.
DeJoy, Anthony J. "Coast Guard Air Unit Saved Fliers off Japan." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1946), p. 48.
________. "Search and Rescue and the U.S. Coast Guard." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1959), pp. 64-70.
"Development of Air Sea Rescue." The Bulletin (Jan 1946), pp. 300-308.
Dobney, Mark. "USCG Motor Lifeboat Capsizes on Columbia River Bar." Wreck & Rescue No. 16 (Spring 2001), pp. 4-6.
Dombeck, Deborah A. "Lifesaving the Hard Way." Naval Aviation News (May-Jun 1983), pp. 20-21.
Dorian, Charles. "Communications in Search and Rescue." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1965), pp. 433-441.
________. "RADIO: The Vital Search and Rescue Link." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 22 (Aug 1965), pp. 179-181, 190.
Drinkwater, Ralph. "The Carl Gerhard." Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1929), pp. 5-7.
Dunford, Bruce. "Splash Down: Holiday for Some, Routine for Others as 14th District Units Are Called on to Resecu Balloonists Christmas Day [Richard Branson]." Coast Guard (Feb 1999), pp. 12-13.
"[Amelia] Earhart Search." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1937), p. 14.
Earle, William. "'Some Mistakes Were Made' [Rescue of Sovereign of the Skies]." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1957), pp. 6-7.
Ebersole, John F. "The First Rescue [after the merger of the USLSS with the USRCS]." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1977), pp. 20-23.
________.________. Wreck & Rescue Vol. 6, No. 3 (Nov 2003), pp. 12-16.
________. "The Lifesavers." Naval Institute Proceedings 106 (Oct 1980), pp. 127-130.
Ebner, Kathryn. "RESCUE 21: Improving Communications to Save Lives in the 21st Century." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin 65, No. 5 (Oct 2003), pp. 28-29.
Ehrman, William E. "Rescued From the Falls." The Bulletin (Jan/Feb 83), pp. 32-35.
________. "To the Rescue-One Surfman [Rasmus Midgett] on Horseback." The Bulletin (Mar/Apr 1985), pp. 32-34.
Eisele, Peter T. "The Miracle That was Prinsendam." Steamboat Bill XXXVIII, No. 1 (Spring, 1981), pp. 3-12.
Ennis, John. "You Have to Go Out, But You Don't Have to Come Back: Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue Teams." Popular Mechanics CXXXCIII (Jul 1972), pp. 76-70.
"An Epic Rescue [ SS Prinsendam ]." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1980), pp. 20-22.
Evans, G. R. "Search and Rescue: A Career?" The Bulletin (Jul-Aug 1959), pp. 22-35.
Evans, G. Russell. "Coast Guard Aviators and Another Daring Rescue." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin 63, No. 1 (Feb 2001), pp. 15-17.
"Fast, Smooth Teamwork Marks Operations at the Eastern Area Rescue Coordination Center." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1956), pp. 407.
Faust, Allen. "Patrolling the Freedom Flotilla [ Mariel Boatlift ]." Commandant's Bulletin (July 7 1980), pp. 6-13.
"February's Courageous Rescues [ Fort Mercer & Pendleton ]." The Bulletin (Mar 1952), pp. 337-338.
"First Flying Corpsmen [ to be designated as aircrewmember ]." Commandant's Bulletin (Sep 21 1981), p. 3.
Flood, Andrew. "Prinsendam Rescue." Marine Weather Log XXV (Jan-Feb 1981), pp. 24-27.(2/92), p. 17.
"Florida Air Rescue Proves Value of Planes." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1933), p. 22.
Ford, A. Lawton. "Ladies' Slippers. [USS Abel P. Upshur]." Coast Guard AAAB (Jan/Feb 1984), p. 39.
Franklin, Phil. "Sitka Helicopter [ HH-52A CG-1460 ] Rescues 14." Commandant's Bulletin (May 12 1980), p. 3.
Fredeen, Mel. "Mayday--Mayday--Mayday!" Sea Classics XVI (Mar 1983), pp. 22-25.
"From Far Japan to the Oregon Coast [ rescue of crew of the Japanese steamer Tenpiasan Maru by Grays Harbor Station and CG-277 ]." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1928), p. 47.
"From the Historical Files...Pararescue." Commandant's Bulletin (Jul 12 1968), pp. 3, Suppl. No. 2.
Frost, James . "'Ponchartrain' Saved 31 Lives ... and then She Heard Thank God for the Navy." Coast Guard Magazine 30 (Dec 1956), pp. 14-15, 61-62.
Frump, Robert F. Two Tankers Down: The Greatest Small-Boat Rescue in U.S. Coast Guard History. Lyons Press, 2008.
"The Future Maritime Distress System." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 31 (Mar 1974), pp. 68-70.
Galluzzo, John. "Powerless: The Wreck of the Robert E. Lee [1928]." Wreck & Rescue 5, No. 4 (Feb 2003), pp. 12-15.
________. "The Right Place at the Right Time [Station Scituate]." Wreck & Rescue No. 16 (Spring 2001), pp. 4-15-17.
________. "'Those Guys Got Plenty of Guts, Take it From Me:" Hilman J. Persson and the Rescue of the Crew of the Trinidad." Wreck & Rescue 17 (Fall 2001), pp. 14-17.
"Gander Rescue is Example of Effective Cooperation of Forces." Coast Guard Bulletin III, 17 (Nov 1946), pp. 274-277.
Gentile, John A. "A Rather Unusual SAR Case [SS Angelina]." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1979), pp. 18-20.
"Glory Enough for All ... Coast Guard-Navy Rescue..." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1938), pp. 1, 28.
Goward, D. A. "Life-Saving Service: Left in the Cold." Naval Institute Proceedings 125 (Dec 1999), pp. 52-56.
Gray, George W. "Q - R - T, S - O - S : When Tempests Lash the Cradle of the Deep, Coast Guard's Veteran Cutter Puts Out in the Teeth of the Gale to Rescue Ships in Distress [ Manning assists S/V Pioneer ]. Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1929), pp. 3-5, 43-44, 46-47.
"'Greater Love Hath No Man.'" Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1935), p. 8; (Feb 1935), pp. 2-3.
Groff, Garth G. "The First Rescue [Silvia C. Hall]." Commandant's Bulletin (Aug 2 1982), pp. 16-17.
Haftl, Larry. "Fire on Kodiak Island." Wildland Firefirefighter I, No. 2 (Jun 1997), pp. 4-7.
Haley, Robert W. "Brave Men of Hull." Wreck & Rescue No. 4 (Spring 1997), pp. 3-5.
Hammond, Jeff. "U.S. Coast Guard: 'Save Ma Boat.'" Boating XLIX (Jun 1981), p. 9.
Hancox, F. J. "Operation Attache." The Bulletin (Nov 1948), pp. 228-230.
Harbert, Richard W. "To the Rescue: Six Agencies Join Forces to Respond to Emergencies." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 38 (Feb 1982), pp. 43-45.
________. "Rescued in the Arctic [ by CGC Algonquin ]." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1936), pp. 10-12.
Hathaway, Charles B. "Two Tankers [ Fort Mercer & Pendleton ]." Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association The Bulletin 64, No. 1 (Feb 2002), pp. 27-31.
Hartman, Jeffrey D. "The Odyssey Rescue." The Bulletin (May/Jun 1985), pp. 27-39.
Haven, Charles P. "A Chapter in Building of Tradition [ Northland's rescue of British S.S. Anyox ]." Coast Guard Magazine 7 (Apr 1934), pp. 4, 19.
________. "Rescued in the Arctic." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1936), pp. 10-12.
Harvey, Frank L. "The New Coast Guard: They Fly to the Rescue." Argosy XXVI (Aug 1952), pp. 22-24; 94-98.
Hayes, Kenneth R. "Fighting Famous Storms." Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1928), pp. 46-48.
"Heroic Work of Two California Stations [ Arena Cove & Humboldt Bay stations ] on Wreck of S.S. 'Indiana Harbor.'" Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1927), pp. 28-29.
Healy, John S. "Rescue at Sea." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 19 (Mar 1962), pp. 48-49.
"Helicopter Makes Epic Arctic Rescue." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1945), pp. 14, 16.
"Helicopter Rescue by Hoist Marks 50th Year." Naval Aviation News 78 (Jan-Feb 1996), pp. 32-33.
"A Helpless Passenger Steamer in Alaska is Towed to Port by a Lighthouse Tender." Light House Service Bulletin II, 60 (Dec 1, 1922), p. 255.
Herstein, R.V. "Don't Be the Man Overboard." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 28 (Nov 1971), pp. 212-215.
Hessman, James D. "The Mayday Mission." Sea Power XX (Mar 1977), pp. 29-34.
"Highest Flight Honors: Lieutenant Commander F. A. Leamy, Lieutenants C. B. Olsen and R. L. Burke, U.S.C.G., Coast Guard Aviators, Who Wear Nation's Great Flight Decoration [ Distinguished Flying Cross ]." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1939), pp. 6-7.
"Highlights in History [first distress call by radio]." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1936), p. 8.
Hockman, Lee J. "Coast Guard Air Search and Rescue." Profile 25 (Apr 1982), pp. 12-15.
Holm, Rudy T. "SAR Exchange." Naval Institute Proceedings 118 (Dec 1992), pp. 109-111.
"How Much Is One Life Worth?" Naval Institute Proceedings 125 (Jun 1999), pp. 68-69.
Howard, J.S. "Searching for EgyptAir Flight 990." Naval Institute Proceedings (Jan 2000), pp. 78-79.
Ing, E.B. "'Medicos to Midway.'" The Bulletin (Oct 1950), pp. 306-307.
"Inter-Service Cooperation." The Bulletin (May-Jun 1964), pp. 262-263.
"Italian Government Decorates Coast Guardsmen for 'Andrea Doria' Rescue." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1957), pp. 28-29.
Jennings, Patrick. "U.S. Coast Guard and Combat Search and Rescue." Naval Institute Proceedings 115 (Oct 1989), pp. 102-104.
Johnson, Paul H. "William James, Joshua James, & the Great Storm of 1898." The Bulletin 36, No. 5 (Sep-Oct, 1974), pp. 34-36.
Jones, Melvin R. "Prototype Rescues Fishermen in 20-foot Seas." Naval Institute Proceedings 117 (Apr 1991), p. 107.
Kaplan, H.R. "Castro's Berlin Wall." Sea Power XIV (Nov 1971), pp. 14-20.
________. "In the Wake of Betsy." The Bulletin (Sep-Oct 1965), pp. 416-418.
Kenney, Richard T. "AMVER Program - Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System." Mariners Weather Log (Fall 1996/Winter 1997), pp. 53-54.
________. "AMVER Ship Rescues Survivors From Plane's Maiden Flight." Mariners Weather Log (Apr 200), pp. 18-20.
________. "Hands Across the Water! Ship Reporting Systems Save Lives At Sea." Mariners Weather Log (Aug 1999), pp. 18-19.
Knott, Dick. "Navy Search and Rescue." Naval Aviation News (Apr 1981), pp. 8-15.
________. "Workaday SAR: Coast Guard Miami." Naval Aviation News 63 (Apr 1981), pp. 18-23.
Kolb, Richard K. "'In Peril Upon the Seas:' 'Surf Soldiers' Make the Ultimate Sacrifice; Over a Century-and-a-half, the U.S. Coast Guard Saved the Lives of Thousands of Seafarers, But Few Americans Are Aware of the 'Coasties' Who Themselves Died in Doing So During Peace and War." VFW: Veterans of Foreign Wars 87, No. 11 (Aug 2000), pp. 26-28, 30.
Kreisher, Otto. "A Continuing Role as 'America's Lifesaver': Coast Guard Modernizes its National Distress & Response System." Sea Power 45, No. 8 (Aug 2002), pp. 41-43.
Krietemeyer, George E. "Modern Day Heroes [rescue of crew of Ann H, August 1989.]" The Bulletin (Oct 1997), pp. 28-29.
Kroll, C. Douglas. "RADM Robert E. Hammond [CGA Class of 1940] and the [1964] Alaska Earthquake." The Bulletin (Dec 2009), pp. 66-68.
"The Laurel Rescue: Review of S.S. Laurel Case Illustrates Coast Guard's Determination and Efficiency in Spite of Great Obstacles." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1929), p. 8.
Lemon, Dan. "Maritime Distress and Safety Communications." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 45 (Apr-May 1988), pp. 71-77.
Lewan, Todd. "Into the Jaws of Darkness: Adrift With No Lifeboat, the Crew of the La Conte Needed More Than Hope." Coast Guard (Mar 1999), pp. 14-25.
"Lighthouse Tender ‘Mangrove’ Takes Passengers off Steamer Ashore off the Florida Coast." Light House Service Bulletin II, 60 (Dec 1, 1922), p. 255.
Livingston, Dewey. "The Tragedy of Motor Lifeboat No. 36542." Wreck & Rescue 15 (Fall 2001), pp. 19, 21.
Logston, Chris. "'That No Call For Help Goes Unanswered.'" Naval Institute Proceedings 124 (Oct 1998), p. 99.
Long, John A. "Life Saving is our Business." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1946), pp. 50-53.
Lonsdale, Adrian L. "Rescue in '86." Inland Seas: The Quarterly Journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society XXVIII (Summer 1972), pp. 96-101.
________. "Sky Queen Nightmare." The Bulletin (Jan-Feb 1967), pp. 3-12.
Loy, James M. "We've Got to Know Where You Are [ S/V Morning Dew ]." Naval Institute Proceedings 125 (Jun 1999), pp. 65-69.
Lynd, G.I. "A WAVP [ Halfmoon ] Prepares for Ditch and Rescue." The Bulletin (Mar 1950), pp. 388-391.
Markle, Robert L., Jr. "SOLAS Chapter III." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 41 (Jan 1984), pp. 9-19.
"Martyrs Three: 263 Passengers Save as Three Coast Guardsmen [ BM1 W. H. Cashman; Surfman E. E. Stark & Surfman W. Girswold of Manomet Point Life-Saving Station ] Give Their Lives for Others [ SS Robert E Lee rescue ]" Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1928), pp. 26-28.
Mathews, Gerald. "Life Savers of the Pacific Coast." The Californian IV (Jul 1893), p. 62.
Maynard, Michael J. "Christmas 1885: Just Another Day for the Life Savers." Commandant's Bulletin (Jan 4 1985), pp. 12-14.
McCaffery, Thomas F. "Williamsburgh to the Prinsendam's Rescue." NIP 107 (Apr 1981), pp. 103-105.
McCullogh, A. J. "International Search and Rescue Services." The Bulletin (Jul-Aug, 1973), pp. 53-57.
McCollum, R. M. "Great Lakes Rescue: Thunder Bay Coast Guardsmen Battle Tempest and Driving Snow to Rescue S.S. O. E. Parks From Certain Destruction." Coast Guard Magazine (June 1929), pp. 12-13.
McGowan, Gordon. "The Rescue Was Routine." The Bulletin (Jul-Aug 1967), pp. 249-253.
"Medico: XXX XXX XXX DH Medico." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 12 (Aug 1955), pp. 131-132, 143; "Part II," 12 (Sep 1955), pp. 151-152.
Meekins, Victor. "Carolina Coast Guardsmen Uphold Tradition of Service By Heroic Rescue Work On Two Foreign Ships [ SS Cibao & SS Paraguay ]." Coast Guard Magazine (Jan 1928), pp. 42-44.
________. "A Hero [Captain Eugene H. Peele] of Yesteryear." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1930), p. 16.
"Mendota Assists Navy Plane." The Bulletin (Nov-Dec 1956), PP. 51-52.
Midgett, Randy. "Saving Lives From the Sky." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 52 (Jul-Aug 1995), pp. 53-55.
Miles, Mary, & Maurice Gibbs. "’One of Nature’s Noblemen’ Keeper Walter Nelson Chase of Nantucket." Wreck & Rescue , No. 6 (Fall 1997), pp. 3-8.
Milliken, Michael. "The Near Wreck of the B.F. AFFLICK." On Scene (2/92), pp. 30-31.
Millsaps, Jerry L. "FLIR [ Forward-Looking Infrared ]: Turning Night Into Day." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 39 (May 1982), pp. 146-149.
________. "Rescues from Outer Space." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 40 (Jul 1983), pp. 151-155.
Mitchell, Mark. "AMVER Revisited; AMVER Expanded." Proceedings of the Merchant Marine Council 22 (Aug 1965), pp. 182-184, 190.
Mobley, Paul. "Great Lakes Station Scene of First Gold Medal Rescue." Commandant's Bulletin (Nov 23 1981), pp. 12-13.
Monti, Minnie S. "Beached in a Storm." Inland Seas: The Quarterly Journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society I (Jul 1945), pp. 46-49.
Moore, Robert B. "United States of America: The National Search and Rescue Plan" in Report of the VIIIth International Life-Boat Conference Held in Bremen From June 22nd to June 25th, 1959 (Bremen: Deutsche Gesellschaft Zur Rettung Schiffbruchiger, 1959), pp. 35-41.
Morong, Shirley. "Lighthouse Memories: March 3, 1947 [Wreck of the SS Oakey Alexander & rescue by Cape Elizabeth Light Station.] The Keeper's Log (Fall 2002), pp. 24-26.
Morris, Ted A. "Air-Sea Rescue at Ocean Station Charlie." Foundation 18, No. 2 (Fall 1997), pp. 68-73.
"Narrative of Miami Air Station Activities, Before, During and Following the September 2 Hurrcane [sic], 1935." Coast Guard Magazine (November 1935), pp. 3, 36.
Neel, David R. "Analysis of a Helicopter Crash in the Bering Sea [HH-60 CGR 6020 & M/V Selendang Ayu @ 8 Dec 2004]." Naval Institute Proceedings 134 No. 4 (April 2008), pp. 76-77.
"A New Concept in Small Boat SAR [ LONA / TLD-424 ]." Commandant's Bulletin (Jun 23 1980), pp. 12-13.
"New Coast Guard Sea Plane Make Thrilling Rescue." Coast Guard Magazine (July 1932), p. 32.
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