Volume 1, Number 1, July 1939
BIDS FOR NEW TENDERS OPENED
Bids for the construction of one, two, or three new all-steel, diesel-electric propelled lighthouse tenders were opened at Coast Guard Headquarters on July, 21. These vessels, to be known as the Juniper class, will be 177 feet in length, of 720 tons displacement, and will have 450 shaft horsepower on each of two propeller shafts.
Bids for the construction of these vessels were received from 10 shipbuilders in various sections of the country and included the following: John H. Mathis Company, Camden, N.J., $496,464 for one vessel, $769,560 for two vessels, and $1,136,760 for three vessels; General Ship & Engine Works, East Boston, Mass., $418,880 for one vessel, $835,760 for two vessels, and $1,252,640 for three vessels; Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corporation, Manitowoc, Wis., $446,000 for one vessel, $866,825 for two vessels, and $1,287,500 for three vessels; Consolidated Shipbuilding Corporations, Morris Heights, New York, N.Y., $419,548 for one vessel, $897,971 for two vessels, and $1,173,429 for three vessels.
Volume 1, Number 2, August 1939
ICEBERG PATROL LATEST IN ITS HISTORY
The Coast Guard cutter Champlain has been ordered to return to the vicinity of the Grand Banks, to relieve the cutter Chelan, and continue the watch of southerly drifting icebergs. For the first time in the history of the international ice patrol, bergs have remained a menace to shipping as late as the month of August. Usually the iceberg season is over by the end of June, with somewhat rare continuances into July.
The cutter Champlain will first proceed to a position about 1,200 miles from New York, which will place her to the southeast of the Grand Banks.
Volume 1, Number 35, May 1942
NAVY ASKS COOPERATION OF YACHT OWNERS
Because of the war emergency, the commandants of the various naval districts, although encouraging yachting and small boating, have asked the owners to conform to rules which limit boats leaving or entering harbors without first receiving a permit from the captain of the port.
Licenses to operate motorboats, yachts, sailing vessels or outboard motor boats off shore will not be granted, but certain areas will be designated for yachting, and only daylight passage to such areas will be granted. All passengers and guests on board must produce identification upon request and the owners must be responsible for their guests
Enemy aliens will not be allowed on board boats in any capacity in the coastal waters or harbors of the United States.
Reprinted from Marine Construction Magazine, Issue II, 2024
