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RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba
Posted by: Tim ()
Date: June 09, 2001 05:42PM

<HTML>I\'m not quite sure of what you are asking about the Coast Guard Cutter operating off of Cuba, in regards to limits. U.S.C.G. is part of the Treasury Dept. in peace time and are pretty much limited to territorial waters. In war time they are under Dept. of Defence ... War Dept. then.... and operate as U.S.Navy vessels, and will operate anywhere ordered. I know a number of convoy escorts were Coast Guard vessels. A large portion of landing craft at Normandy (and other amphib operations) were manned by Coast Guard personel. In our involvment in Viet Nam, a good number of the patrol vessels off the Viet Nam coast were Coast Guard 82 foot cutters ... The Navy did not have the types of ships needed for close in work. tjk</HTML>

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Sinking of U-176 off Cuba Thomas Caramela 06/09/2001 05:09PM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba Tim 06/09/2001 05:42PM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba Thomas Caramela 06/09/2001 06:03PM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba Torlef 06/09/2001 10:31PM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba TIM 06/09/2001 11:18PM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba steve 06/11/2001 12:34PM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba Tim 06/11/2001 10:14PM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba J.T. McDaniel 06/11/2001 10:24PM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba Rainer Bruns 06/12/2001 12:49AM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba Capt. George W. Duffy 06/09/2001 10:44PM
RE: Sinking of U-176 off Cuba Joe Brennan 06/10/2001 09:41PM


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