Fred's Place - The Place To Meet Old Coast Guard Shipmates

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Here is a collection of WEB sites and other sources to assist you in finding someone.

Using Fred's Place. First, look for your old shipmates on our Email Directory. Found someone? Good. In order to email an individual, you must be a registered member and after you've signed in you can look up your shipmate on the Email Directory and click on the email icon next to their name.

OK, can't find them on the Directory? Try posting a bulletin on our Bulletin Board. Many old shipmates have been "found" by someone posting a bulletin. Oh, you must be a registered member to post on the Bulletin Board.

Active Duty Member Information. The Coast Guard World Wide Locator has duty stations for active duty personnel only. The telephone number is (202) 267-1340 or e-mail Locator@comdt.uscg.mil Coast Guard Personnel Command does not have custody of crew lists or current addresses for former Coast Guard service members.

Separated Member Information. The Military Reference Branch, National Archives, Washington, D. C. 20408, holds copies of most deck logs. The Suitland Reference Branch, National Archives, Washington D. C. 20409 has custody of muster rolls.

The National Personal Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri has a repository of records for retired and separate military members. Their information is stored on the National Archives site.

You will need to fill-in Standard Form 180 to request military records information.

The address is:

National Personnel Records Center
Military Personnel Records
9700 Page Ave
St. Louis, Missouri 63132

Locating a CG Retiree. Many times retirees try to contact friends or acquaintances who are Coast Guard retirees. Because of the Privacy Act, HRSIC cannot provide home addresses or phone numbers of these persons. There is however, a service HRSIC can provide that might help you.

If you want to contact a retiree:

Write a letter to the retiree. Place this letter inside a sealed, stamped envelope. Write the retiree's name on the envelope. Write your return address in the upper left corner of the envelope.

Enclose this envelope inside another envelope addressed to:
Commanding Officer (RAS)
Coast Guard Human Resources Service & Information Center
444 SE Quincy St.
Topeka, KS 66683-3591

Upon receipt from you, HRSIC will research their files, add the retiree's address, and forward your correspondence to the retiree.

Please include a telephone number in your request so HRSIC may contact you in the event there is more than one retiree by the name of the individual you are trying to locate.

Have a name, city and state? You can search most of the following sites with name only, but the results will be large. I would suggest using these sites with at least name, city and state.

Switchboard. This site request name, city and state and returns with street address, ZIP code and phone number.

To find someone who has an active HAM Radio License try QRZ HAM Callsign Database. You can search by call sign or name. It returns address, ZIP code, Date of Birth, and e-mail address.

Once you have "found" someone, Yahoo will give you a map to the individuals address. This site request street address, city, state and ZIP.

There are other "locators" out there, but I have little or no confidence in them. They require registration or fees for use. Such locators are Bigfoot, IFA, and WhoWhere?.

I hope you find these sites useful and you "find" that person you are looking for.

If you find any other internet resource that you think would be useful. Please e-mail me the information.