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

Ahoy and Welcome Aboard

We have a great selection of photo essays available for your enjoyment. So, grab your favorite beverage, sit back and click on any of the below "adventures".

CGC Active
~ 2011 Routine Patrol

CGC Alert
~ 2010 Routine Patrol

CGC Bear

2005 International Affairs Mission

2005 Counter-Narcotics Patrol

2006 Counter-Narcotics Patrol

CGC Bertholf

Newsletters & Photos

CGC Boutwell
~ 2006 Eastern Pacific (EPAC) Deployment
~ 2007 Counter-Narcotics Patrol

CGC Dallas

2008 Deployment

CGC Dependable

2006 Reunion

CGC Diligence
             ~ 2010 Routine Deployment
             ~ 2011 Routine Deployment I
             ~ 2011 Routine Deployment II

Barque Eagle

2005 Cadet Cruise

CGC Escanaba

2006 Counter-Narcotics Patrol

2006 Fisheries Patrol

2007 #1 Counter – Narcotics Patrol

2007 #2 Counter – Narcotics Patrol

STA Fort Lauderdale

2008 Fred's Place visits Station Fort Lauderdale

CGC Hamilton

2008 Arctic Patrol

CGC Harriet Lane
             ~ Shore Ties 9
             ~ Shore Ties 10
             ~ Shore Ties 11
             ~ Shore Ties 12
             ~ Shore Ties 13
             ~ Shore Ties 14
             ~ Shore Ties 15

CGC Healy

2005 Arctic West East Summer (AWES)

HH-65 Rollout
~ 2005 CG gets a new helicopter

HITRON Special

2007 HITRON Special Report

LORSTA Hokkaido
~ 1975 A view from above

CGC Jarvis

2005 Multi-Nation Tour
~ 2006 Alaskan Fisheries Patrol
~ 2007 US Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) Patrol

CGC Midget
~ 1972 Commissioning Brochure

Sector Lower Mississippi River

2006 Working the River

2007 Working on the River

CGC Mohawk

2006 Extended Deployment

2007 Law Enforcement Patrol

2007 Caribbean Patrol

2008 Summer Patrol

CGC Morgenthau

2006 Extended Deployment
             ~ 2006 Summer Alaskan Patrol
             ~ 2006 Counter-Narcotics Patrol
             ~ 2007 Eastern Pacific Patrol

2008 CARAT Patrol to SE Asia

CGC Munro

2008 Routine Deployment

CGC Muskingum

2006 Katrina & Rita Hurricane Relief

CGC Northland

2006 Extended Deployment

2006 Counter – Narcotics Deployment

2007 Counter – Narcotics Deployment

2007 Living Marine Resources Patrol

2008 Routine Deployment in the Atlantic

2008 South America for UNITAS Patrol

2008 Routine Deployment I

2008 Routine Deployment II

2009 Routine Deployment I

2009 Routine Deployment II

2009 Routine Deployment III

2010 Routine Deployment I

2010 Routine Deployment II

2010 Routine Deployment III
~ 2011 Routine Deployment I

Operation Iraq Freedom

2003 Remembering Operation Iraq Freedom

OPSAIL 2000

2000 Over 300 photos

CGC Polar Star

2006 Antarctica

Portland Cuttersman's Association

2007 20th Reunion

Quartermaster (QM)

2003 The last Class

USCG Reserve Heritage

Photo history 1940s to present day

CGC Rush

2006 Sailing on a Historic Voyage
~ 2006 JIATF South Patrol
~ 2006 The RUSH Hour Newsletters

CGC Sequoia

2006 Historic Visit to China!

Special Missions Training Center
~ 2005 Training at Lejeune

LORSTA Sitkinak

1974 One Man, One Island, One Story

STA South Padre Island
~ 2005 one of the largest USCG smallboat stations

CGC Sycamore

2006 Servicing Aids to Navigation

Telecommunications Specialist (TC)

2003 The last Class

CGC Valiant

2005 Living Marine Resource Patrol - Gulf of Mexico

Vessel Boarding and Security Team (VBST)
~ 2005 The Battle Against Terrorism

CGC Westwind
~ Big Wind. See the ship's news paper pre-digital age?

Wooden MLBs 1930s-1950s
~ History & Photos

We're not stopping with just photos, here's a great collection of videos for your enjoyment.

We start with a nine part video of the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.