Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City
Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City

Author: Air Station Elizabeth City Wardroom

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738518367

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Situated on the northern end of North Carolina's Outer Banks, Elizabeth City has a strong aviation tradition. The Wright brothers used the "Harbor of Hospitality" as a final way station before traveling on to Kitty Hawk. This coastal town has been the center of United States Coast Guard Aviation since the establishment of the only Coast Guard-owned airport in 1939. Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City began as an installation of six seaplanes operating off of the Pasquotank River. During World War II, the population ballooned to 8,000 assigned personnel. Post-war USCG Aviation expansion saw the addition of many maintenance functions that led to the creation of the Aviation Repair and Supply Base, the center of USCG Aviation maintenance. The base was expanded with a separate air station, the Aviation Technical Training Center, CG Aviation's schoolhouse, Support Center Elizabeth City, and Small Boat Station Elizabeth City. The mission of providing the finest aviation maintenance to Coast Guard Aviation and the highest level of service to mariners of the Virginia Capes and Outer Banks remains an integral part of the installation.

North Carolina and World War II
North Carolina and World War II

Author: Anita Price Davis

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-11-24

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0786479841

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North Carolina did more than its part during World War II. This Southern state trained more troops than any other state in the nation. Can one still find the military posts and shipyards, the cemeteries and memorials, the convalescent units and R&R facilities today? This volume describes in detail both the state's 20-plus military sites and the eight little-known North Carolina prisoner of war camps. Images and memories tell the story of service personnel and their families who contributed to the war effort at much personal sacrifice. The book reminds readers of how those Carolinians who remained behind did their part through supporting the troops, rationing, salvaging metals, growing Victory Gardens and purchasing War Bonds.

Coast Guard Rescue of the SeaBreeze off the Outer Banks, The: On Wings of Angels
Coast Guard Rescue of the SeaBreeze off the Outer Banks, The: On Wings of Angels

Author: Rear Admiral Carlton Moore USCGR (Ret)

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-05-03

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1467147044

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On December 17, 2000, Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, performed one of the most heroic rescues in the history of the service. The cruise ship SeaBreeze I was listing, battered by hurricane-force winds and thirty-five-foot seas. The ship and the lives of its thirty-four crewmen were in imminent peril. A rescue helicopter arrived and, seeing that the vessel could capsize at any moment, hoisted twenty-six of the crew to safety, a record for a single helicopter rescue. A second helicopter, designated for the celebration of the Wright brothers' first flight, arrived on scene in time to rescue the remaining crew. Rear Admiral Carlton Moore tells the complete history of this daring rescue, including never-before-printed radio messages from the rescuers.

U.S. Coast Guard Aviation
U.S. Coast Guard Aviation

Author:

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 9781563113604

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Includes list of aviator numbers (names of all those who earned pilots wings, 1916-1996.