U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 11 - Bellingham, WA

History

Coast Guard and Auxiliary history from the pages of Alert 11: the people, places, cutters and aircraft behind today's missions in the Northwest.

  • Five Roots, One Coast Guard
    Alert 11, Fall 2026

    The Coast Guard grew from five older agencies, merged between 1915 and 1946. Their stories, their traces in the Salish Sea, and the Auxiliary's own root.

  • A History of Coast Guard Helicopter Aviation
    Alert 11, Spring 2026

    A tour of every helicopter type the Coast Guard has flown, from the Sikorsky HNS-1 of 1943 to the planned all-MH-60T Jayhawk fleet, with a profile of Air Station Port Angeles.

  • Auxiliary in WW2
    Alert 11, Fall 2025

    A summary of retired Captain Bob Desh’s MyCG article on the World War II “Corsair Fleet,” the Coastal Picket Force of civilian boats modeled on the Auxiliary.

  • USCG Museum
    Alert 11, Spring 2025

    A look at the U.S. Coast Guard Museum in New London, Conn., which is moving from the Coast Guard Academy campus to a new purpose-built facility nearby.

  • 85th Anniversary of the Coast Guard Auxiliary
    Alert 11, Summer 2024

    The Coast Guard Auxiliary marked its 85th anniversary with a June 20 ceremony at USCG Headquarters, where it received a Coast Guard Unit Commendation.

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