Navigate This Page
Sites of the Month
Coast Guard Sites
Auxiliary Sites
Coast Guard News
Non Coast Guard Sites
top of page |
Sites of the Month
[top of page]
Sinking and Salvage of Lee III

Archived links:
December 2004 - Content of Letter from Alexander Hamilton establishing the US Coast Guard (originally "Revenue Cutters") - June 4, 1791
September 2004 - Freedom Rock
May 2004 - Maritime Dictionary
April 2004 - Towboat Joe's - Towboat Info
March 2004 - AFRAS (Association For Rescue At Sea)
February 2004 - Great Lakes Ship Wreck Museum
September 2002 - USS Monitor
July 2002 - DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum
(Delaware & Chesapeake Bays)
June 2002 - the Jeannie Johnston project
May 2002 - Interactive maps of the Missouri River Basin -
(Be patient, it may be slow to load even on fast connections, but it's worth the wait)
April 2002 companion. (April 2002 - tug under the bridge)
|
Navigate This Page
Sites of the Month
Coast Guard Sites
Auxiliary Sites
Coast Guard News
Non Coast Guard Sites
top of page |
US Coast Guard News
[top of page]
USCG National News
Old News - USCG Historian's Office
News from the Commander Atlantic Area
1st District News (New England)
5th District News (Mid Atlantic)
7th District News (Southern Atlantic)
8th District Online (Gulf Coast & Mid West)
9th District News (Great Lakes)
Pacific Area - 11th (Southern Pacific Coast) & 13th (Northern Pacific Coast) Districts
14th District News (Pacific Islands)
17th District News (Alaska)
|
Navigate This Page
Sites of the Month
Coast Guard Sites
Auxiliary Sites
Coast Guard News
Non Coast Guard Sites
top of page |
Non-Coast Guard Sites
[top of page]
Association for Rescue at Sea - AFRAS
People who live and work along the world's coastlines have, for centuries, answered distress signals of those whose lives have been endangered on the sea. There is an affinity, an unspoken allegiance, among such individuals that
has prompted immediate, almost instinctive response to trouble at sea.
In many countries around the world, the people who unselfishly and without hesitation risk their own lives to save others, are volunteers. Voluntary sea rescue organizations range in size from small services, such as Rescue 15 in
Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada, with one craft, to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, which operates a fleet of 290 boats from more than 200 lifeboat stations.
In 1976, to address the needs of rescue organizations around the world to raise funds, exchange information and provide co-operation, a group of American professional seamen and business men formed the Association for
Rescue at Sea (AFRAS).
OmahaRiverFront Magazine Online
Local Marine-Weather Forecast
Jeanie Johnston
TrailerBoats.com
|