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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 341, 30 April 1928, Page 2

UNITED STATES COASTGUARD SERVICE. —During: the fiscal year ended June 30 the United States Coastguard Service, according io the report of itearAdmiral F. C. Billard, commandant, has achieved a record in the saving of life and property at sea. Among its manifold duties its services to humanity stand out as a bright particular achcievemem. On 2, 1 91 occasions the coastguard has! gone to the assistance of vessels in dis- ' tress. Individual lives saved total 3,313, while 11,496 souls in danger have been warned into safety. Vessels saved or warned out of danger zones represent a , value of 37,801,357 dollars. This is no ; mean accomplishment, and excludes altogether the heroic work of the service during the Florida hurricane in September. 1926, the Illinois Valley flood in October . and November, 1926, and the Mississippi Valley flood last spring. Another service of inestimable value to shipping is the ice patrol work carried out by the coast- j guard. Day by day the little coastguard cutters keep constant watch in the ice- ’ berg zones, and by continuous wireless 1 reports keep steamships advised of dan- j gerous conditions. The value of this ! service can be better appreciated by reviewing the vessels which have taken advantage of the ice patrol service, viz., British ships 150, United States 104, Canadian 36, Norw egian 32, Dutch 30, Swedish 2£, Danish 17, Italian 17. German 32. French 7, Belgian 4. Spanish 3, Japanese 3, Greek 2, and Portuguese 3. The commandant justly pays a tribute to the personnel of the service when in his report he says: “It is a pleasure to commend in the largest measure the officers aad men of the coastguard, and the civilian employees at headquarters and in the field, for their loyalty and devotion to duty, their earnest faithful endeavour', and their unfailing fidelity displayed in the performance of their various tasks.'