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| Soogie the Taney's Mascot |
This is part 2 of the tour through the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Taney ship that survived the Attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. James and I took a walk through the inside of the ship and learned about a special mascot!
WHO IS SOOGIE THE DOG? -
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| Main deck of the US CGC Tane |
Soogie was aboard the U.S.
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| The radio room |
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| Story of Soogie! |
Coast Guard Cutter Taney from 1937
to 1948, including the ship’s lengthy WWII combat career.
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| Good advice |
Soogie was featured in a book called "Sinbad of the Coast Guard" by George Foley Jr. (I ordered it on Amazon!). The Book summary: This is the adventurous, true story of Sinbad, mascot of the Coast Guard
Cutter Campbell during World War II, whose exploits became legend.
Although famous to thousands of people in many nations, Sinbad was
happiest at sea, treading the decks of the sleek Campbell, where he was
treated as just another member of the crew. He slept and ate his chow
with the men and even had his own battle station. Battles and
hurricanes never dulled his love of standing on the heaving deck with
spray breaking over his wiry body. To Coast Guardsmen on the Campbell
and all over the world he was real hero. This new edition, the first
in 60 years, includes photos of Sinbad and an introduction by Mike
Walling, author of Bloodstained Sea, The U.S. Coast Guard in the Battle
of the Atlantic 1941-1944.
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| Turn around, James! |
GOING DOWN A DECK - From the upper deck there were instructions to turn around and go down stairs backwards (which didn't sit well with me, because I have a fear of heights, AND the stairs were open!).
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| Hallway below deck |
HOW DID THE TANEY GET TO BALTIMORE? -
According to Historicships.org, from 1977 until 1986, TANEY carried out search and rescue duties,
fisheries patrols in the North Atlantic, drug interdiction patrols in
the Caribbean, and summer training cruises for the Coast Guard Academy.
During this period she made 11 major seizures of illegal drug
including a 1985 bust which netted 160 tons of marijuana – the largest
in US history.
On 7 December 1986, after more than 50
years of continuous service, TANEY was decommissioned at Portsmouth,
Virginia, and donated to the City of Baltimore to serve as a memorial
and museum.
NEXT: GEPPI'S ENTERTAINMENT MUSEUM AND SOME COSTLY AND RARE COMIC BOOKS!
