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Copyright and Permission to use:
All photographs contained in this Coast Guard Auxiliary historical photo
gallery are the property of the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, National
Department of Public Affairs, History Division or the federal government.
Permission is granted to copy a photo for use in a publication along with the credit line
indicated. A reference to this website is suggested.
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Auxiliarists man dockside radio facility, 1950s.
History program,
U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary. |
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Auxiliary member training, San Diego, CA, ca 1952.
History program,
U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary. |
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DCO-7 Miguel Colorado and fellow Auxiliarists tour Puerto
Rico with their safe boating display, ca. 1956.
History program,
U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary. |
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Auxiliarists conducting
courtesy marine examination, ca. 1950. History program,
U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary.
On 13 Jan 1939, Rear Admiral Thomas Malloy was addressing a group in
New York on the theme of small boat safety. During the previous year,
the Coast Guard had been charged by Congress to maintain pleasure craft
safety standards. They had reported 14,000 assistance calls from the
pleasure boating public and 8,600 rescues. At that time there were
300,000 registered motorboats and 4,000 sailing vessels.
The cornerstone of the
Auxiliary’s safe boating mission is the
Vessel Safety
Check (VSC) program. The VSC is a service that has been
evolving since its inception in 1947 as the
Motor Boat
Examination program which was later renamed the Courtesy Marine
Examination.
The first Vessel Examiner
Guide was authorized in December 1953.
In 1968, members of Flotilla 8WR 33-2, designed the first Safe Boating
Decal.
More recently, the
Courtesy Marine Examination program was benchmarked against
current recreational boater’s needs. A study group comprised of
industry, and other boating safety organizations were consulted to
determine the next step in evolving the program. The
updated program was renamed the
Vessel Safety Check (VSC) program.
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National Commodore John Tanner
receiving the Ole Evinrude safe boating award, 1957. History
program,
U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary. |
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Many districts picked "Safe
Boating Queens", shown here at the National Conference, 1957.
History program,
U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary. |
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