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Jun 24, 2020
NANTUCKET Lightship kit, an oldie but goodie.
This kit has actually been around for decades and the Lindberg issue is the same as the original only with a different name on the box. The detail is good, the construction is straight-forward and it's size lends itself to older eyes and fingers. The 1/95 scale is very close to the normal 1/96 scale so that any add-on details will not be noticeably out of scale. The kit portrays the NANTUCKET in mid-life as the real vessel still exists as a museum ship in Boston, Massachusetts, and there are obvious changes from how it looks to the way the finished kit will look. Not a problem. All lightships have, since the mid-1970's, been decommissioned and a few preserved. Lightship duty was considered to be one of, if not, "THE" most dangerous duty assignments in the Coast Guard.
Jul 13, 2018
A generally good book that could use some added latter-day info.
The production, layout and text were all done very well. There were few errors. On Page 25, the Aurora USS HALFORD kit was also similar to the Revell FLETCHER/SULLIVANS kits being in the range of 1:305 scale. The post-WW2 service of these ships, including transfers to foreign navies was really too short. There were various modifications made in armaments and other deck equipment that might be of interest to a modeler and these were hardly mentioned.
Dec 05, 2008
Lifeboat Sailors by Dennis L. Noble
As a former Coast Guardsman, I try to read any non-fiction books about my old outfit. As a former lifeboat station Coastie this book was all the more tempting. Unfortunately far too many people have little, or no, knowledge about what the U.S. Coast Guard "really" does. The lifeboat station operation is probably one of its best-kept secrets. Dr. Noble, a retired Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer, has done a marvelous job of presenting this virtually unknown aspect of the service's operations. The lifeboat station operations date back to the 1800's and an earlier organization called the U. S. Lifesaving Service. The purpose was to attempt to save the lives of those who went to sea, either for employment or transportation, and suffered disaster. In many instances the early lifesaving/lifeboat stations operated much like a volunteer fire company or rescue squad.
In 1915 the Lifesaving Service was merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the basis for today's Coast Guard. Over the decades technological changes brought about improved lifeboats and related lifesaving equipment but the perils of going to sea in a small boat, especially during violent weather, remained. And these perils still remain, and always will as long as this kind of service for mariners is required.
Dr. Noble has done a great job of trying to bring to the uninformed reader what serving at a lifeboat station is all about. My experience dates from the mid-1960s and it is interesting how much things have changed, and yet, how much has remained the same. In the 1960s, and before, the unofficial motto of the lifeboat station sailors was "You have to go out, you don't have to return." This simply meant that if the alarm sounded because there was a vessel and her crew in danger, it was the duty of the lifeboatmen to attempt a rescue, even if it meant putting themselves in harms way - big time! It seems that in this present age, the Coast Guard has tried to soften this approach to what might be considered "within reason." Whether or not this is a step in the right direction is probably still up for debate but I remember the lifeboats at the station where I was assigned going out to perform rescues in horrific conditions. Would these rescues be permitted today is anyone's guess. What is quite amazing is the attitudes of the lifeboat sailors that Dr. Noble wrote about. These very young people are quite willing to put themselves in harm's way when the need arises, very much like we were willing to do back in the mid-1960s.
There is one small item that was a bit of a problem for me. Dr. Noble used most of the book to discuss the operations at the lifeboat stations in the Pacific Northwest. There was very little discussion given to the many stations scattered around the U.S. While he explained his reasons for this, (in truth, that is where the most dynamic operations are) I still feel that his coverage could, and should, have been more geographically balance.
The Coast Guard, I believe, is dollar-for-dollar, one of the best investments that the U.S. taxpayers get from the govenment, and it is the most unknown branch of our military services. LIFEBOAT SAILORS does a wonderful job of enlightening the public about the Coast Guard, in general, and the operation of its lifeboat stations, in particular. Reading it made me proud to have been part of that team, even though was 40+ years ago. The USCG's motto is "Semper Paratus" or "Always Ready!"