U.S. Coast Guard, Vietnam, The Mendota, Willard J. Smith
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter docks in Wilmington after returning from a 10-month tour of duty off of the coast of Vietnam. The Mendota was based out of Wilmington since 1947. Coast Guard families, locals, and dignitaries including Coast Guard...
U.S. Coast Guard provides life-saving training in surf boats.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a...
Coast Guardsmen participate in an aquatic contest on the ocean side of the Oceanic Hotel.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of...
Coast Guardsmen practice with a buoy in life-saving exercise on the beach.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North...
In Banks Channel, the Coast Guard demonstrates how to turn over a boat.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North...
Coast Guardsmen demonstrate life-saving technics using a buoy.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks,...
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a chain of barrier islands, which spans almost all of the North...
Wrightsville Beach, Beaches, Banks Channel, Oceanic, Hotels, Coast Guard
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a chain of barrier islands, which spans almost all of the North...
A panoramic view of the beach taken from Harbor Island across Banks Channel. The Seashore Hotel is the large building at left.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds...
New Hanover County, North Carolina, seafood, parks
Scott Barnette, Anita Riddy, and Kenny Hicks of the Pilot House Restaurant stir their clam chowder between servings at the seventh annual Azalea Coast Chowder Contest at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater in Wilmington.
Gaye McClanahan and her husband, Bill, serve chowder up to the hordes of people attending the 6th annual Azalea Coast Chowder Contest. Their restaurant is the the Terrace Inn.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Coast Guard, Cutters, Ships, Boats, Custom House, Federal Building
Taken around 1920, this b&w photograph shows the Coast Guard Cutters Modoc and McAdoo as they arrive at the government dock in front of the U. S. Custom House on North Water Street.
Cape Fear River, Waterfront, Eagle, Coast Guard, Cutter, Three-masted Sailing Ship, Tall Ship
This color photograph captures a view of the Coast Guard Academy's training ship, the "Eagle," docked along Wilmington's waterfront during the 200th anniversary of the Coast Guard.
Cape Fear River, North Carolina State Port, Coast Guard, Prosecutor, Tanker, Tofton
This color photograph captures a Coast Guard Prosecutor patrolling the waters of the Cape Fear River by the North Carolina State Port. In the background in the tanker "Tofton."