The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II - Cutters, Vessels, and Coast Guard Manned Navy and Army Craft

Historical Bibliography

Articles

Allen E.C., Jr. "The Career of the Transport Leonard Wood." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1947), pp. 16-18.

Alton, George P. "Remembering the PC’s." The Quarterdeck Log 12, No. 2., pp. 24-25.

"Cadets Cruise Aboard U.S.S. Menges." The Bulletin (Aug 1945), pp. 151-153.

"C.G. Frigate Gallup Relieved After Epic [10 months in Pacific]." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1945), p. 56.

Collins, G.W. "Fit as a Fiddle in a Frigate." The Bulletin (Feb 1945), pp. 266-270.

"The Courage of the [USS] 'Callaway.'" Coast Guard Magazine (May 1945), pp. 28-31.

Crisa, Nicholas A. "LST 327, The 'Fightingest' LST." The Bulletin (Jan/Feb 1982), pp. 36-37.

"The Cruise of the Cepheus in Two Oceans." Coast Guard Magazine (Nov 1945), pp. 58-59.

"Danish Training Ship [Danmark] Now Serving Coast Guard." Coast Guard Bulletin I, 33 (Mar 1942), p. 264.

Doring, Martin. "Army, Navy, or Coast Guard?" National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors The Towline (Dec 15, 1995), pp. 28-29.

________. "Army Tugs Compared to Navy Tugs." National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors The Towline (Mar 15, 1996), p. 7.

________.  "Barge of Many Uses." National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors The Towline (Dec 15, 1997), p. 16.

________. "Coast Guard Crews on Army Tugs," in Fleet Tug Sailors: A History, Paducha, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1999, p. 26.

________. "Martin R. Doring,"  in Fleet Tug Sailors: A History, Paducha, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1999, p. 68.

________.  "Plain Vanilla Tug," in Fleet Tug Sailors: A History, Paducha, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1999, p. 27.

________.  "Twelve Lost Ocean Tugs." National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors The Towline (Sep 1, 1995), p. 16.

Earle, W.K. "China Station." The Bulletin (Jun 1946), pp. 70-74.

Eddy, Jim. "U.S.S. Hunter Liggett Now in Final Chapter of Career." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1946), pp. 55-56.

Ehrman, William E. "WWII Memoirs of an 'Island Hopper' Skipper." The Bulletin (Jul/Aug 1983), pp. 32-35.

Farrar, Arthur. "LCI's Are Veterans Now." The Bulletin (Dec 1944), pp. 181-191.

"'Flak Club' Organized."The Bulletin (Jan 1945), pp. 237-239.

"Former Lighthouse Service Vessels to be Fully Militarized." Coast Guard Bulletin II, 5 (Nov 1942), p. 47.

Hale, Mary B. "Smiles Mix with Tears as SPARS Greet Troops [Wakefield]." Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1945), pp. 18-19.

Herbst, William. "Frigates, an Ancient Name Revived for Modern Ships That Add New Glory to U.S. Coast Guard Lore." Coast Guard Magazine (Sep 1944), p. 14.

Hobleman, D.E. "Salute to the LST's." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1944), p. 16.

"The Indiana LST." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1945), p. 63.

Isaacs, Charles. "Remember the Frigates." Coast Guard Magazine (Oct 1944), p. 34.

"Launchings Expand Coast Guard Fleet of Tenders and Cutters." Coast Guard Bulletin II, 14 (Aug 1943), p. 167.

"LST's are Indispensable Carriers of Amphibious Attack." The Bulletin (Jan 1945), pp. 225-228.

"LST's, Ugliest Ships Afloat." Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1944), pp. 14-15.

"Lucky--A Fighting C.G. Transport." The Bulletin (Apr 1944), pp. 15.

"McNeil of the Callaway." Coast Guard Magazine (Oct 1945), p. 14.

"New Destroyer Escort Vessels." Coast Guard Engineers' Digest 4 (Jun 1943), pp. 26-27.

________.The Bulletin (Jul 1943), p. 75.

"Notes from a Combat Cargo Ship." Coast Guard Magazine (Oct 1945), p. 48.

"One of the Most Famous Ships Operated by the Coast Guard During the War...[USS Samuel Chase]." Coast Guard Magazine 19 (May 1946), p. 43.

Perkins, Louis W. "The Cruise of the Transport Hunter Liggett." Coast Guard Magazine (Dec 1941), pp. 20-23.

Pfannkuch, Carl O. "The First LST...327" Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1944), pp. 18-20.

"Philippine Commonwealth Present Patrol Craft to Coast Guard." Coast Guard Bulletin II, 6 (Dec 1942), pp. 63-64.

"Queen of Seas Becomes Ward of Coast Guard! S.S. America ... Becomes Transport." Coast Guard Magazine 14 (Aug 1941), pp. 22-23, 38.

Risley, Ralph E. "'Wakefield' Liberty." Coast Guard Magazine (Mar 1957), pp. 12-13.

Roosevelt, Julian K. "Saga of the 'Wakefield.'" Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1957), pp. 12-15, 33-34.

Russell, Richard. "A Mission of Higher Classification: In the waning months of World War II, U.S. Sailors and Coast Guardsmen trained Soviet naval personnel in the handling of vessels scheduled for transfer to the Soviet Pacific Ocean Fleet. . ." Naval Institute Proceedings 138 (Aug 2005), pp. 26-27.

Sables, Robert P.  "When Corvettes Flew the Stars & Stripes."  Sea Classics 36, No. 11 (Nov. 2003), pp. 40-45.

"Saga of the Wakefield..." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1945), pp. 26-28.

"Salute to the LST's." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1944), p. 16.

"So You Are Going on a DE or Frigate: 'Now Hear This'--from U.S.S. Pride, DE-323." The Bulletin (Jul 1944), pp. 85-89.

Strobridge, Truman R. and Bernard C. Nalty. "The Saga of the Joseph T. Dickman." National Defense 67 (Nov 1982), pp. 28-31; (Dec 1982), pp. 18-19, 44-45.

Suever, Richard A. "So You're Going on a DE!" Coast Guard Magazine (May 1944), pp. 18-20.

"These are the Island Hoppers!" Coast Guard Magazine (Jun 1945), pp. 34-35.

Tidwell, Mike. "[Sea Cloud] 'The Best Democracy I've Known,' It Existed Aboard a Millionaire's Yacht Converted for Service in World War II, An Experiment in Integrating the Military."  American Legacy (Summer 2000), pp. 30-40.

"Wakefield Back in Action." The Bulletin (Mar 1945), pp. 306-307.

"We Pass the Ammunition!" Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1945), pp. 28-31.

Wessborg, Eric S., Jr. "Ugly Ducklings." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1944), pp. 28-31.

Wiman, Kenneth G. "The Destroyer Escort in the Coast Guard." Coast Guard Engineers' Digest 23-223 (Summer 1984), pp. 3-8.

"The World Over [Arthur Middleton]." Coast Guard Magazine (Jul 1943), pp. 16, 18.

Books and Government Publications

Alton, George.  FS's: The Little Ships That Could: A History of the Campaigns in the Pacific and the Personal Experiences of the Author on the U.S. Army FS-268.   By the author, 2000.

Ameluxen, Jack & Thomas M. Bader.  The Courage of the 'Callaway'.   Lancaster, California: By the authors (Printed by Hart Printers, Inc.), 2000.

Arlin, Robert N. The U.S.S. General W.H. Gordon: A Photo-Story of Duty Aboard Navy Troop Transport AP-117 Manned by the United States Coast Guard. n.p., 1945.

Becker, Albert W., Sr.  U.S.S. Muskogee PF 49: World War II: Adventures in the Southwest Pacific, South Pacific, North Pacific.  Belleville, IL: By the author, 2000.

Carr, Roland T. To Sea in Haste. Washington: Acropolis Books, 1975.

Charles, Roland W. Troopships of World War II. Washington: Army Transportation Assoc., 1947.

Elliot, Peter. Allied Escort Ships of World War II: A Complete Survey. Annapolis: NIP, 1977.

Fleet Tug Sailors: A History. Paducha, KY: Turner Publishing Company, 1999.

Fredrick, Leon. Hooligan Sailor: The Saga of One Coast Guardsman in World War II. Ozark, MO: Hazelwood Publishing, 2005.

Grover, David H. U.S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II. Annapolis: NIP, 1987.

Hamilton, Brooks W. The Mad Hooligan Story. Brewster: Wordspring Press, 1989.

Johnson, Robert E. Coast Guard Manned Naval Vessels in World War II. Washington: Coast Guard Historian's Office, 1993.

Perkins, J. W.  Battle Stars and Naval Awards: Including Presidential Unit Citations and Navy Unit Commendations Earned by the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps During World War II and Korea.  Seminole: FL: By The Author, 1999.

Roscoe, Theodore. United States Destroyer Operations in World War II. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute, 1953.

United States Coast Guard. Personnel Division. Manning Section. Coast Guard Manning of Army and Navy Vessels: Report. Washington: U.S. Coast Guard, 31 Dec 1944.

Unpublished Papers, Theses, and Dissertations

Sams, Robert.  "Long Ago and Far Away: Reminiscences of Robert Sams of his 27 months aboard the U.S.S. Cambria APA 36 during the Pacific Campaign of World War II."  July 27, 1997 [Copy in possession of Coast Guard Historian's Office--Cambria File.]