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Cold War Era and the U.S. Coast Guard

Historical Bibliography

Articles

"Atomic Attack Instructions for Merchant Vessels in Port." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council  13 (Oct 1956), p. 172 [back cover].

"Atomic Warfare School." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 14 (Feb 1957), p. 21.

"Attack Imminent." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council  13 (Oct 1956), pp. 163-165.

"CGC Tahoma Now a ‘Guard’ Ship." Coast Guard Bulletin VIII, 4 (Oct 1952), p. 81.

"Coast Guard Aids Fight Against Inroads of Communism [VOA]." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1952), pp. 14-15.

"Coast Guard Cutter [Courier] to Crack Iron Curtain." Coast Guard Magazine (Apr 1952), pp. 10-11.

"The Coast Guard Security Screening Program." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council  10 (Jan 1953), pp. 5-9.

"Cutter [Courier] Gets Unusual Assignment." Coast Guard Magazine (Feb 1952), p. 29.

"DEW-line Resupply." Coast Guard Magazine (May 1957), pp. 12-13.

"First Coast Guard Guard Ship Since Wartime." Coast Guard Bulletin VIII, 4 (Oct 1952), p. 81.

"How It Works: The Voice of America." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1952), pp. 16-19.

Jones, Dean. "Thawed Relations Open Soviet Ports To America." Commandant's Bulletin (Dec 1991), pp. 36-37.

McKenna, Paul.  "Vagabond Able [Courier]."  Naval History V, No. 1 (Spring, 1991).

Moreth, Ed. "'Perestroika'-The Mellon Way." Commandant's Bulletin (Aug 1991), pp. 2-5.

"Operation Vagabond." Proceedings of the Marine Safety Council 9 (Apr 1952), p. 94.

"Preliminary Report on Tests of Vagabond Ship Courier." Coast Guard Bulletin VIII, 2 (Aug 1952), pp. 37-38.

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.

"Strangest Ship [Courier] in the World." Coast Guard Magazine (Aug 1956), p. 48.

Telic, Phil A. "The Voice of America and the Cutter Courier." The Bulletin (Mar/Apr 1980), p. 21.

"We're Blasting Holes in the Iron Curtain." Popular Mechanics Magazine 98 (Dec 1952), pp. 94-99, 256-262.

"When the New C.G.C. Courier Visited Washington..." Coast Guard Bulletin VII, 10 (Apr 1952), p. 161.

Books and Government Publications

Polmar, Norman.  Chronology of the Cold War At Sea: 1945 - 1991.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1998.