Spring 2024 Program Meeting
Saturday, March 16th
11:30-3pm
Puget Sound Maritime
Buffet Luncheon and Program Celebrating the
150th Launching Anniversary of
The USRC Bear
at the Coast Guard Museum Northwest in Seattle
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Photo courtesy of the USCG.
Photo by Joe Mabel, 2009.
You’re Invited to The Bear‘s Birthday!
Program: Join us on Saturday, March 16th, at the Seattle USCG Base for a special luncheon to celebrate the 150th Birthday of the famous US Revenue Cutter Bear. We’ll be gathering at 11:30AM at the Coast Guard Museum Northwest. Then we’ll move upstairs to the Bear Room for a pasta luncheon and program meeting.
Following the meeting, we will head downstairs to the exhibits gallery where Captain Gene Davis, Ret., the museum director and curator will give us an exclusive tour concentrating on artifacts from the USRC Bear. As the exhibits tell, she had many heroic stories over her long years including her most challenging, “The Rescue at the Top of the World.”
Here is a bit of that story…Winter came early to the Arctic in 1899. The frigid temps made pack ice north of Bering Strait as the North American whaling fleet became trapped, stranding 300 men. Three ships escaped southward to sound the alarm about the calamity.
Cutter Bear was just returning to Seattle after a full season patrollingover 20,000 square miles of the Arctic Ocean when a messenger ran up the gangplank with an urgent telegram for Bear‘s Captain Tuttle.
Three of the crew, anxious to return to their familiars soon found themselves headed back to sea, steaming as far north amidst the ice as possible. Then these men debarked and commenced a 1500 mile overland trek, driving 300 reindeer and dog teams carrying supplies for the stranded whalers.
Join us Saturday, March 16th!
Tickets: Tickets are $30 for Members and Guests, $35 for non-members, $15 for kids 8-14yrs. Under 8, no charge. Deadlines: March 8th (for pay by mail) and 8pm March 12th (for PayPal bookings). Names required by deadlines for USCG Base security clearance.
Ticket sales link below. Invite a friend!
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Parking: Free parking is included. Enter through the main gate (at S. Massachusetts St.), check in at the guard booth, and park near the museum at the north end of the base.
ADA Access: The venue is equipped with entry ramps and a lift to the second floor.
Government-issued Photo ID required. To enter the US Coast Guard Base you must present government-issued photo ID. This must match the names you provided when you purchase your tickets.
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March 22, 2023
6:00 PM on Zoom
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Captain Elaine A. Collins is a native of Seattle, Washington. She is a 1996 NROTC graduate of Washington State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration in Human Resources/Personnel and Management. She also has a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Managerial Leadership from City University.
In her presentation, Captain Collins will talk about her experiences at sea, working her way up from the engine room to Commodore of Destroyer Squadron NINE. Her deployments include time in the Arabian Gulf, Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, Operation Active Endeavor, and others.
Captain Collins will also share her experiences ashore, which include serving as an NROTC Instructor at the University of Washington, working at U.S. Fleet Forces Command in Global Force Management, and as the Deputy Executive Assistant to the Deputy Commander. She most recently served as the Deputy Executive Assistant and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel.
Her awards include the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and various unit and service awards.
Join us on March 22 at 6:00 PM on Zoom to hear about Captain Collins’ life in the Navy. This will also be the first gathering of the membership in 2023, so we’ll be voting in our new Board members and officers!
Register: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZElde2grj8oHtdPjsvvij7FR8lrWovfzdPG
