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Photo: A flight crew runs on the tarmac in a rush to board their seaplane.
A Martin PBM Mariner’s crew scrambles in response to a SAR call. The late-1940s and early 1950s were the heyday of large seaplanes. The service’s best known seaplane pilot was Captain Donald MacDiarmid, who was a fanatical advocate of the seaplane’s capabilities. Noted historian and retired Navy/Coast Guard aviator LCDR Barrett Thomas Beard described him as a “nearly fictional character within the ranks of the Coast Guard and the Navy in his lifetime.”

Upcoming Events

Members of the National Coast Guard Museum team will be participating in various events around the country as the team moves from the design to construction stage of this historic project.

Color photograph of Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda L. Fagan in front of the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle in New London, CT.

"The National Coast Guard Museum remains the Service's top philanthropic priority. I am very excited about the forthcoming National Coast Guard Museum!"

ADM Linda Fagan - Commandant, United States Coast Guard