[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 37 (Monday, April 11, 1994)]
[House]
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[Congressional Record: April 11, 1994]
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               THE 95TH BIRTHDAY OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD

 Mr. SARBANES. Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to 
the U.S. Coast Guard Shipyard at Curtis Bay and the World War II 
veterans and civilians who built and served on the Coast Guard cutters, 
Mendota and Pontchartrain, two of the largest cutters ever built in the 
Curtis Bay Yard.
  On Monday, April 25, 1994, the U.S. Coast Guard Yard will celebrate 
its 95th birthday along with the 50th Anniversary of the launching of 
the Mendota and the Pontchartrain. I would like to take this 
opportunity to honor the home front civilian craftsmen who built these 
great vessels and the original Coast Guard crew members who guided the 
cutters during the Second World War.
  The home front and industrial production theme of this special event 
will be a first of its kind World War II commemoration in the United 
States. This event will honor civilians who served in the war effort on 
the homefront, alongside our brave men and women who served in uniform. 
This will be a well deserved tribute to the contribution of the 
shipbuilders at Curtis Bay and our World War II Coast Guard 
veterans.

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