Heroes: the world's best Coast Guard Ensign Charles Duke.(Brief Article)

Coast Guard Magazine | April 1, 2005 | Copyright

Ensign Charles Duke undertook one of the greatest feats in the history of Coast Guard law enforcement. On the night of July 3, 1927, he and two men were patrolling New York Harbor aboard the 36-foot picket boat, CG-2327. Duke noticed a small, dimly-lit steamer moving through the harbor under the cover of darkness. He maneuvered CG-2327 alongside the ship named Economy and ordered it to stop, but the master refused. Duke then fired two warning shots from his revolver, yet the freighter pressed on. As CG-2327 drew close to the ship, Duke grabbed the freighter's rail and swung onto ...

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