CAPTAIN GODFREY CARDEN AND THE COAST GUARD'S CAPTAIN OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK IN WORLD WAR ONE

ECU Author/Contributor (non-ECU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)

Jeffrey Bowdoin (Creator)

Institution

East Carolina University (ECU )

Web Site: http://www.ecu.edu/lib/

Advisor

John A. Tilley

Abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to examine the position of Captain of the Port of New York during World War I. This work also discusses the man who held this position Capt. Godfrey L. Carden. During World War I the U.S. Coast Guard was responsible for overseeing the loading and handling of munitions leaving the Port of New York. The job of the Captain of the Port was to oversee the various anchorage areas especially and including those anchorage areas that dealt with the loading of munitions bound for the European front. In New York this responsibility fell on Captain Carden who as the division commander of New York commanded the largest Coast Guard unit during the war. Carden was able to achieve this goal with a perfect safety record no major incidents occurred in his area of responsibility and no lives were lost. This work discusses Carden's Coast Guard career illustrating how his previous assignments led him on a path that would eventually make him the choice candidate to become the Captain of the Port of New York. The thesis also clarifies the office of the Captain of the Port and Carden's role in developing the port security program of the Coast Guard. 

Additional Information

Publication

Thesis

Date: 2012

Keywords

American history, Military history, Captain of the Port, Coast Guard, Munitions, New York (N.Y.), World War I

Subjects

United States. Coast Guard--History.

Port of New York Authority--History

Carden, Godfrey L., 1866-1965

World War, 1914-1918--Equipment and supplies

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