broadcast to shipping twice daily. During 19 16 the Ice Patrol oflice 

 was located at Argentia, Newfoundland, using planes of the United 

 States Coast Guard Air Detachment at Argentia and the facilities 

 of the United States Naval Operating Base at which the surface 

 vessels based. 



The surface vessel on patrol carries an ice observation officer 

 who functions in much the same manner as did his predecessors 

 in the years prior to 1942 ; advising the commanding officer of the 

 patrol vessel in technical matters of ice patrol ; keeping a plot of 

 ice, ships in transit through the area, and sea surface tempera- 

 tures; warning ships standing into danger; and answering re- 

 quests for special ice information. 



It is emphasized that the formal organization outlined here is 

 only the skeleton of one of the world's best ventures in the field 

 of cooperation. The great bulk of effort, the body which enables 

 the skeleton to function, is represented by the active interest and 

 wholehearted cooperation of every maritime agency and every ship 

 crossing the North Atlantic. Thanks are here extended to all, 

 with the grateful acknowledgment that without their participation 

 the successful performance of this international service would not 

 be possible. 



Commodore L. W. Perkins, U.S.C.G., was Commander, Interna- 

 tional Ice Patrol after 25 March 1946, when he relieved Rear Ad- 

 miral E. G. Rose, U.S.C.G. Lt. Comdr. J. N. Schrader, U.S.C.G., 

 was the senior aviator of two Coast Guard PB4Y-1 aircraft as- 

 signed to International Ice Patrol, from the time of their arrival 

 at Argentia on 24 February 1946, until their assignment to the 

 Coast Guard Air Detachment, Argentia, then under the command 

 of Commander Loren H. Seeger, U.S.C.G. Commander Seeger 

 was in turn relieved by Lt. Comdr. L. L. Davis, U.S.C.G., on 16 

 April 1946. Three surface vessels were employed during the 1946 

 patrol. The Tampa under the command of Commander R. G. 

 Jenkins, U.S.C.G., and Modoc under the command of Lt. Comdr. 

 A. P. Minor, U.S.C.G. (relieved 20 June 1946 by Commander G. W. 

 Playdon, U.S.C.G.), alternated to maintain the continuous surface 

 vessel patrol. The Mojave under the command of Lt. H. A. Solberg, 

 U.S.C.G. (until relieved 15 March 1946 by Lt. Comdr. L. C. Clark, 

 U.S.C.G.), was used as the experimental vessel. The ice patrol 

 officer w^as Commander Floyd M. Soule, U.S.C.G.R. ; Lt. E. R. Chal- 

 lender, U.S.C.G.R., was chief ice observer. Lt. H. H. Carter, 

 U.S.C.G., was an ice observation officer. Lts. Garth H. Read and 

 R. A. Pasciuti, U.S.C.G., were engaged in an experimental program 

 concerned with the detection of the presence of floating ice with 

 electronic devices. 



Personnel problems brought about by demobilization were of 

 such serious proportions as to become operational problems at 



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