Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers'
Uniforms:
A Historic Photograph Gallery
From the time of the adoption of the rank of chief petty officer by the Coast Guard in 1920, the Coast Guard chief petty officer's uniform paralleled that of the Navy's CPO uniform. With minor modifications, including the addition of a Coast Guard shield device on the right sleeve, this essentially "Navy" uniform remained the regulation uniform for Coast Guard chiefs until the adoption of the "Bender Blues" in 1975.
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| photographs | description |
|---|---|
| Unidentified chief, blue dress
uniform, 1926.
Ambassador Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, photo. No caption or photo number |
| Unidentified chief, white dress
uniform, 1926.
Ambassador Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, photo. No caption or photo number |
| CQM Lloyd L. Horrell, USCG, circa
1928, blue dress uniform.
No photo number, caption, or date; photographer unknown. |
| Engineroom force, USCGC Pontchartrain,
1929, blue dress uniform.
No photo number; photographer unknown. |
| Recruiting Force, Cincinatti, Ohio,
1928, blue dress uniform.
No photo number; photographer unknown. |
| Unidentified chief, circa 1940,
undress blue, A uniform.
No photo number, caption, or date; photographer unknown |
| The chief petty officers of the Coast
Guard-manned USS Centauraus (AKA-17), somewhere in the South
Pacific, circa 1944. "Tropical" khaki uniforms.
Photograph donated by CGM Michael K. Opsitnik, USCG. |
| Unidentified chief, circa 1943, dress
blue, B uniform.
No photo number, caption, or date; photographer unknown |
| Two unidentified chief petty
officers, circa 1950.
No photo number, caption, or date; photographer unknown. |
| SN Larry M. McBreen (left) in a
friendly discussion with QMC John Smith (right) regarding seamanship
and knot tying. Smith was a 33-year veteran of the Coast Guard.
Both are in Class A Blues; photo dated 25 February 1959; photo number 13CGD-022059-02. |
| Inspection! Khaki uniforms.
No photo number, caption, or date; photographer unknown. |
| YNC H. Rucker, Jr., date unknown
(1965?); khakis.
No photo number, caption, or date; photographer unknown. |
| YNCS Earl C. Mason (left) in the
then-current double breasted jacket. Next to him on the right is
the MCPOCG (BMCM) Charles L. Calhoun in the "new" Bender
Blues-type uniform. Photo date: 14 January 1972; photographer: PHC J. Valesques. |
| YNCS Earl C. Mason (left) in the
then-current double breasted jacket. Next to him on the right is
the MCPOCG (BMCM) Charles L. Calhoun in the "new" Bender
Blues-type uniform.
Photo date: 14 January 1972; photographer: PHC J. Valesques. |
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