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Coat of Arms
BLAZON
SHIELD: Quarterly azure and argent, a cross throughout or, overall an anchor palewise proper surmounted by an escutcheon poly of thirteen argent and gules, a chief azure (dark blue) fimbriated of the third.
CREST: From a wreath of the colors argent and azure, a reindeer head affronte in front of an iceberg all proper.
SUPPORTERS: On either of the shield a dolphin hauriant.
SYMBOLISM
SHIELD: Blue alludes to the sea and gold is indicative of honor, excellence and achievement. The blue and gold are adapted from the ribbon of the medal awarded Captain Jarvis. White stands for integrity; the cross represents the humanitarian effort to save 300 stranded whalers at Barrow Point, Alaska in the winter of 1897-1898. The cross, dividing the shield into four sections, implies four primary missions of USCGC JARVIS. The anchor, a symbol of sea power and maritime service, and shield were adapted from the U.S. Coast Guard seal.
CREST: The artic iceberg and the reindeer head recall the famous overland expedition in the winter of 1897-1898, for which Captain David H. Jarvis was awarded a special medallion.
SUPPORTERS: The heraldic dolphins symbolize lifesaving, search and rescue.
MOTTO: A scroll azure doubled and inscribed "DEDICARE AD EXCELLENTIA"
(Dedicated to Excellence)
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