Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

U.S. Coast Guard Monument

Mobile, Alabama

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 5, 2020

1. U.S. Coast Guard Monument

Inscription. The monument is dedicated to the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard and its predecessor agencies who have served their nation from facilities in Mobile in an unbroken chain since the assignment of the revenue cutter "Alabama" to the port city in 1819.

Their bravery and dedication to duty have brought honor and respect to our nation and credibility to their motto - "Semper Paratus”.

Erected by Mobile Council, Navy League of the United States.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1819.

Location. 30° 41.385′ N, 88° 2.26′ W. Monument is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is on South Water Street. Located at Cooper Riverside Park. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 101 S Water St, Mobile AL 36602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Alabama’s Gulf Coast and in Mobile Bay. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of

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Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The UNESCO Slave Route: Resistance, Liberty, Heritage / Honoring the Memory of the Ancestors (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alexis de Tocqueville (about 400 feet away); The Pelican Girls (about 700 feet away); 10" Rifled Sea Coast Columbiad (about 700 feet away); City Hall (about 700 feet away); "Damn The Torpedoes!" The Campaigns for Mobile, 1864 - 1865 (about 700 feet away); How Big was the Original Fort Condé? (about 700 feet away); Mobile's First Mardi Gras Parade (about 800 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Admiral Raphael Semmes, CSA (was about 800 feet away but has been permanently removed).

Regarding U.S. Coast Guard Monument. Semper Paratus is a Latin phrase,

U.S. Coast Guard Monument (Marine Buoy) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 5, 2020

2. U.S. Coast Guard Monument (Marine Buoy)

Generally, green buoys must be passed on the left side of a craft heading upstream, i.e., against the current.

meaning "Always Ready".

Also see . . . Wikipedia article on the USRC Alabama (1819). (Submitted on December 12, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 12, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 430 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 12, 2020, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.