Coppola gives Master Chief Russell A. Cox the Silver Ancient Mariner long glass at the Silver Ancient Mariner Ceremony May 31, 2019, at Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale. (Coast Guard Photo by Petty ...

Patrick Culver, delivers remarks at the ceremony in which he assumed ancient mariner title from retiring Capt. Stephen Matadobra, Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C., July 17, 2020. (Coast ...

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., the 13th Gold Ancient Mariner of the Coast Guard, presides over a change… Saturday, June 14, 2025.

The Gold (Officer) Ancient Mariner designation will pass from Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp to Rear Adm. Fred Midgette, and the Silver (Enlisted) Ancient Mariner designation held by Master ...

The Ancient Mariner, a once-proud U.S. Coast Guard cutter that became an albatross as a floating restaurant, slipped beneath the surface of the sea on Sunday. The 165-foot ship was scuttled in 70 ...

Bob Papp who presided over the ceremony as the Coast Guard’s current Gold Ancient Mariner. Holding the title of Ancient Keeper means you represent all keepers who continue to live by the creed ...

MIAMI — For almost two years, peers have called U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. John R. Hearn the “Ancient Mariner.” He didn’t mind the teasing. It was a national honor. Hearn, 54, who was the ...