Master Chief Matthew J. 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.

The 16th Gold Ancient Mariner, Capt. Patrick Culver, delivers remarks at the ceremony in which he assumed ancient mariner title from retiring Capt. Stephen Matadobra, Coast Guard Headquarters, ...

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., the 13th Gold Ancient Mariner of the Coast Guard, presides over a change… Sunday, June 22, 2025.

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 f… ...

A change-of-watch ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard Gold and Silver Ancient Mariners is scheduled to take place aboard Barque'Eagle at 10 a.m. Friday, May 2, 2014.

In the world of Coast Guard boat forces, Master Chief Petty Officer James Clemens is ancient; the Ancient Keeper that is. Clemens was honored July 12 with the Joshua James Ancient Keeper Award as ...

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 first ...