Page 7 - Bravo Zulu - 2017 2nd QT F-17 Newsletter

Posters: (USCG Public Affairs Archieves)

Captain Stratton oversaw the incredible growth of the program over a short span of
time. During the war over 10,000 enlisted and 1,000 officers served their country
in the SPARs. At the peak of Coast Guard strength in late 1944, one out of every
15 enlisted persons was a woman and one out of every 12 officers was a SPAR
officer, the highest ratio of women-to-men of any of the armed services at that
time.

Upon WWII demobilization, Captain Stratton left the Coast Guard and became the
first director of personnel at the International Monetary Fund where she served
until 1950. In 2008 the Coast Guard named its third National Security Cutter
WMSL-752 in her honor. On March 31, 2012, the Stratton was officially
commissioned by the Coast Guard in Alameda, California, with First Lady
Michelle Obama in attendance. The U.S.C.G.C. Stratton is vital in insuring our
national security and interests in maritime safety for maintaing safe and secure
ports, coasts, and drug interdiction along with other diverse search and rescue
operations with it’s new generation of dedicated officers and crew members like
Ensign VanDiller.

USCGC
Stratton’s aft
boat launch
area

UCGC
Stratton’s
Ward Room