1 Reply Latest reply on Mar 18, 2020 9:18 AM by Rebecca Collier

Seeking records of WWII Picket Patrols in Greenport

Richard Heins Mar 11, 2020 8:11 AM

I am a docent at the East End Seaport Museum in Greenport, NY. We are currently researching the Picket Patrol activities in Greenport during WWII as we are going to have a display honoring this group of volunteers. There were 33 vessels and some 300 men who sailed out of Greenport and later Ft. Tilden. I would like to know if there is a list of the boats used and a roster of the men.

Re: Seeking records of WWII Picket Patrols in Greenport

Rebecca Collier Mar 18, 2020 9:18 AM (in response to Richard Heins)

Dear Mr. Heins,

Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!

We searched the National Archives Catalog and located three series titled Reference Files, 1915-1941 that includes a file unit titled “CG Picket Fence - Corsair Fleet” in Box 17; Ship and Shore Unit War Diaries, 5/1942 - 9/1945 that includes a file unit titled “3rd Naval District Coastal Pickets” in Box 5; and Muster Rolls of Coast Guard Ships and Shore Establishments, 1941 - 1949 that includes a file unit titled “1942 Green Port Coastal Picket Base” in Box 477 in the Records of U.S. Coast Guard (Record Group 26). For access to and/or copies of these records, please contact the National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1) via email at archives1reference@nara.gov.

We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your research!

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