The first crew of the US Coast Guard cutter, Mobile Bay will be in Door County this weekend to look back on the 36th anniversary of their involvement with the vessel that is homeported in Sturgeon Bay. Former Sturgeon Bay Police Lieutenant Tom Baudhuin was the only county native on the crew handpicked by Captain Lawson Brigham…
Baudhuin says in a service branch as small as the Coast Guard, it’s not uncommon to run into someone you served with before, but that wasn’t the case with the Mobile Bay…
Baudhuin says being the first crew on a new Coast Guard cutter was like being handed a brand new car…
According to Baudhuin, the fact that the entire crew started its experience with the Mobile Bay meant that, rather than individuals leaving periodically for new duty stations, they stayed together for more than two years. He says the relationships established during those days carries through to today.
