The Long Blue Line (Spring 2024)

USCGC STORIS U.S. COAST GUARD
VETERAN AND FAMILY REUNION
LOCATION: Inn on Lake Superior and Conference Center, Duluth, Minnesota
DATE: June 2–4, 2024
The USCGC Storis reunion has opened attendance invitations to other Kodiak-based cutters. As those units
shared moorings over the years in a tight-knit Coast Guard community, there are a lot of common experiences
of the island and working in that AOR. This includes Citrus from 1964-79, Ironwood from 1979-2000, Firebush
from 1979-2003, and then going back further with older Vets who served in Clover from 1948-58, Sedge 1950-
57 and Bittersweet from 1947-64. Then, of course, there would be the other WMECs Confidence (1966-83)
and Yocona (1983-1996).
Please contact as soon as possible: Jon A. Ottman, Clay Township, MI, for additional details and to get
registration packet through his reunion email address at: w38reunion@gmail.com
As a general overview, the event will be headquartered at the Inn on Lake Superior and Conference Center in
Duluth's historic Canal Park, right on Lake Superior.
• Registration fees for the event are $125 p/p for adults, $60 p/p for children. This includes food for the Sunday
night "Icebreaker" Meet and Greet and the Tuesday night banquet. Cash bars will be available.
• General room rates are $159-176 per night, plus local tax and charges.
• We plan a two-hour narrated brunch cruise on the MV VISTA STAR for the morning of June 3. Our journey
will take us to see the sights around Duluth/Superior Harbor and Lake Superior.
• Costs for the cruise are $70 p/p for adults, $40 p/p for children, including hot breakfast and coffee.
• Several other activities are planned, including visits to the retired USCGC Sundew (WLB-404) and other
attractions in Duluth, Superior (WI) and the Minnesota North Shore. We also hope to visit STA Duluth and
CGC SPAR, if their schedules permit.
• We plan on having the Foundation for Coast Guard History in attendance to conduct oral history interviews
with reunion attendees.
Most important are the opportunities to
have social interactions with shipmates,
renew old friendships and make new
acquaintances. Our meeting space will
give us the opportunity to share sea
stories, view films, slides, and photos,
and celebrate the history of Storis and
the U.S. Coast Guard.
Principal contact: Jon A. Ottman, Clay
Township, MI. For additional details and
to get the registration packet, contact
Jon through the reunion email address
at: w38reunion@gmail.com
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