You Can Find These Surprising Artifacts at the Coast Guard s Museum
The unicorn float enjoys swim call with its shipmates from the USCGC Kimball in August 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard/Coast Guard Kimball)
The U.S. Coast Guard doesn t care whether you consider it a branch of the military or not. It considers itself America s Oldest Maritime Defender and has the artifacts to prove it.
On the official Coast Guard Instagram account, Coasties started to show off some of the most interesting items in the service s New London, Connecticut, museum (which has its own Instagram account), and the results were, frankly, awesome.