Humphrey Bogart Santan Corsair fleet
“Humphrey Bogart, who starred in Casablanca, Dead End, and The African Queen, first enlisted in the [tag] U.S. Navy during WWI on the USS Leviathan. In 1941, Bogart volunteered with the USCG Temporary Reserves (now the USCG Auxiliary) along with his 1935 Sparkman & Stephen’s designed 55-foot schooner, the Santana, to patrol the Balboa, California area of the West Coast as part of the Corsair Fleet. During this time, Bogart starred in Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, and To Have and Have Not. ” At Bogart’s funeral in 1957, a scale model of the Santana was present, Photo and story by The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary History Division.