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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
SHIELD: Azure, fretty Argent a bezant bearing the head of Andrew Mellon; on a chief of the second a palm frond Proper bendsinisterwise superimposed by two lighting bolts bendwise Gules and of the first.<br> | |||
CREST: From a wreath Argent and Azure a demi-Steller’s sea eagle, wings inverted holding in its beak the end of a line issuing from a coiled rope.<br> | |||
MOTTO: A scroll Argent, edged Azure and inscribed “PRIMUS INTER PARES” (First Among Equals) Gules.<br> | |||
SUPPORTERS: Two stylized harpoons (in the manner of the Pacific Coast Indians) saltirewise barbs up Proper.<br> | |||
SEAL: The coat of arms as blazoned upon a white disc enclosed by a dark blue border edged on the outside with a gold rope and inscribed “USCGC MELLON” at top and “WHEC 717” at bottom in gold. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== |