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US Coast Guard - YNCM Angela McShan Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

isht kinta: Since the cache owner has not responded to my reviewer log requesting the geocache be maintained, the geocache has been archived. Per the geocaching guidelines, geocaches archived for lack of maintenance response cannot be unarchived.

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Hidden : 10/31/2012
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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This cache is being placed to honor US Coast Guard Master Chief Angela M. McShan. YNCM Angela M. McShan, USCG, passed away due to heart failure and complications from cancer. Born in Newport ,R.I., she joined the Coast Guard in July 1979, and was serving as an instructor at the Chief Petty Officers Academy which she helped establish in New London, Conn. in June 1998. She was the first female African-American in the Coast Guard to be advanced to master chief.

The cache container is a small Lock-n-Lock. The bronze grave marker contains the information to answer the questions below to obtain the coordinates for the final container and log.

N 033d 09.ABC W 087d 33.DEF

A = the first digit of the day of her daath
B = the last digit of the year of her death
C = the day of her birth
D = subtract 2 from the day of her birth
E = the 3rd digit of her birth year
F = the 2nd digit of the day of her death

DO NOT SEARCH FOR THIS CACHE AT NIGHT

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pyhfgre bs 4 ynetr bnx gerrf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)