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Coast Guard History Flashcards

1
Q

USCG Birth date

A

1790 August 4th

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2
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USCG Founding Father

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Alexander Hamilton

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3
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Other Uniformed Services

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NOAA, Public Health Services? Is that right?

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4
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3 CG Main Missions

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Maritime Safety, Security, and Stewardship

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5
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Lighthouse, Life Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service merge

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1915 Hamilton passed revenue cutter bill

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6
Q

Ida Lewis

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Awarded Gold lifesaver medal saving over 18 lives

Limerock in New port and 39 years of service

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7
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Hopley Yeaton

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1st DCO of the cutter scammel

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8
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Alexander Hamilton

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1st secretary of treasury and founder of the cg

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9
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Early cutters were this length

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35ft

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10
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Quasi-War with France

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1798-1801

During the time of the French Revolution and undeclared war

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11
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War of 1812

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Cutter Surveyor and Narcissus were? captured?

During the time of the Napoleonic wars and Louisiana purchase

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War of 1812

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Cutter Surveyor and Narcissus were? captured?

During the time of the Napoleonic wars and Louisiana purchase

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13
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Joshua James

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1848 saved over 600 lives

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14
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Bureau of Marine Inspection

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Steamboat inspection 1838
Bureau of Navigation 1848
Merger with Dept of Commerce 1932
Merger with Dept of treasury 1942
1946 Permanent Merger
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15
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Mike “Hell roaring” Healy

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1867 brought the bear? to Alaska during the purchase of Alaska for 7.2mil

1/8 african american

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16
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Overland Relief Expedition

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Bertolf
Cauldwell
Healy

17
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Ellesworth P. Bertholf ***

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1st Commandant of the CG

18
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WWI

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Lucertaina sub u20 rumored to torpedoed the TAMPA cutter

19
Q

Elmer Stone

A

First CG Aviator and 1st transatlantic flight

20
Q

Titanic

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1912 formed the ice patrols

21
Q

Solas

A

Required ships to have lifeboats after incident

22
Q

Joseph Jenkins

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1st African American to be commissioned to uscg in 1943

23
Q

SPARS

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started by Dorothy Straton in 1942 semper paratus already ready

24
Q

LT Thomas James Crotty

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worked with the navy to go through mine school and was captured in Philippines

25
Q

Douglas Munro

A

Guadel Canal 1942

did they get off?

26
Q

(TEST) CG transferred from Dept of Treasury to Dept of Transportation

A

1967 April 1st

27
Q

(TEST) CG transferred from DOT to DHS

A

March 1st 2003

28
Q

(TEST) CG transferred from DOT to DHS

A

March 1st 2003

29
Q

Nathan Bruckental

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1st Wartime casualty since Vietnam

30
Q

Exxon Valdez

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Oil spill in 1990

31
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Hurricane Katrina

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29 Aug. 2005

32
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Deepwater Horizon

A

killed 2 crew
fireball visible from 35 miles away
up to 4.9 mil barrels went into the ocean

Final Prog (28 decks)

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