Coast Guard History Flashcards
USCG Birth date
1790 August 4th
USCG Founding Father
Alexander Hamilton
Other Uniformed Services
NOAA, Public Health Services? Is that right?
3 CG Main Missions
Maritime Safety, Security, and Stewardship
Lighthouse, Life Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service merge
1915 Hamilton passed revenue cutter bill
Ida Lewis
Awarded Gold lifesaver medal saving over 18 lives
Limerock in New port and 39 years of service
Hopley Yeaton
1st DCO of the cutter scammel
Alexander Hamilton
1st secretary of treasury and founder of the cg
Early cutters were this length
35ft
Quasi-War with France
1798-1801
During the time of the French Revolution and undeclared war
War of 1812
Cutter Surveyor and Narcissus were? captured?
During the time of the Napoleonic wars and Louisiana purchase
War of 1812
Cutter Surveyor and Narcissus were? captured?
During the time of the Napoleonic wars and Louisiana purchase
Joshua James
1848 saved over 600 lives
Bureau of Marine Inspection
Steamboat inspection 1838 Bureau of Navigation 1848 Merger with Dept of Commerce 1932 Merger with Dept of treasury 1942 1946 Permanent Merger
Mike “Hell roaring” Healy
1867 brought the bear? to Alaska during the purchase of Alaska for 7.2mil
1/8 african american
Overland Relief Expedition
Bertolf
Cauldwell
Healy
Ellesworth P. Bertholf ***
1st Commandant of the CG
WWI
Lucertaina sub u20 rumored to torpedoed the TAMPA cutter
Elmer Stone
First CG Aviator and 1st transatlantic flight
Titanic
1912 formed the ice patrols
Solas
Required ships to have lifeboats after incident
Joseph Jenkins
1st African American to be commissioned to uscg in 1943
SPARS
started by Dorothy Straton in 1942 semper paratus already ready
LT Thomas James Crotty
worked with the navy to go through mine school and was captured in Philippines
