Let’s Repeat Ourselves Flashcards
The CG celebrates its birthday __ of each year
4 Aug (1790)
The Revenue Cutter Service began with __ cutters at a cost of $1000 each
Ten
In 1838, Congress enacted legislation in response to steamboat boiler explosions that would evolve over the next several decades into what agency?
Steamboat Inspection Service
The USCG was formed when the Revenue Cutter Service and Life-Saving Service were merged on what date?
28Jan 1915
When was the USCG transferred to Department of Transportation
Apr 1967
When was the Coast Guard transferred to Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security Act of 2002, Transferred on March 1, 2003
Alexander Hamilton was appointed to be the first __
Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton was appointed to be the first __
Secretary of Treasury
Who was the Coast Guard’s first aviator?
CDR Elmer F. Archie Stone
Who was the first Commandant of the USCG?
Captain Ellsworth Price Bertholf
On June 19, 1911, Ellsworth Price Bertholf was named Captain Commandant of the __
US Revenue Cutter Service
Who was awarded the Medal of Honor for evacuating a battalion of Marines trapped by Japanese forces on September 27, 1942?
SM1 Douglas Munro
Where did SM1 Douglas Munro aid a battalion of Marines during landing and rescue?
Point Cruz, Guadalcanal
SM1 Douglas Munro was in charge of 24 Higgins boats during an amphibious invasion at Point Cruz, __
Guadalcanal
What vessel is credited with firing the first Naval shot during the Civil War?
Harriet Lane
