The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is made up of a combination of three different United States’ programs. The first program was the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The second was the U.S. Revenue Marine (Cutter) Service. The third and final program was the U.S. Lifesaving Service. All three were combined in 1913 creating the USCG we know today. I will now discuss each of the three U.S. programs that helped create the USCG. The earliest beginnings of the USCG happened in 1789 when the Department of Treasury took control of all the nation’s lighthouses (12 lighthouses at the time) and formed the U.S. Lighthouse Service program, “All lighthouses and stations came under the control of the Department of the Treasury on August 7, 1789, which makes it the oldest forerunner of today’s Coast Guard” (Bonner 32). The
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waters due to the dangers (shoals, rock beds, shallows, etc.) of coastal waters. The program refurbished old lighthouses,
waters due to the dangers (shoals, rock beds, shallows, etc.) of coastal waters. The program refurbished old lighthouses,