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39 Cards in this Set
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Bureau of navigation |
This service was merged with the steamboat inspection service in 1932 |
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Douglas munro |
The USCG Medal of Honor winner from WWII |
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Nathan Bruckenthal |
Name of the DC3 that lost his life serving our country in the USCG during Operation Iraqi Freedom 2004 |
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Department of treasury |
This was the department that the RCS and USCG originally belonged to |
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Walsh |
Last name of the CG officer that captured over 300 germans |
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LORAN |
Long range navigation - electronic navigation stations manned by Coast Guard personnel |
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Department of homeland security |
The department that the USCG was transferred to 1 March 2003 |
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Mariel boatlift |
Operation in 1980 to interdict Cuban migrants on the high sea |
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Alexander Hamilton |
First secretary of the treasury, known as the father of the USCG |
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Drugwar |
Term used in reference to USCG law enforcement efforts to interdict the illegal drug trade |
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Steamboat inspection |
Service created in 1838 to ensure safety of steam ships |
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Market Time |
The operation during the Vietnam war to stop the enemy's flow of arms and men from N Vietnam to S Vietnam |
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Department of Transportation |
This is the department the USCG was transported to April 1, 1967 |
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Michael Healy |
The first African American to captain a cutter |
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Convoy patrol Beach and coast patrol Captain of the port Amphibious landings |
Major roles for CG in WWI and II |
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Tampa |
The USCG cutter sunk in WWI by a Uboat with the loss of all hands |
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Lighthouse Service |
The last agency to merge with the CG in 1939 |
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First naval shot of the Civil war Fought for both sides First successful side wheel steam engine on cutter |
Three things Harriet Lane did |
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Lifesaving Service |
Service combined in 1915 to make CG |
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Narcissus |
Ship that captured the Surveyor in War of 1812 |
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LT Elmer Stone |
Officer responsible for aviation |
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Bear |
First Revenue Cutter Icebreaker |
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quasi war |
Non Declared war with France |
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Desert Shield and Desert Storm |
Missions in Iraq the USCG was engaged in |
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Revenue Cutter Marine |
Another name of Revenue Cutter service |
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Hopley Yeaton |
Name of the first Revenue Cutter Service |
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Semper Paratus, Always Ready Service. Women's Auxiliary |
SPARS means what, and what was it. |
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Alex Haley, chief journalist |
Name and Rank of the African American who were Roots |
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Prohibition |
Name for the Volstead act that made selling and drinking alcohol illegal |
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Revenue Cutter Act |
Act in 1789 that created the lighthouse service and Revenue Cutter Service |
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Northland |
Cutter that captured a German Weather station in Greenland in WWII |
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Eagle |
Cutter that fought the Dispatch in 1812 |
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Exxon Valdez |
Oil tanker that spilled a lot of oil in Alaska that prompted the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 |
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Ice Patrol |
Mission created after the Titanic sank |
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Joshua James |
Name of the most famous lifesaver from the lifesaving service |
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Rum runners |
Vessels that smuggled alcohol during Prohibition |
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Pea Island |
Lifesaving Station ran by African Americans |
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1789 |
Date - lighthouse service established |
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1789 |
Date - revenue act |
