United States Coast Guard

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United States Coast Guard 

security and rescue military service branch for U.S. waters
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Instance of	coast guard federal law enforcement agency of the United States sea rescue organization
Part of	United States Armed Forces
Location	United States of America
Founded by	Alexander Hamilton
Inception	4 August 1790 1790
Replaces	United States Life-Saving Service United States Revenue Cutter Service
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38° 51′ 23″ N, 77° 00′ 39″ W
Authority file  Q11224 ISNI: 0000000404058787, 0000000123644587 VIAF ID: 154411282 GND ID: 13011-4 Library of Congress authority ID: n80125851 Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 120183530 NORAF ID: 90323419 BabelNet ID: 00078846n J9U ID: 987007269263505171 Open Library ID: OL3853926A Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries KML file WikiShootMe OpenStreetMap Search depicted

English: The United States Coast Guard (abbreviated USCG stylised as U.S.C.G.) is a service within the Department of Homeland Security involved in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, search and rescue, in wartime it becomes a branch of the United States Armed Forces with a role in national defense.

Español: La Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos (United States Coast Guard) forma la rama más pequeña de las cinco que forman las Fuerzas Armadas de Estados Unidos.

Français : US Coast Guard

Português: Guarda Costeira dos Estados Unidos

Русский: Береговая охрана США

Soomaaliga: Ilaalada Xeebta Mareykanka

Tiếng Việt: Tuần duyên Hoa Kỳ

中文：美国海岸警卫队

Heraldry/Logotipos

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  U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary — Official Mark
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  U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Affairs Program Logo
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  U.S. Coast Guard Legal Division
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  Chaplain of the Coast Guard
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  United States Coast Guard Pacific area
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  USCG 1st District
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  USCG 5th District
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  USCG 7th District
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  USCG 8th District
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  USCG 9th District
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  USCG 11th District
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  USCG 13th District
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  USCG 14th District
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  USCG 17th District
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  Rescue 21
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  United States Coast Guard Command Control and Communications

See Category:United States Coast Guard Districts

Flags/Banderas

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  U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Flag
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  Flag of Commandant
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  Flag of Vice Commandant
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  Flag of Vice Admiral
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  Flag of Rear Admiral (Upper Half)
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  Flag of Rear Admiral (Lower Half)

see Category:Flags of the United States Coast Guard

History/Historia

The Coast Guard was formed by merging the Revenue Cutter Service and Life Saving Service in 1915, the Light House Service was absorbed in 1939. (See History of the United States Coast Guard.)

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  United States Revenue Cutter Service logo
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  United States Life Saving Service logo
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  United States Light House Service logo

People/Gente

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  Admiral Thad William Allen, Commandant, United States Coast Guard (23rd)
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  Rear Admiral Vivien S. Crea, Vice Commandant, United States Coast Guard
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  Admiral Thomas H. Collins, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard (22nd)
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  RADM William D. Baumgartner, Judge Advocate General United States Coast Guard
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  Charles D. Wurster, Commander, Pacific Area and Commander, Defense Force West of the United States Coast Guard
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  Charles W. Bowen, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard
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  Bruce E. Melnick, Commander USCG and American Mission specialist to NASA STS-41 and STS-49
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  Vice Admiral Jody A. Breckenridge, Commander, District Eleven
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  CAPT Daniel Burbank
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  CAPT Chris Sinnett, EAGLE's 25th and current Commanding Officer
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  Rear Admiral Patrick M. Stillman
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  RADM Timothy S. Sullivan

see Category:People of the United States Coast Guard

Equipment/Equipamiento

System of Systems (Integrated Deepwater System)

see Category:United States Coast Guard equipment

Vessels/Embarcaciones

Note: USCGC refers to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter and applys to vessels of 65 feet or more.(see United States Coast Guard vessels)

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  USCGC Eagle
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  USCGC Eagle
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  USCGC Healy (Icebreaker)

Famous class cutters

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  USCGC Medium Endurance Cutter Harriet Lane WMEC 903
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  USCGC Tahoma (WMEC-908)
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  USCGC Tampa (WMEC 902)

Hamilton class cutters

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Treasury class cutters

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  USCGC Bibb WPG-31
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  USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)

Miscellaneous or unknown

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  Icebreaker
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  Icebreaker

Boats/Barcos

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  47-foot Motor Lifeboat
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  Response Boat-Medium
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  Defender class Response Boat-Small
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  Guardian class Transportable Port Security Boat
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  Air boat

Aircraft/Aeronaves

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  Fairchild C-123B; "C-123 Fairchild, 7th Coast Guard Dist., Miami." (photo taken 1971)
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  Sikorsky HH-60J Jayhawk
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  U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 retrieving a rescue swimmer
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  MH-68 Stingray
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  Dassault HU-25
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  Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules

Miscellaneous/Misceláneo

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  MARSEC level 1
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  Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay, CA
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  Sector Commands (map)
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  United States Coast Guard Academy

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Buzzella, Jr. (10 F) Bill Campbell (1 F) Erin Chlum (2 F) Paul Leaman Clark (1 C, 4 F) Howard Coble (9 F) Travis Colson (2 F) Edgar Culbertson (1 C, 5 F) Vincent Danz (6 F) Jetta H. Disco (1 C) United States Coast Guard Silent Drill Team (7 F) David Duren (1 C, 4 F) William R. Flores (1 C, 3 F) Francis Saltus Van Boskerck (1 F) Arthur Godfrey (21 F) Claire M. Grady (1 C, 19 F) Alex Haley (2 C, 6 F) Oliver Henry (1 C, 4 F) Francisco Hernandez (2 F) R. Shane Hooker (9 F) Kelli L. Seybolt (4 F) Kevin King (USCG) (1 F) Jacklyn Kokomoor (2 F) Jake Korn (6 F) Mary E. Landry (10 F) Michael Lemay (1 F) Ashley Lewis (1 F) John K. Little (3 F) Lisa Mack (1 F) Hank Majeski (2 F) Jake Mastergeorge (1 P, 1 F) Thomas D. McAdams (3 F) Jason McCarthy (2 F) Angela McShan (1 C, 9 F) Cory J. Mendenhall (1 C) Frank Murkowski (1 C, 37 F) Ginny R. 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