The Lighthouse Service was established in 1789 to maintain navigation buoys and lights.
\nThe Revenue Cutter Service was established in 1790 to enforce customs laws.
\nThe Lifesaving Service was established in 1879 to man stations along the coast to respond to sinkings and groundings.
\nIn 1915 the Revenue Cutter Service and the Lifesaving Service were merged to form the Coast Guard.
\nIn 1939 the Coast Guard assumed the missions of the Lighthouse Service.
\nAll RCS vessels and LHS vessels and lighthouses are “Coast Guard Models”<\/p>\n
The Coast Guard manned several Navy ships in WWII including DEs, PFs, LSTs, AKAs, etc
\nSame with Army tugs and freighters
\nThe Coast Guard pressed many civilian boats into emergency WWII Service
\nCoastguardsmen conducted infantry-style raids and pounded the beaches on horseback in WWII
\nCoasties wore combat fatigues in Vietnam and BDUs in Desert Storm
\nThe Coast Guard acquired several classes of ships from the Navy including DDs, SCs, AVPs, ATFs, ATAs, etc.
\nThe Coast Guard flew over 100 different aircraft types since 1916<\/p>\n
There are 4 Navy ships named for Coast Guard heroes including a Fletcher Class DD<\/p>\n
The Coast Guard sponsored NASCAR cars for several years in the late 90s and early 2000s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Lighthouse Service was established in 1789 to maintain navigation buoys and lights. The Revenue Cutter Service was established in 1790 to enforce customs laws. The Lifesaving Service was established in 1879 to man stations along the coast to respond to sinkings and groundings. In 1915 the Revenue Cutter Service and the Lifesaving Service were … <\/p>\n