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United States Coast Guard

The United States Coast Guard is a branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven U.S. uniformed services. The Coast Guard is a maritime, military, multi-mission service unique among the military branches for having a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency mission as part of...

Timeline of Events

1790

8.4.1790

A newly passed tariff act creates the ''Revenue Cutter Service'' (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).

1915

1.28.1915

An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard.

1999

1.21.1999

War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over convert 4300 of cocaine on board.