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HOW MANY UNITS IN THE FIELD REPORT DIRECTLY TO HEADQUARTERS?
35..INCLUDING TRAINING CENTERS CAPE MAY, PETALUMA, YORKTOWN
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WHAT DID CONGRESS AUTHORIZE MAY 28 1798?
THE CAPTURE OF FRENCH VESSELS HOVERING OFF THE US COAST CAUSING A QUASI WAR WITH FRANCE 1798-99
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WHAT HAPPENED JULY OF 1798?
CONGRESS EMPOWERED US NAVY TO CAPTURE ARMED FRENCH VESSELS ANYWHERE ON THE HIGH SEAS
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-WHAT DID THE PRESIDENT ORDER IN 1846 DURING MEX/AMERICAN WAR?
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USE OF STEAM POWERED REVENUE CUTTERS, FIRST TIME STEAM BOATS WERE USED IN WAR.
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WHAT CUTTER FIRED THE FIRST SHOT OF THE CIVIL WAR?
HARRIET LANE
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-WHAT HAPPENED ON 2 APRIL 1917?
THE ENTIRE COAST GUARD WAS TRANSFERRED TO NAVY WHEN THE GERMANS SUNK 3 US VESSELS...US ENTERS WW1
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WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CUTTER TAMPA 26 SEPT. 1918?
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IT WAS TORPEDO'D BY GERMAN SUB LOSING ALL 115 (11 CG MEMBERS) CREWMEMBERS AFTER ESCORTING A CONVOY.
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-AFTER CIVIL WAR, WHAT HAPPENED TO LIFE SAVING SERVICE?
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IT WAS REBORN, LED BY SUMNER L KIMBALL, ASSISTED BY REVENUE CAPT. JOHN FAUNCE.
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-WHEN DID USCG START ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MISSION?
IN 1822, CONGRESS CREATED TIMBER RESERVE FOR NAVY TO PREVENT CUTTING OF OAK ON PUBLIC LAND.
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-WHAT WAS THE CG ROLE IN ALASKA?
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ALASKA WAS PURCHASED IN 1867. IN 1870 CONGRESS RESTRICTED # OF SEAL PELTS TAKEN. BY MAY 1908 CG ENFORCED ALL ALASKA GAME LAWS.
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-WHAT DID THE FISHERIES CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1976 STATE?
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IT CREATED A 200 MI OFFSHORE FISHING ZONE CONTROLLED BY US COAST GUARD.
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-WHAT WAS USED TO HELP GUIDE SHIPS IN COLONIAL TIMES DURING FOG?
CANNONS
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-WHAT IS THE ONLY MANNED LIGHT HOUSE IN THE COAST GUARD AT PRESENT TIME?
BOSTON HARBOR
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-WHO WAS ABBIE BURGESS?
SERVED 38 YEARS AT MATINICUS ROCK AND WHITE HEAD LIGHT STATIONS IN MAINE WHILE RAISING A FAMILY.
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-WHO WAS IDA LEWIS?
SERVED 39 YEARS AT LIME ROCK LIGHT HOUSE SAVING 18 LIVES.
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-WHO WAS MARCUS HANNA?
SERVED AT CAPE ELIZABETH LIGHT,ONLY PERSON TO RECEIVE MEDAL OF HONOR AND GOLD LIFESAVING MEDAL.
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-WHAT IS THE COAST GUARD'S POLICY TOWARD BOATING SAFETY?
TO EDUCATE RATHER THAN CARRY OUT PUNITIVE MEASURES.
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-WHO DID ALEXANDER HAMILTON WANT TO RUN THE REVENUE CUTTER SERVICE?
COMMISIONED REVENUE MARINE OFFICERS
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-WHAT DOES TITLE 14 OF US CODE STATE?
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THE COAST GUARD IS A MILITARY SERVICE AND A BRANCH OF THE US MILITARY.
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