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U.S. Coast Guard History

Articles, Information & Downloadable Files

The Revenue Cutter Rush fires a 
salute on Independence Day, 1901 at Sitka

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• What's New on the Coast Guard Historian's Office Website?

• Coast Guard History: An illustrated narrative history of the U.S. Coast Guard [html file]  [pdf file]

• History of the Coast Guard (Powerpoint Presentation)

• Coast Guard Publication 1 [pdf file]

• The U.S. Coast Guard of the 21st Century ([pdf file]

• Coast Guard 2020: Ready Today, Preparing For Tomorrow [pdf file]

• The U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Strategy for Homeland Security [pdf file]

• The U.S. Coast Guard's Assignment to DHS: Entering Uncharterd Waters or Just a Course Correction?  An essay by LCDR D. C. Baldinelli, 2002

• Best Books in Print on Coast Guard History

• History of the Life-Saving Service [Powerpoint Presentation] [html file] [pdf file]

• History of the Revenue Cutter Service (Powerpoint Presentation)

• History of Ice Operations (Powerpoint Presentation)

• History of the Revenue Marine: An article by Lieutenant Worth G. Ross (who later became Commandant) entitled: "Our Coast Guard: A Brief History of the United States Revenue Marine Service", Harper's New Monthly Magazine, from November 1886 (pdf file)

• Historical Bibliography

• Oral Histories

• Historic Documents

• Coast Guard at War

• Coast Guard Innovations

• "A Bill to Create the Coast Guard": The Legislation That Created the Service  

• Major Policy Changes/Historical Events that Influenced the Missions of the Coast Guard and its Predecessor Services

• Coast Guard Organizational History

• Coast Guard Lighthouses & Other Aids to Navigation in Alaskan History (pdf file)

• Coast Guard Aviation

• Coast Guard Reserve

• Coast Guard Flags, Seals & Streamers

• A History of African-Americans in the Coast Guard

• Coast Guard Auxiliary

• A History of Women in the Coast Guard

• SPARS: The Coast Guard's Women's Reserve in World War II

• Out of Uniform - Civilians in the Coast Guard

• The Coast Guard's Role in Protecting the Environment

• Protecting America's Fisheries: The Coast Guard's Role

• Coast Guard and Prohibition [html file]  [pdf file]

• Traditions of the Coast Guard

• A History of the Coast Guard's Bering Sea Patrol

• The Coast Guard and the Great Lakes

• The Coast Guard Along the North Atlantic Coast

• The Coast Guard, the Gulf Coast and the Western Rivers (html) (pdf)

• Alaska & Hawaii: A Brief History of U.S. Coast Guard Operations

• Coast Guard and the Southeastern Coast  

• Coast Guard and the Pacific Northwest

• Coast Guard and the Southwest Pacific

• The Steamboat Inspection Service & the History of Marine Inspection

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