COAST GUARD HISTORY

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COAST GUARDHISTORY

• ARMED CONFLICTS

PART I
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GEORGE WASHINGTON

• Was the President
• During The
• Revolutionary War with England

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ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Was the First Secretary of the Department of Treas
ury
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THEU. S. REVENUE CUTTER SERVICEWASESTABLISHED4
AUGUST 1790
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THE FIRST CONFLICT

• The fight against smugglers began in earnest once
  the revenue cutter fleet was commissioned. The
  new cutters were stationed from NH to GA.

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U.S.R.C.S.

• Was the only maritime force available to the new
  Govt. The Continental Navy was disbanded 1785,
  so between 1790 and 1798 there was no Navy. This
  makes the CG the oldest continuous military
  service.

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RCS MASSACHUSETTS

• The 1st Commissioned
• Cutter was...

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RCS DILIGENCE

• In 1793 DILIGENCE drove a pirate ashore in the
  Chesapeake Bay.

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RCS VIRGINIA

• In 1794 arrested UNICORN which was being
  fitted-out as a privateer by supporters of the
  French Republic.

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HOPLEY YEATON

• First Commissioned Officer
• in the U.S. Coast Guard

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QUASI War with France
1797-1801

• There were 8 remaining Cutters left (Cutter
  Pickering pictured above).
• Those 8 Cutters captured
• 16 French ship.

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U.S. COAST GUARDENSIGN

• Was Established by
• Secretary of Treasury Wolcott
• 1799

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The Coast Guard Ensign

• Flying the CG Ensign gave a vessel
• the right to Search Seize a vessel.

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EMBARGO ACT OF 22 DEC 1807

• England began impressing U.S. Sailors. No more
  imports or exports allowed. 12 more cutters were
  commissioned.

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WAR OF 1812

• War declared aginst Great Britain. Once again,
  the cutters distinguished themselves.

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THE 1ST CAPTURE

• It was a cutter that captured the first British
  vessel.

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RCS SURVEYOR

• With 15 men, fought 50 men aboard the Brit ship
  NARCISSUS. After the capture of SURVEYOR,
  Captain Travis was returned to the U.S. by the
  Brit Commander for his gallantry.

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RCS EAGLE

• Was driven ashore near Negros Head, NY in an
  encounter with the Brit DISPATCH, dragged her
  guns up a bluff continued the battle. They
  used the ships log paper for wad, and picked up
  the shot from the DISPATCH and shot back.

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NINE (9) CUTTERS FOUGHTIN THE WAR OF
1812AGAINST ENGLAND.
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31 MARCH 1819

• RCS ALABAMA LOUISIANA captured Mexican
  privateer Bravo in the Gulf of Mexico, and
  destroyed a notorious pirates den, putting an
  end to organized piracy on the Gulf.

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SEMINOLE WARS1836-1842

• 8 cutters supported Army Navy ops. They
  attacked war parties, broke up rendezvous points,
  transported troops.

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WAR WITH MEXICO1846-1848

• 5 Cutters were engaged in amphibious ops, and
  served on blockade duty.

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PARAGUAY IN 1855

• The cutter HARRIET LANE was ordered to join a
  Navy squadron to settle a dispute with Paraguay.
  She was the only shallow-draft steamer amoung 18
  ships. She was the most active warship in the
  squadron.

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UNITED STATESCIVIL WAR1861-1865
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UNION CUTTERS

• Principle duties included patrolling for commerce
  raiders providing fire support for troops
  ashore.

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DURING THE CIVIL WAR

• Coast Guard Cutters transformed from
• Sailing Ships to Steamships.

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BELIEVE IT OR NOT!

• Some of the CG Cutters joined
• The
• Confederates during the
• Civil War

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CONFEDERATE CUTTERS

• Many cutter men joined the Confederacy.
  Confederate cutters, including the ROBERT
  MCLELLAND, were principally used as commerce
  raiders.

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NOTABLE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS

• The 1st naval shot of the Civil War was fired by
  the cutter HARRIET LANE when it challenged
  NASHVILLE while attempting to smuggle supplies to
  the Conferates.

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The HARRIET LANE also took part in the capture of
Hatteras Inlet.The HERCULES balled Confederates
on the Rappahannock River, Va.