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The Coast Guard was created when what two services were merged?
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Revenue Cutter Service
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Life Saving Service
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Steamboat Inspection Service
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Lighthouse Service
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During what conflict were Coast Guard cutters painted gray to avoid being easy targets in the moonlight or flare light?
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Vietnam War
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World War I
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World War II
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Korean War
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During which conflict did cutters capture 18 prizes unaided and assist in the capture of 2 others?
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Quasi-War
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War of 1812
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Spanish-American War
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Mexican-American War
Frage 4
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During which conflict did the Treasury Department establish Captain of the Port Offices in New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk and Sault Ste Marie?
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World War I
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World War II
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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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During which conflict was the first time in the Coast Guard Reserve history that involuntary overseas mobilization occurred?
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Desert Shield/Desert Storm
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World War I
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World War II
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Korean War
Frage 6
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During which conflict was the first time that steamboats were used in war?
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Mexican-American War
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Spanish-American War
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Civil War
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War of 1812
Frage 7
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Which cutter captured 10 prizes, one of which carried 44 guns and 200 men, three times her own force?
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Cutter Pickering
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Cutter Jefferson
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Cutter Harriet Lane
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Cutter Eagle
Frage 8
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The sinking of the RMS Titanic was the driving force for establishing the International Ice Patrol.
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- True
- False
Frage 9
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Which cutter captured the first prize during the War of 1812?
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Cutter Jefferson
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Cutter Pickering
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Cutter Harriet Lane
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Cutter Eagle
Frage 10
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Where is the only Coast Guard-manned light station in the U.S. today?
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Boston Harbor
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Cape Hatteras
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St. George Reef
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New London Harbor
Frage 11
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When this cutter was run ashore the crew dragged her guns to a high bluff and fought the British ships from there?
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Cutter Eagle
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Cutter Jefferson
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Cutter Pickering
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Cutter Harriet Lane
Frage 12
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Which cutter recaptured the American vessels Nanal and Mehitable in a memorable fight in 1799 with the French Privateer Revenge?
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Cutter Eagle
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Cutter Harriet Lane
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Cutter Jefferson
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Cutter Pickering
Frage 13
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Which cutter sank an enemy submarine by ramming it?
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Cutter Campbell
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Cutter Tampa
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Cutter Icarus
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Cutter Spencer
Frage 14
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Which cutter served as a ocean escort to 18 convoys from Gibraltar, comprising 350 vessels?
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Cutter Tampa
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Cutter Northland
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Cutter Spencer
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Cutter Campbell
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Which cutter took part in the expedition to Fort Sumter in 1861?
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Cutter Harriet Lane
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Cutter Pickering
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Cutter Eagle
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Cutter Jefferson
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Which cutter took the Norwegian trawler Boskoe into "protective custody" and captured three German radiomen ashore?
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Cutter Northland
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Cutter Spencer
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Cutter Campbell
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Cutter McCulloch
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Which cutter used depth charges to force a German submarine to surface?
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Cutter Icarus
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Cutter Tampa
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Cutter McCulloch
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Cutter Spencer
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Which cutter was engaged in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War?
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Cutter McCulloch
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Cutter Eagle
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Cutter Pickering
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Cutter Jefferson
Frage 19
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Which cutter was engaged with Spanish gunboats and shore batteries in Cardenas Bay during the Spanish-American War?
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Cutter Hudson
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Cutter McCulloch
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Cutter Jefferson
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Cutter Eagle
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Which cutter was torpedoed by a German submarine after escorting a convoy from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom?
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Cutter Tampa
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Cutter Northland
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Cutter Spencer
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Cutter McCulloch
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Which Lighthouse Keeper served 39 years at the Lime Rock Lighthouse, saving 18 lives?
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Ida Lewis
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Margaret Norvell
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Pamela Autry
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Grace Parmalee
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Which cutter served as the escort and dispatch boat with Commodore George Dewey's Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish-American War?
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Cutter McCulloch
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Cutter Hudson
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Cutter Harriet Lane
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Cutter Jefferson
Frage 23
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Which cutter successfully tracked a submarine through a convoy during World War II?
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Cutter Spencer
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Cutter Icarus
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Cutter Northland
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Cutter Tampa
Frage 24
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During which conflict was the first time that the entire Coast Guard was transferred to the Navy?
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World War I
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World War II
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Korean War
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War of 1812
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During which conflict did the Coast Guard play a marginal role, primarily one of support?
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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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Desert Shield/Desert Storm
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Civil War
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During which conflict was the first time the Coast Guard augmented the Navy with shallow-draft craft?
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War of 1812
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Civil War
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Mexican-American War
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Spanish-American War
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During which conflict was the Coast Guard given responsibility for cold-weather operations in Greenland?
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World War II
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World War I
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Korean War
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Vietnam War
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During which conflict was the first time ocean-going cutters augmented Navy and Coast Guard surveillance forces?
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Vietnam War
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Korean War
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World War I
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World War II
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Which cutter rescued 578 migrants from a grossly overloaded 75-foot coastal freighter?
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Cutter Dauntless
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Cutter Tampa
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Cutter Harriet Lane
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Cutter Spencer
Frage 30
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Who founded the Revenue Cutter Service?
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Alexander Hamilton
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Samuel Adams
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Thomas Jefferson
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John Adams
Frage 31
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When was the Coast Guard officially transferred to the Department of Homeland Security?
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March 1st, 2003
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March 1st, 2001
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March 1st, 2013
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March 1st, 2009
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When was the Federal Lifesaving Service initiated?
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1848
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1866
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1886
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1885
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Following World War II, members of what organization were given rates and ratings, uniforms and insignia?
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Coast Guard Auxiliary
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Coast Guard Reserve
Frage 34
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Members of what part-time force perform the same tasks as active duty personnel?
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Coast Guard Reserve
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Coast Guard Auxiliary
Frage 35
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The Refuse Act of 1899 was the catalyst for what Coast Guard mission?
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Environmental Protection
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Boating Safety
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Law Enforcement
Frage 36
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The fatality rate of this focus has greatly declined as a result of what Coast Guard mission?
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Boating Safety
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Law Enforcement
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Environmental Protection
Frage 37
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Drug smuggling in the 1960s gave what mission increased significance?
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Law Enforcement
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Boating Safety
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Environmental Protection
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