Coast Guard History

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

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