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EPME Quiz on Coast Guard History, created by Joshua Vance on 02/11/2016.

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Coast Guard History

Question 1 of 37

1

The Coast Guard was created when what two services were merged?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Revenue Cutter Service

  • Life Saving Service

  • Steamboat Inspection Service

  • Lighthouse Service

Explanation

Question 2 of 37

1

During what conflict were Coast Guard cutters painted gray to avoid being easy targets in the moonlight or flare light?

Select one of the following:

  • Vietnam War

  • World War I

  • World War II

  • Korean War

Explanation

Question 3 of 37

1

During which conflict did cutters capture 18 prizes unaided and assist in the capture of 2 others?

Select one of the following:

  • Quasi-War

  • War of 1812

  • Spanish-American War

  • Mexican-American War

Explanation

Question 4 of 37

1

During which conflict did the Treasury Department establish Captain of the Port Offices in New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk and Sault Ste Marie?

Select one of the following:

  • World War I

  • World War II

  • Korean War

  • Vietnam War

Explanation

Question 5 of 37

1

During which conflict was the first time in the Coast Guard Reserve history that involuntary overseas mobilization occurred?

Select one of the following:

  • Desert Shield/Desert Storm

  • World War I

  • World War II

  • Korean War

Explanation

Question 6 of 37

1

During which conflict was the first time that steamboats were used in war?

Select one of the following:

  • Mexican-American War

  • Spanish-American War

  • Civil War

  • War of 1812

Explanation

Question 7 of 37

1

Which cutter captured 10 prizes, one of which carried 44 guns and 200 men, three times her own force?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Pickering

  • Cutter Jefferson

  • Cutter Harriet Lane

  • Cutter Eagle

Explanation

Question 8 of 37

1

The sinking of the RMS Titanic was the driving force for establishing the International Ice Patrol.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 9 of 37

1

Which cutter captured the first prize during the War of 1812?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Jefferson

  • Cutter Pickering

  • Cutter Harriet Lane

  • Cutter Eagle

Explanation

Question 10 of 37

1

Where is the only Coast Guard-manned light station in the U.S. today?

Select one of the following:

  • Boston Harbor

  • Cape Hatteras

  • St. George Reef

  • New London Harbor

Explanation

Question 11 of 37

1

When this cutter was run ashore the crew dragged her guns to a high bluff and fought the British ships from there?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Eagle

  • Cutter Jefferson

  • Cutter Pickering

  • Cutter Harriet Lane

Explanation

Question 12 of 37

1

Which cutter recaptured the American vessels Nanal and Mehitable in a memorable fight in 1799 with the French Privateer Revenge?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Eagle

  • Cutter Harriet Lane

  • Cutter Jefferson

  • Cutter Pickering

Explanation

Question 13 of 37

1

Which cutter sank an enemy submarine by ramming it?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Campbell

  • Cutter Tampa

  • Cutter Icarus

  • Cutter Spencer

Explanation

Question 14 of 37

1

Which cutter served as a ocean escort to 18 convoys from Gibraltar, comprising 350 vessels?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Tampa

  • Cutter Northland

  • Cutter Spencer

  • Cutter Campbell

Explanation

Question 15 of 37

1

Which cutter took part in the expedition to Fort Sumter in 1861?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Harriet Lane

  • Cutter Pickering

  • Cutter Eagle

  • Cutter Jefferson

Explanation

Question 16 of 37

1

Which cutter took the Norwegian trawler Boskoe into "protective custody" and captured three German radiomen ashore?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Northland

  • Cutter Spencer

  • Cutter Campbell

  • Cutter McCulloch

Explanation

Question 17 of 37

1

Which cutter used depth charges to force a German submarine to surface?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Icarus

  • Cutter Tampa

  • Cutter McCulloch

  • Cutter Spencer

Explanation

Question 18 of 37

1

Which cutter was engaged in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter McCulloch

  • Cutter Eagle

  • Cutter Pickering

  • Cutter Jefferson

Explanation

Question 19 of 37

1

Which cutter was engaged with Spanish gunboats and shore batteries in Cardenas Bay during the Spanish-American War?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Hudson

  • Cutter McCulloch

  • Cutter Jefferson

  • Cutter Eagle

Explanation

Question 20 of 37

1

Which cutter was torpedoed by a German submarine after escorting a convoy from Gibraltar to the United Kingdom?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Tampa

  • Cutter Northland

  • Cutter Spencer

  • Cutter McCulloch

Explanation

Question 21 of 37

1

Which Lighthouse Keeper served 39 years at the Lime Rock Lighthouse, saving 18 lives?

Select one of the following:

  • Ida Lewis

  • Margaret Norvell

  • Pamela Autry

  • Grace Parmalee

Explanation

Question 22 of 37

1

Which cutter served as the escort and dispatch boat with Commodore George Dewey's Asiatic Squadron during the Spanish-American War?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter McCulloch

  • Cutter Hudson

  • Cutter Harriet Lane

  • Cutter Jefferson

Explanation

Question 23 of 37

1

Which cutter successfully tracked a submarine through a convoy during World War II?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Spencer

  • Cutter Icarus

  • Cutter Northland

  • Cutter Tampa

Explanation

Question 24 of 37

1

During which conflict was the first time that the entire Coast Guard was transferred to the Navy?

Select one of the following:

  • World War I

  • World War II

  • Korean War

  • War of 1812

Explanation

Question 25 of 37

1

During which conflict did the Coast Guard play a marginal role, primarily one of support?

Select one of the following:

  • Korean War

  • Vietnam War

  • Desert Shield/Desert Storm

  • Civil War

Explanation

Question 26 of 37

1

During which conflict was the first time the Coast Guard augmented the Navy with shallow-draft craft?

Select one of the following:

  • War of 1812

  • Civil War

  • Mexican-American War

  • Spanish-American War

Explanation

Question 27 of 37

1

During which conflict was the Coast Guard given responsibility for cold-weather operations in Greenland?

Select one of the following:

  • World War II

  • World War I

  • Korean War

  • Vietnam War

Explanation

Question 28 of 37

1

During which conflict was the first time ocean-going cutters augmented Navy and Coast Guard surveillance forces?

Select one of the following:

  • Vietnam War

  • Korean War

  • World War I

  • World War II

Explanation

Question 29 of 37

1

Which cutter rescued 578 migrants from a grossly overloaded 75-foot coastal freighter?

Select one of the following:

  • Cutter Dauntless

  • Cutter Tampa

  • Cutter Harriet Lane

  • Cutter Spencer

Explanation

Question 30 of 37

1

Who founded the Revenue Cutter Service?

Select one of the following:

  • Alexander Hamilton

  • Samuel Adams

  • Thomas Jefferson

  • John Adams

Explanation

Question 31 of 37

1

When was the Coast Guard officially transferred to the Department of Homeland Security?

Select one of the following:

  • March 1st, 2003

  • March 1st, 2001

  • March 1st, 2013

  • March 1st, 2009

Explanation

Question 32 of 37

1

When was the Federal Lifesaving Service initiated?

Select one of the following:

  • 1848

  • 1866

  • 1886

  • 1885

Explanation

Question 33 of 37

1

Following World War II, members of what organization were given rates and ratings, uniforms and insignia?

Select one of the following:

  • Coast Guard Auxiliary

  • Coast Guard Reserve

Explanation

Question 34 of 37

1

Members of what part-time force perform the same tasks as active duty personnel?

Select one of the following:

  • Coast Guard Reserve

  • Coast Guard Auxiliary

Explanation

Question 35 of 37

1

The Refuse Act of 1899 was the catalyst for what Coast Guard mission?

Select one of the following:

  • Environmental Protection

  • Boating Safety

  • Law Enforcement

Explanation

Question 36 of 37

1

The fatality rate of this focus has greatly declined as a result of what Coast Guard mission?

Select one of the following:

  • Boating Safety

  • Law Enforcement

  • Environmental Protection

Explanation

Question 37 of 37

1

Drug smuggling in the 1960s gave what mission increased significance?

Select one of the following:

  • Law Enforcement

  • Boating Safety

  • Environmental Protection

Explanation

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