United States Coast Guard

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English: The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a service within the department of Homeland Security involved in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, search and rescue, in wartime it becomes a branch of the United States armed forces with a role in national defense.

[edit] Logos

			U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary — Official Mark
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Public Affairs Program Logo	U.S. Coast Guard Legal Division		Chaplain of the Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard Pacific area	USCG 1st District	USCG 5th District	USCG 7th District
USCG 8th District	USCG 9th District	USCG 11th District	USCG 13th District
USCG 14th District	USCG 17th District	Rescue 21	United States Coast Guard Command Control and Communications

See Category:United States Coast Guard Districts

[edit] Flags

U.S. Coast Guard Ensign Flag	Flag of Commandant	Flag of Vice Commandant	Flag of Vice Admiral
Flag of Rear Admiral (Upper Half)	Flag of Rear Admiral (Lower Half)

see Category:United States Coast Guard Flags

[edit] History

The Coast Guard was formed by merging the Revenue Cutter Service and Life Saving Service in 1915, the Light House Service was absorbed in 1939. (See History of the United States Coast Guard.)

United States Revenue Cutter Service logo

United States Life Saving Service logo

United States Light House Service logo

[edit] People

Admiral Thad William Allen, Commandant, United States Coast Guard (23rd)	Rear Admiral Vivien S. Crea, Vice Commandant, United States Coast Guard	Admiral Thomas H. Collins, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard (22nd)	RADM William D. Baumgartner, Judge Advocate General United States Coast Guard
Charles D. Wurster, Commander, Pacific Area and Commander, Defense Force West of the United States Coast Guard	Charles W. Bowen, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard	Kent Garner FC 31, Flotilla Commander of USCG Auxiliary McClelland Park	Ms. Robin Freeman, District Public Education Officer for the USCG Auxiliary Eleventh District
Bruce E. Melnick, Commander USCG and American Mission specialist to NASA STS-41 and STS-49	Vice Admiral Jody A. Breckenridge, Commander, District Eleven	CAPT Daniel Burbank	CAPT Chris Sinnett, EAGLE's 25th and current Commanding Officer
Rear Admiral Patrick M. Stillman	RADM Timothy S. Sullivan	Ron Darcy, ADSO-AV 11NR

see Category:People of the United States Coast Guard

[edit] Equipment

System of Systems (Integrated Deepwater System)

see Category:United States Coast Guard equipment

[edit] Vessels

Note: USCGC refers to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter and applys to vessels of 65 feet or more.(see United States Coast Guard vessels)

USCGC Eagle

USCGC Healy (Icebreaker)

[edit] Famous class cutters

USCGC Medium Endurance Cutter Harriet Lane WMEC 903

USCGC Tahoma (WMEC-908)

USCGC Tampa (WMEC 902)

[edit] Hamilton class cutters

[edit] Treasury class cutters

USCGC Bibb WPG-31

USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35)

[edit] Misc./unknown

Icebreaker

[edit] Boats

47-foot Motor Lifeboat	Response Boat-Medium	Defender class Response Boat-Small	Guardian class Transportable Port Security Boat
Air boat

[edit] Aircraft

Fairchild C-123B; "C-123 Fairchild, 7th Coast Guard Dist., Miami." (photo taken 1971)	Sikorsky HH-60J Jayhawk	U.S. Coast Guard HH-60 retrieving a rescue swimmer	MH-68 Stingray
Dassault HU-25	Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules