When was the Unites States coast guard founded?

Answer 1

The origins of the U.S. Coast Guard go as far back as 1790, when the "Revenue Cutter Service" was established as part of the Department of the Treasury. In 1915, this agency was merged with the U.S. Life-Saving Service and renamed as the U.S. "Coast Guard". This maritime military service is now a part of the Department of Homeland Security but continues to bear proudly the same recognizable name.

Answer 2

Then Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton began the United States Revenue Cutter Service on August 4th, 1790. It is from there that the United States Coast Guard traces its history. A link can be found below.

Answer 3

The Coast Guard's roots lie in the Revenue Cutter Service, which was founded on August 4, 1790 as part of the Department of the Treasury. An act of the U.S. Congress created the Coast Guard in 1915, with the merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Lifesaving Service. The United States Lighthouse Service was merged into the Coast Guard in 1939. The legal basis for the Coast Guard is Title 14 of the United States Code, which states: "The Coast Guard as established January 28, 1915, shall be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times." Upon the declaration of war or when the President directs, the Coast Guard operates under the authority of the Department of the Navy. The Coast Guard later moved to the Department of Transportation in 1967, and on February 25, 2003 it became part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Answer 4

From the Coast Guard Web site:

"Our official history began on 4 August 1790 when the first Congress authorized the construction of ten vessels to enforce federal tariff and trade laws and to prevent smuggling. Known variously through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the Revenue Marine and the Revenue Cutter Service, we expanded in size and responsibilities as the nation grew.

The service received its present name in 1915 under an act of Congress that merged the Revenue Cutter Service with the Life-Saving Service, thereby providing the nation with a single maritime service dedicated to saving life at sea and enforcing the nation's maritime laws. The Coast Guard began to maintain the country's aids to maritime navigation, including operating the nation's lighthouses, when President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the transfer of the Lighthouse Service to the Coast Guard in 1939. In 1946 Congress permanently transferred the Commerce Department's Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation to the Coast Guard, thereby placing merchant marine licensing and merchant vessel safety under our purview.

The Coast Guard is one of the oldest organizations of the federal government and until Congress established the Navy Department in 1798 we served as the nation's only armed force afloat. We protected the nation throughout our long history and served proudly in every one of the nation's conflicts. Our national defense responsibilities remain one of our most important functions even today. In times of peace we operate as part of the Department of Homeland Security, serving as the nation's front-line agency for enforcing the nation's laws at sea, protecting the marine environment and the nation's vast coastline and ports, and saving life. In times of war, or at the direction of the President, we serve under the Navy Department." The Coast Guard has resided in the U.S. Department of Treasury, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and now the Department of Homeland Security.

Answer 5

The Coast Guard was transferd to the department of homland security in Feb 2003

Answer 6

There are many and varied answers, but the most convincing is 1915. See the link below for more on the chronology of the Coast Guard.

Answer 7

1790