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Coast Guard History by Era

Revenue Cutter Service

Bering Sea Patrol

International Ice Patrol

Lighthouse Service

Lightships

Steamboat Inspection Service

Lifesaving Service

The Coast Guard

World War I

Prohibition and Early Ocean Weather Stations

Neutrality Patrol

Domestic Ice operations

Merchant Marine Training

Consolidation with Lighthousde Service

Greenland Patrol

Aviation

World War II

7 December 1941

The Battle of the Atlantic, Search and Rescue, The Hooligan navy

Ocean Weather Stations

Beach Patrol

Port Security

Aviation

The First Helicopters

Long Range Aid to Navigation (LORAN)

Amphibious Operations

Logistics

1947 to 2000

The Big White Ones

The Black Fleet

Polar Operations

Fixed Wing Aviation

Rotary Wing Aviation

The Korean war

Vietnam

Desert Storm

The 21st Century

Katrina

SAR


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