United States Coast Guard leaders and missions, 1790 to the present / Thomas P. Ostrom and John J. Galluzzo ; foreword by W. Russ Webster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ostrom, Thomas P., author.

Galluzzo, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Coast Guard--History.

United States.

United States. Coast Guard--Officers--Biography.

United States. Coast Guard.

Lifesaving--United States--History.

Lifesaving.

History.

United States--History, Naval.

Naval history.

Armed Forces--Officers.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Naval history.

Physical Description:

xi, 211 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2015]

Summary:

The history of the U.S. Coast Guard and its predecessor agencies dates from 1790, with missions in both domestic and international waters. The service has provided aids to navigation, enforcement of maritime laws, environmental protection, search and rescue, immigration and narcotics interdiction, maritime safety assistance, port security, natural disaster response and national defense missions, including overseas with other U.S. armed forces and federal and state public safety agencies. The Service has operated under the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Transportation and, since 2003, the Department of Homeland Security. Its maritime mission regions have included Arctic and Antarctic waters, inland and coastal U.S. waterways and the seas and oceans of the world. This history describes how the Coast Guard has manifested its legacy and motto, Semper Paratus (Always Ready), in changing conditions under each of its leaders. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 U.S. Revenue Marine and U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (1790-1915) 7

2 U.S. Lighthouse Service (1789-1939) 16

3 U.S. Life-Saving Service (1878-1915) 26

4 Revenue Marine Chiefs (1843-1889) 39

5 Revenue Cutter Service Chiefs and Commandants (1889-1915) 51

6 The U.S. Coast Guard Is Born (1911-1919) 61

7 Rum Runners and Depression (1919-1936) 71

8 The Coast Guard in the World War II Era (1936-1946) 82

9 The Post-War and Cold War Eras (1946-1962) 96

10 Vietnam, DOT, "Bender's Blues" and Fisheries Patrols (1962-1982) 107

11 Militarization, Middle East, Interdiction and Ecology (1982-1994) 121

12 Maritime Outreach, Asset Innovation and War on Terror (1994-2002) 129

13 U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Articulation and Homeland Security (2002-2006) 137

14 Deep Water Project and Natural Disasters (2006-2010) 144

15 International Outreach, Security Cutters and Arctic Expansion (2010-) 153.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786495269

078649526X

OCLC:

882191784