History

Question 1

War of 1812

Answer 1

1. america vs. britain
2. jefferson captured the 1st prize
3. Surveyor captured by the Narcisis
4. Eagle ran ashore flag knocked down and replaced 3 times

Question 2

Mexican American War

Answer 2

1. May 13 1846
2. first time steamboats were used in war
3. cutters Ewing and Legare delivered rifles to troops before the battles
   of monterey and buena vista

Question 3

Civil War

Answer 3

1. 1861-1865
2. harriet lane fired first shots
3. harriet lane went to fort sumter in 1861 to patrol coast for commers
   raiders and provide support for troops ashore
4. during the civil war cutters performed blockades along the atlantic
   coast Chesapeake bay and potomac river

Question 4

Spanish American War

Answer 4

1. spain declared war april 24, 1898
2. 8 cutters carrying 43 guns performed blockades off cubas coast
3. cutter McCulloch fought in battle of manilla bay
4. 11 cutters served under the armys tactical control
5. may 11 1898 cutter hudson rescued USS Winslow while under
   intense enemy fire
6. peace treaty signed dec 10 1898

Question 5

WWI

Answer 5

1. germans sank 3 american vessels, u.s declared war april 2 1917
2. entire cg transferred to navy april 1917
3. aug and sept 1917 6 cutters Ossippee, Seneca, Yamacraw, Algonquin, Manning, and Tampa deployed to Gibraltar and constituted
   squadron 2 of division 6
4. sep 26, 1918- german sub sank cutter tampa of 115 crew, 111 were
   coasties. tampa served as an escort to 18 convoys, compromising
   350 vessels. only 2 ships were lost through enemy action
5. WWI ended in1918 and cg had highest % of death in any u.s service

Question 6

WWII

Answer 6

1. June 22, 1940- port security began
2. 1941- 10 cg cutters transferred to great britain on lend lease prog-
   ram
3. march 1941- cg seized 28 italian, 2 german, and 35 danish merchant
   ships
4. dangerous cargo act gave cg power over ships carrying explosives
   and dangerous cargo
5. april 9 1941- cold weather ops in greenland
6. sep 12 1941- cg made first naval capture of war, northland found 3
   german radiomen from boske

Question 7

WWII continued

Answer 7

1. nov 1, 1941- cg joined navy
2. Icarus captured sub using depth charges
3. 1943- campbell sank sub by ramming it
4. 1943- spencer tracked sub through convoy so well it became part of
   antisubmarine force policy
5. cg manned ships sank 11 enemy subs and 01 cg A/C sank sub
6. cutter and a/c sank 12 german u boats

Question 8

WWII part 3

Answer 8

1. cg manned over 350 ships and hundreds more amphibious vehicles
2. Douglas Munro-sep 27 1942- only MOH coastie guadalcanal near
   matanikau river
3. cg saved more tha 1500 torpedo survivors off u.s. coast and cutters
   saved another 1000 another on escort duty over 1500 were rescued
   during normandy operation
4. cg manned 802 cutter, 351 naval ships and craft, 288 army vessels
5. 2000 coasties died in war
6. almost all 2000 decorated-1 MOH, 6 Navy crosses, 1 DFC
7. cg returned to DOT jan 1 1946

Question 9

Korean War

Answer 9

1. 1946-cg was sent to train south korean cg

2. transferred 19 ships from japanese and american navies

Question 10

Vietnam

Answer 10

1. 1965- 26 82ft cutters deployed to vietnam for operation market time
   painted grey
2. 1966- first ocean going cutters augmented navy and cg already in
   vietnam
3. 8000 coasties and 56 cutters served

Question 11

Desert Shield/Storm

Answer 11

1. 1990-1991
2. aug 22, 1990- 950 cg reservists were called on for the first time ever
3. jan 17 1991- desert shield became desert storm
4. cg ledet cleared 11 iraqi oil platforms and took 23 prisoners
5. feb 28 1991- united nations called cease fire

Question 12

War on Terrorism

Answer 12

1. nov 5 2001- 6 u.s. navy cyclone class patrol warships assigned to
   operation noble eagle. first time navy ships were employed jointly
   under cg command
2. mar 2002- operation liberty shield, increased patrols 50%, put on
   armed boarding officer on every high interest vessel moving in and
   out of american ports
3. operation enduring freedom- 8 110’s and 4 PSU’S 1300 people
   deployed
4. operation iraqi freedom- 1250 cg personnel deployed including 500
   reservists

Question 13

Quasi War

Answer 13

1. may 28, 1798 america v france
2. revenue cutter service operated 8 cutters along southern coast in
   the caribbean sea and the west indies
3. captured 18 prizes and assisted in the capture of 2 hours
4. Pickering captured 10 prizes, one of which had 44 guns and 200 me
   3 times her size
5. Eagle recaptured 2 vessels: the nancy and mehitable in 1799 against
   privateer revenge Revenge

Question 14

What year was the federal life saving service formed

Answer 14

1848

Question 15

What are lighthouse keepers called

Answer 15

wreck masters

Question 16

Between the years of 1848-1870 what % of people aboard vessels wrecked within a lifesaving station survived

Answer 16

90%

Question 17

In what year did john maxon and crew save 201 of 202 off ayrshire

Answer 17

1850

Question 18

In 1871 life saving service was rebuilt under whom

Answer 18

Sumner L. kimball

Question 19

What year was the last cutter stationed mid ocean decommissioned

Answer 19

1977

Question 20

What date and how many lives were saved as the most in cg history

Answer 20

nov 24 1995

dauntless

Question 21

What year did the cg sorty 57,697 times and save 3,400 lives

Answer 21

2000

Question 22

What year did the cg start to protect environment when rcs protected timber reserve

Answer 22

1822

Question 23

RCS was given authority to protect alaskan game laws

Answer 23

may 11, 1908

Question 24

Created a 200 mile offshore fishing zone to be controlled by u.s

Answer 24

fishery conservation and management act of 1976

Question 25

CGC Basswood | CGC Chase

Answer 25

Catch vessel after 1700 mile chase with 120 tons of albacore swordfish and shark fin

Question 26

IN june 1998 who stopped largest high seas drif net fishing in cg history

Answer 26

CGC boutwell, jarvis, and polar sea

Question 27

What is the cg's framework for marine environmental protection program

Answer 27

federal water pollution control act 1972

Question 28

Father of the cg

Answer 28

alexander hamilton leased 10 cutters in 1790

Question 29

Who made the first recorded narcotics seizure

Answer 29

aug 31 1890-CGC Wolcott

Question 30

What and when was the cg's largest maritime seizure of cocaine

Answer 30

april 28, 2001 | 26,931 lbs

Question 31

How many lives lost from the titantic

Answer 31

1500 on april 15 1912

Question 32

When was RCS tasked with maintaining international ice patrol

Answer 32

feb 7, 1914

Question 33

When were all lighthouse federalized

Answer 33

aug 7, 1789

Question 34

Who invented the lighthouse lamp

Answer 34

Augstin Fresnel french physicist

Question 35

Ida Lewis

Answer 35

38 years at limerock lighthouse with 18 lives saved

Question 36

Abbie Burgess

Answer 36

38 years at Matinicus Rock and White Head light stations in maine

Question 37

Who is the only man to be awarded medal of honor and gold life saving medal

Answer 37

Marcus hannah at cape elizabeth light

Question 38

Who wrote the cg service song Yamacraw in savannah ga in 1922

Answer 38

Captain Francis Saltus, wrte lyrics 5 years later

Question 39

Motto came on ensign

Answer 39

1910

Question 40

What year was the auxiliary created

Answer 40

1939

Question 41

Aux assist in making sure _____ boats operate americas waterways safely

Answer 41

14 million

Question 42

CG is military multi ____ and _____ service

Answer 42

mission | maritime

Question 43

What title of the u.s code cites the cg is a military service

Answer 43

title 14

Question 44

Oct 3 1995 cg was given what 5 specific national defense missions

Answer 44

1. maritime interception operations 2. military environmental response operations 3. port operations, security and defense 4. peacetime military engagements 5. coastal sea control operations

Question 45

CG reserve and aux act

Answer 45

feb 19 1941

Question 46

When was the spars womens reserve branch enacted

Answer 46

nov 23 1942

Question 47

of the 214,000 personnel that served in WWII ____% were reservists

Answer 47

92%

Question 48

Who won cg medal

Answer 48

Charles w Sexton