1797:	Cutters’ complements increased by Congress to not more than 30 marines and seamen and employed to defend the sea coast, while protecting the revenue.
1885:	The Bureau of Navigation was permanently organized in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress of 3 March 1885.
1903:	The Lighthouse Service, along with other activities having to do with navigation, was transferred from the Treasury Department to the Department of Commerce and Labor.
1910:	Under the Organic Act of 1910, Mr. George R. Putnam and Mr. John S. Conway took office as the first Commissioner of Lighthouses and first Deputy Commissioner of Lighthouses, respectively.
1910:	The Lighthouse Board was terminated, its place being take by the newly organized Bureau of Lighthouses.
1918:	Congress directed that retired officer personnel may be recalled to active duty during war or national emergency.
1921:	A system of longevity increase of pay, after six months’ service for the unappointed members of the crews of Light- house Service vessels, was introduced for the first time as a means of maintaining "a more efficient personnel on these vessels."
1924:	An adjustment of the compensation of vessel officers in the Lighthouse Service was made effective in order to bring the pay of these positions more nearly on a level with that of similar Positions in the US Shipping Board, the Lake Carriers Association, and other shipping interests.
1939:	Lighthouse Service of Department of Commerce transferred to Coast Guard under President’s Reorganization Plan Number 11.
1939:	Under the President’s Reorganization Plan Number 11, made effective this date by Public Resolution Number 20, approved 7 June 1939, it was provided "that the Bureau of Lighthouses in the Department of Commerce and its functions be transferred to and consolidated with and administered as a part of the Coast Guard.  This consolidation made in the interest of efficiency and economy, will result in the transfer to and consolidation with the Coast Guard of the system of approximately 30,000 aids to navigation (including light vessels and lighthouses) maintained by the Lighthouse Service on the sea and lake coasts of the United States, on the rivers of the United States, and on the coasts of all other territory under the jurisdiction of the United States with the exception of the Philippine Island and Panama Canal proper." Plans were put into effect, "Providing for a complete integration with the Coast Guard of the personnel of the Lighthouse Service numbering about 5,200, together with the auxiliary organization of 64 buoy tenders, 30 depots, and 17 district offices."
1941:	Northeast Greenland Patrol organized in Boston.
1946:	As a final step in the return of the Coast Guard to the Treasury Department from wartime operation under the Navy Department, the Navy directional control of the following Coast Guard functions was terminated: search and rescue functions, maintenance and operation of ocean weather stations and air- sea navigational aids in the Atlantic, continental United States, Alaska, and Pacific east of Pearl Harbor.
1957:	CGC Storis, Bramble, and Spar depart Seattle for their traversal of the Northwest Passage.  The three arrived in Boston after the successful completion of the mission around 19 September 1957.
1991:	A 14th Coast Guard District LEDET, all crewmen from the CGC Rush, deployed on board the US Navy's USS Ingersoll, made history when they seized the M/V Lucky Star for carrying 70 tons of hashish; the largest hashish bust in Coast Guard history.