1936:	Act to define jurisdiction of Coast Guard passed.
1948:	Congress enacted Public Law 738, which authorized the operation of floating ocean stations for the purpose of providing search and rescue communication and air-navigation facilities, and meteorological services in such ocean areas as are regularly traversed by aircraft of the United States.
1977:	Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams introduces Ensign Beverly G. Kelley and Boatswain's Mate 3/c Debra Lee Wilson during a press conference as two of 14 women who have been assigned to sea duty.  "This is the first time in Coast Guard history that women have been sent to sea." Both women had orders to report of the CGC Morgenthau later that year.