1790:	Congress authorized building of first "ten boats" establishing the Revenue Marine.  The history of the Coast Guard begins.
1854:	Congress appropriates $12, 500 for purchase of boats for life-saving purposes at a number of designated ports on the Great Lakes.
1894:	Facilities of marine hospitals extended to keepers and crews of the Life-Saving Service.
1949:	Congress approved Public Law 207, which revised, codified and enacted into law title 14 of the United Stated Code.  This set forth for the first time a clear, concise statutory statement of the duties and functions of the US Coast Guard.