1942:	Presidential order creates the War Shipping Administration which assumed control over all phases of merchant marine activities.
1969:	CGC Tern, commissioned on this date and stationed in New York, embodied an advanced concept in servicing aids to navigation.  Her over-the-stern gantry system of handling buoys is unique.  The automation and modernization of over-age, isolated lighthouses and light stations showed significant progress this year.  A new, more effective version of the LAMP (Lighthouse Automation and Modernization Project) plan was promulgated in this year.
1980:	The CGC Cape Horn saves all six crewmen of the Hattie Rose in a dramatic night-time rescue.  The crew was forced to abandon their 75-foot fishing vessel in 25-foot seas and 45-knot winds, 15 miles east of Provincetown.  The fishing vessel Paul and Dominic also aided in the rescue by directing the Cape Horn to the men in the water.