1908:	An Act of Congress (35 Stat. L., 160, 162) delegated to the Lighthouse Board the duty of caring for and maintaining the anchorage buoys previously placed by the United States in the harbors of New York and Philadelphia.
1951:	USS Valcour was rammed by the collier Thomas Tracy.  CGC Cherokee responded and assisted in extinguishing the resulting fires and towed the Valcour to Norfolk.  Thirty-seven sailors perished.