1882:	Secretary of Treasury authorized to discontinue any lifesaving station, transfer apparatus, appoint keepers, etc.
1910:	Congress required every passenger ship or other ship carrying 50 persons or more, leaving any port of United States to be equipped with radio (100 mile radius) and a qualified operator.
1942:	Chief of Naval Operations ADM Ernest J. King orders the USCG Auxiliary to organize into a anti-submarine patrol force, which becomes known as the "Corsair Fleet."
1944:	USS Pride (DE-323) (Coast Guard-manned) with three other escorts sank U-371 in Mediterranean.