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See National Search and Rescue Committee Search and Rescue emblem of U.S. Coast Guard. Search and Rescue (SAR) is one of the Coast Guard's oldest missions. The National Search and Rescue Plan [2] designates the United States Coast Guard as the federal agency responsible for maritime SAR operations in U.S. and international waters, and the United States Air Force as the federal agency ...
The Coast Guard CW Operators Association (CGCWOA) is a membership organization comprising primarily former members of the United States Coast Guard who held the enlisted rating of Radioman (RM) or Telecommunications Specialist (TC), and who employed International Morse Code (CW) in their routine communications duties on Coast Guard cutters and ...
A Sector is a shore-based operational unit of the United States Coast Guard. Each Sector is responsible for the execution of all Coast Guard missions within its Area of Responsibility (AOR), with operational support from Coast Guard Cutters and Air Stations. Subordinate commands within a Sector typically include Stations and Aids-to-Navigation ...
Coast Guard officials also draft recommendations for the transit of hazardous cargo by ship, such as liquid natural gas. In addition to this mission, the Coast Guard carries out investigations to determine the cause of accidents on American-flagged ships or foreign ships in American waters . Among the activities of the Coast Guard is inspection ...
The second, the United States Life-Saving Service, was formed in 1848 and consisted of life saving crews stationed at points along the United States East Coast. The Coast Guard later absorbed the United States Lighthouse Service in 1939 and the functions of the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection via a two-step process in 1942 and 1946.
USCGC George Cobb (WLM-564) is a Keeper-class coastal buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard.Launched in 1999, she is home-ported in San Pedro, California.Her primary mission is maintaining over 178 floating aids to navigation on the California coast from San Francisco to San Diego.
The Coast Guard operates approximately 210 aircraft from 24 Coast Guard Air Stations in the United States. Fixed-wing aircraft, such as the HC-130 Hercules , are built for long range missions and operate from air stations.
On June 23, 1939, the United States Congress passed the Coast Guard Reserve Act of 1939, creating a volunteer reserve force for the United States Coast Guard. Initially, the Coast Guard Reserve was a civilian volunteer force, and was the predecessor of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. The split between the Reserve and the Auxiliary would not occur ...