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United States Revenue and Coast Guard Cutters in Naval Warfare, 1790-1918 (Paperback)
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United States Revenue and Coast Guard Cutters in Naval Warfare, 1790-1918 (Paperback)
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This book covers the history of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1790
under Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, when the Service was
called the U.S. Revenue Marine, to World War I, during which the
naval agency, then called the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, was
combined with the U.S. Life-Saving Service to form the U.S. Coast
Guard in 1915. The Coast Guard has historically served with or
under the U.S. Navy in national defense missions. The maritime
conflicts in that time frame include a war with France; War of
1812-1815; clashes with pirates, slave ships, and the Seminole
Indians; War with Mexico; the Civil War of 1861-1865);
Spanish-American War (1898); and World War I (1914-1918). The Great
War involved the USCG and USN in domestic and maritime missions
across the Atlantic to Europe, merchant ship convoy escorts, and
anti-submarine warfare. The naval period surveys the evolution of
wooden hulled, wind powered sailing ships to fuel powered iron
hulled vessels. The historical geography of the wars is illustrated
with maps created by retired IBM engineer and military historian
David H. Allen.
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