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The United States Coast Guard traces its origins to 1790, but was
not officially named until 1915. At last there is one definitive
volume describing its history from inception to the present. The
author, Thomas P. Ostrom, served in the USCGR from 1961-69, and had
basic and advanced training at the USCG Base, Alameda, California.
He served subsequently in the Port Security Reserve Unit in Duluth,
Minnesota, and participated in monthly and active duty assignments
each summer, earning petty officer rank.
The United States Coast Guard traces its origins to 1790, but was
not officially named until 1915. At last there is one definitive
volume describing its history on The Great Lakes from inception to
the present. The author, Thomas P. Ostrom, served in the USCGR from
1961-69, and had basic and advanced training at the USCG Base,
Alameda, California. He served subsequently in the Port Security
Reserve Unit in Duluth, Minnesota, and participated in monthly and
active duty assignments each summer, earning petty officer rank.
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.
The history of the U.S. Coast Guard and its predecessor agencies
dates from 1790, with missions in both domestic and international
waters. The Service has provided aid in navigation, enforcement of
maritime laws, environmental protection, search and rescue,
immigration and narcotics interdiction, maritime safety assistance,
port security, natural disaster response and national defense
missions, including overseas with other U.S. armed forces and
federal and state public safety agencies. The Service has operated
under the Department of the Treasury, the Department of
Transportation and, since 2003, the Department of Homeland
Security. Its maritime mission regions have included Arctic and
Antarctic waters, inland and coastal U.S. waterways and the seas
and oceans of the world. The ability of the service to cope with
expanded missions and limited budgets is the story of the exemplary
training and leadership provided by the civilian, enlisted,
Reserve, auxiliary and commissioned men and women of “Team Coast
Guard”. This is the story of how the Coast Guard has manifested
its legacy and motto, Semper Paratus: (Always Ready).
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