United States Coast Guard

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maritime law enforcement agency military service branch search and rescue organization

The United States Coast Guard is a U.S. maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service responsible for safeguarding the nation’s coasts, waterways, and maritime interests.

Aliases (27)

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	maritime law enforcement agency → military service branch → search and rescue organization →
abbreviation	USCG →
canEnforce	U.S. federal maritime law → international maritime conventions →
country	United States of America →
dateFounded	1790-08-04 →
emblem	Coast Guard shield →
flag	Coast Guard ensign →
foundedBy	Alexander Hamilton →
hasComponent	United States Coast Guard Auxiliary → United States Coast Guard Reserve →
headquarters	Washington, D.C. →
jurisdiction	U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone → U.S. navigable waterways → U.S. ports and harbors → U.S. territorial waters →
legalAuthority	Title 14 of the United States Code → Title 33 of the United States Code → Title 46 of the United States Code →
mergedFrom	United States Life-Saving Service → United States Revenue Cutter Service →
mission	safeguard U.S. coasts, waterways, and maritime interests →
motto	Semper Paratus →
mottoLanguage	Latin →
mottoMeaning	Always Ready →
operates	aircraft → cutters → patrol boats → small boats →
origin	United States Life-Saving Service → United States Lighthouse Service → United States Revenue-Marine →
parentAgency	United States Department of Homeland Security →
partOf	United States Armed Forces →
peacetimeParent	United States Department of Homeland Security →
previousParentAgency	United States Department of Transportation → United States Department of the Treasury →
role	aids to navigation management → defense readiness → drug interdiction → icebreaking → living marine resources enforcement → marine environmental protection → marine safety → maritime law enforcement → maritime security → migrant interdiction → port and waterway security → search and rescue →
serviceBranchOf	United States →
type	armed service with law enforcement authority →
wartimeParent	United States Department of the Navy →

Referenced by (212)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Air Medal → American Campaign Medal → Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal → Coast Guard Unit Commendation → Commandant of the Coast Guard → Distinguished Flying Cross → Legion of Merit → Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard → Navy Cross → Navy and Marine Corps Medal ("United States Coast Guard (when under Navy jurisdiction)") → Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman → USCGC Commodore Barry (WHEC-34) → United States Coast Guard Academy → United States Coast Guard Auxiliary → United States Coast Guard Reserve ("Coast Guard") → United States Coast Guard emblem → United States Special Operations Command → World War II Victory Medal →	serviceBranch
Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery → Battle Dress Uniform → Coast Guard ensign → Defense Distinguished Service Medal → Hunter Army Airfield → Interceptor Body Armor → Lyle gun → MEPS → Massachusetts Military Reservation → Military Entrance Processing Station ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Naval Air Station North Island → Port Canaveral ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Semper Paratus → United States Coast Guard emblem → United States Coast Guard racing stripe → United States Navy rear admiral →	usedBy
Coast Guard Training Center Cape May → Derby Wharf Light Station → Fort Wadsworth → Key West Lighthouse ("United States Coast Guard (historical)") → Pensacola Lighthouse and Museum ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Point Sur Lighthouse → U.S. Coast Guard facilities in Pago Pago Harbor → USCGC Commodore Barry (WHEC-34) → Yaquina Head Lighthouse →	operator
Anacapa Island Lighthouse → Big Red Lighthouse → Chatham Lighthouse → Coast Guard Officer Candidate School → Portland Head Light → U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center → U.S. Coast Guard cutters → United States Coast Guard Academy →	operatedBy
Hazardous Materials Regulations → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 → Oil Pollution Act of 1990 → Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Public Law 101-380 → Suisun Bay ("United States Coast Guard (navigational safety)") → Title 46 of the United States Code →	administeredBy
Air Wing ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Air and Marine Operations ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Harbor Unit → Maryland Port Administration ("U.S. Coast Guard") → NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries ("U.S. Coast Guard") → National Transportation Safety Board →	collaboratesWith
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse → Anacapa Island Lighthouse → Cape Poge Lighthouse → Great Point Light → Nauset Light ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund ("U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the U.S. Coast Guard") →	managedBy
Coast Guard Officer Candidate School → Joint Task Force-Bravo → Meritorious Unit Commendation → Special Operations Command South → United States Armed Forces in World War II →	branch
Harbor Patrol Unit → Japan Coast Guard → Marine Unit (Massachusetts State Police) → North Pacific Fishery Management Council ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Office of Naval Intelligence ("Coast Guard Intelligence") →	cooperatesWith
Hazardous Materials Regulations → Title 33 of the United States Code → Title 46 of the United States Code → U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone → United States territorial waters →	enforcedBy
Revenue Marine Service → United States Life-Saving Service → United States Lighthouse Service → United States Lighthouse Service → United States Revenue Cutter Service →	mergedInto
Coast Guard Training Center Cape May → Silver Star → Special Operations Command Europe → U.S. Central Command → United States Coast Guard Auxiliary →	militaryBranch
U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center → U.S. Coast Guard cutters ("United States Coast Guard fleet") → United States Coast Guard Auxiliary → United States Coast Guard Legal Program (JAG) → United States Coast Guard Reserve →	partOf
Cape Mendocino Lighthouse → LOM → The American Soldier → West Chop Light ("United States Coast Guard Aids to Navigation system") →	associatedWith
East Chop Light → Eastern Point Lighthouse → Ten Pound Island Light → West Chop Light →	managingAgent
Air Medal → Bronze Star Medal → Coast Guard Unit Commendation → Navy Cross →	presentedBy
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 ("United States Coast Guard (when operating as a service in the Navy)") → Manual for Courts-Martial ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Title 14 of the United States Code →	appliesTo
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals → U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center → United States Coast Guard Auxiliary →	parentOrganization
Inland Waterway System of the United States → Port Jersey Channel ("U.S. Coast Guard") → Port of Boston ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	regulator
Revenue Marine Service → United States Lighthouse Service → United States Revenue Cutter Service →	successor
BSEE ("U.S. Coast Guard") → JS ("United States Coast Guard (in defense-related matters)") → Office of Coast Survey Navigation Services Division ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	worksWith
Military Justice Act of 2016 ("Coast Guard") → National Defense Authorization Acts →	affects
United States Armed Forces → United States Indo-Pacific Command ("United States Coast Guard forces assigned to Indo-Pacific") →	hasComponent
United States Intelligence Community ("Coast Guard Intelligence") → United States Intelligence Community ("Coast Guard Intelligence") →	hasMember
Cape Cod Canal → The Narrows →	navigationAuthority
United States Coast Guard ("United States Revenue-Marine") → United States Coast Guard ("United States Life-Saving Service") →	origin
United States Department of Defense ("United States Coast Guard (in wartime or when directed)") → United States Secretary of Homeland Security ("U.S. Coast Guard (in peacetime for homeland security missions)") →	oversees
Cape Poge Lighthouse → Eastern Point Lighthouse →	ownedBy
M/V Lituya → Staten Island Route →	regulatoryAuthority
Defense Supply Agency → New York Shipbuilding Corporation →	servedBranch
Homeland Security Act of 2002 → Public Law 107-296 →	transferredAgencyTo
Meritorious Unit Commendation → Oath of Enlistment of the United States Armed Forces →	usedByBranch
United States Coast Guard ("USCG") →	abbreviation
wet feet, dry feet policy ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	appliedBy
Presidential Unit Citation (United States) →	appliesBranch
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm ("United States Coast Guard units") →	awardedTo
American Defense Service Medal →	awardingBranch
Silver Star Medal →	awardingBranches
U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps officers ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	canBeAssignedTo
United States Army Institute of Heraldry →	client
U.S. Coast Guard cutters →	commissionedBy
Title 33 of the United States Code ("U.S. Coast Guard authorities") →	containsProvisionsFor
Joint Interagency Task Force South ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	coordinatesWith
United States Coast Guard ("Coast Guard shield") →	emblem
United States lighthouse districts ("United States Coast Guard aids to navigation organization") →	followedBy
Charleston Harbor ("United States Coast Guard (navigation and safety)") →	governedBy
United States Coast Guard Academy →	governingBody
Title 33 of the United States Code →	grantsAuthorityTo
CAAF ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	hasAuthorityOver
United States Department of Homeland Security ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	hasComponentAgency
United States of America →	hasMilitaryBranch
Yerba Buena Island ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	hasMilitaryHistory
San Diego Bay ("U.S. Coast Guard units") →	homePortOf
US War Memorial Honiara ("US Coast Guard") →	honors
Military Justice Act of 1968 →	implementedIn
Total Force of the United States Armed Forces ("Coast Guard Active Component") →	includesComponent
M240 ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	inServiceWith
Aleutian Islands campaign →	involvedBranch
Joint Task Force-Guantanamo →	involvesBranch
Mayaguez incident →	involvesOrganization
Mona Passage →	isMonitoredBy
Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals →	jurisdiction
Point Sur Lighthouse →	laterManagingOrganization
Fort McHenry →	laterUsedBy
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse →	maintainedBy
Virginia Military Institute →	militaryBranchAffiliation
Naval Station Norfolk ("United States Coast Guard (tenant units)") →	militaryBranchSupported
Naval Air Station Pensacola →	militaryBranchUsers
Semper Paratus →	mottoOf
Mayaguez incident →	navalSupport
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ("United States Coast Guard (in peacetime, outside DoD)") →	notEligibleServiceBranch
Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse →	operatorHistory
Marquette Harbor Lighthouse ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	owner
Distinguished Flying Cross →	presenter
Sankaty Head Light →	previousManagingOrganization
Mariel boatlift ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	receivedBy
United States merchant marine →	regulatedBy
Portland International Marine Terminal ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	regulatesBy
NY Waterway ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	regulatingAuthority
United States Maritime Service →	relatedTo
US Airways Flight 1549 ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	rescueParticipants
Ketchikan Harbor →	safetyAuthority
Port of Philadelphia ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	securityProvidedBy
Joe Simon →	servedIn
United States Armed Forces education system →	servesBranch
Coast Guard Officer Candidate School ("USCG") →	serviceBranchAbbreviation
Central Security Service →	serviceBranchScope
U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center →	serviceBranchSupported
Title 14 of the United States Code →	subjectMatter
Reserve Components of the United States Armed Forces →	supports
U.S. Coast Guard facilities in Pago Pago Harbor →	supportsAgency
Joint Base Anacostia–Bolling →	supportsBranch
Hunter Army Airfield ("United States Coast Guard units") →	supportsUnit
Homeland Security Act of 2002 ("U.S. Coast Guard") →	transferredAgency