United States Life-Saving Service

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• United States Life-Saving Service — The United States Life Saving Service was a United States government agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers. It began in 1848 and ultimately merged with the Revenue… …   Wikipedia

• United States Revenue Cutter Service — The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. Throughout its entire existence the Revenue Cutter Service operated under the authority …   Wikipedia

• United States Coast Guard — portal Active 4 August 1790–present …   Wikipedia

• United States Armed Forces — United States Joint Service Color Guard on parade at Fort Myer, Virginia. Service branches …   Wikipedia

• United States Coast Guard — US Coast Guard Armoiries de l USCG Le United States Coast Guard (USCG), le corps des garde côtes des États Unis, est un organisme fédéral à qui est dévolue l action de l état en mer (application de la loi en mer et des règlements maritimes,… …   Wikipédia en Français

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• History of the United States Coast Guard — The history of the United States Coast Guard goes back to the Revenue Cutter Service, which was founded on August 4, 1790 as part of the Department of the Treasury. The Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Life Saving Service were merged… …   Wikipedia

• Klipsan Beach Life Saving Station — Infobox nrhp | name =Klipsan Beach Life Saving Station nrhp type = caption = location= Klipsan Beach, Washington lat degrees = 46 lat minutes = 27 lat seconds = 52.89 lat direction = N long degrees = 124 long minutes = 3 long seconds = 8.77 long… …   Wikipedia

• Pea Island Life-Saving Station — was a life saving station on Pea Island, one of the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was the first life station in the country to have an all black crew, and it was the first in the nation to have a black man as a commanding… …   Wikipedia

• Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia