Coast Guard. Hearing ... on H.R. 5026 to Provide for the Construction of Ten Vessels ... Apr. 3, 1926 |
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activities adapted additional vessel Admiral BILLARD Alaskan waters Algonquin Androscoggin antismuggling duty appropriated arduous Atlantic coast Banks of Newfoundland bill Bluebird built Cahokia Carrabasset Coast Guard cutter Coast Guard duties Coast Guard fleet Coast Guard vessels coast line Commander YEANDLE committee construction cost craft destroyers duties in Alaska first-class cruising cutters first-class cutter fiscal Grand Banks Gresham Haida heavy seas HOCH HOMER HOCH important duty international ice patrol Lakes last five law enforcement Mascoutin Mojave Morrill Navy never been replaced Norfolk officers offshore old destroyers operating Ossipee p. m. November Pacific coast patrol boats perform port Port Townsend Present station protection reconditioning Redwing regular station rendering assistance repairs rescue revolutions per minute ROBERT CROSSER rum running rum vessels second class Seminole Shipping Board tugs small patrol boats speed Tamaroa Tampa tons transferred Treasury Tuscarora Unalga vessel equipment vessels in distress WYANT Yamacraw
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Page 3 - ... the Coast Guard, which shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United States and which shall operate under the Treasury Department in time of peace and operate as a part of the Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, in time of war or when the President shall so direct.
Page 2 - To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed...
Page 3 - ... enforcement of law to provide for safety of life on navigable waters during regattas and marine parades; protection of game and the seal and other fisheries in Alaska, etc.
Page 14 - Tampa, which were built about five years ago for national defense under naval appropriations obtained while the Coast Guard was operating as a part of the Navy.
Page 3 - In general, the duties of the Coast Guard may be classified as follows : 1. Rendering assistance to vessels in distress and saving life and property. 2. Destruction or removal of wrecks, derelicts, and other floating dangers to navigation. 3. Extending medical aid to American vessels engaged in deep-sea fisheries.
Page 20 - ... carried to the courts. In more serious cases the officer acting as commissioner takes up the matter. The cutters patrol the .waters of the Alaskan Archipelago, inspect the villages, render medical aid to the natives, and in a general way, by means of officers deputized as United States commissioners, exercise a guardianship over those inhabitants of Alaska who are far removed from the jurisdiction of the civil authorities. Annually the United States circuit court officials of the Valdez district...
Page 3 - While the foregoing represent the principal duties, it is difficult to enumerate all the tasks that fall to the service, for it is essentially an emergency service, and it seems to be generally recognized that all the great departments of the Government should call upon the Coast Guard for any special work of a maritime nature for which no other vessels are especially maintained.
Page 3 - American vessels engaged in deep-sea fisheries; protection of the customs revenue; operating as a part of the Navy in time of war or when the President shall...
Page 3 - Guard is making steady and gratifying progress in breaking up the smuggling of liquor into the United States from the sea, and results accomplished have fully justified the temporary enlargement that has been authorized for this work.
Page 3 - Guard vessels are required on the Atlantic coast, on the Gulf coast, on the Pacific coast, on the Great Lakes, in the waters of Porto Rico, and in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands.