Coast Guard EPME E5-E6
Coast Guard Headquarters is the _____ and the _____ command and control
center for the CG. - correct answer ✔Administrative operational
Who is the senior officer at Coast Guard Headquarters - correct answer
✔The Commandant
The Coast Guard is broke into what two specific regions? - correct answer
✔Atlantic and Pacific
Each Region contains what three types of units? - correct answer ✔District
offices, one MLC, cutters
What rank are the COs of Areas? - correct answer ✔Three star admirals
Areas had direct oversight of which units? - correct answer ✔High
Endurance Cutters, Medium Endurance Cutters, Marine Safety and Security
Teams (MSST)
Districts are commanded by what rank? - correct answer ✔Rear Admirals
Cutters that are over 180' in length fall under who's command? - correct
answer ✔Areas
How many units report directly to Headquarters? - correct answer ✔35
What is the Quasi War? - correct answer ✔A war with France in 1798
,In what war did the Coast Guard augment the Navy with shallow-draft craft -
correct answer ✔War of 1812
How many prizes did the Coast Guard capture in the Quasi War - correct
answer ✔18 unaided and assisted in the capture of two others
Which Coast Guard Cutter captured the first prize of the War of 1812 - correct
answer ✔The Cutter Jefferson
Who was the Captain of the Surveyor? - correct answer ✔Captain Samuel
Travis
What actions did the CGC Eagle do in the Quasi-War? - correct answer
✔Recaptured the American vessels Nancy and Mehitable
What actions did the CGC Eagle do in the War of 1812 - correct answer
✔Defended itself against the Dispatch despite being run ashore on Long
Island.
How did the Navy use the Coast Guard in the Mexican-American War? -
correct answer ✔The navy used the Revenue Cutter's steam propelled
cutters.
Which Coast Guard Cutter fired the first shots of the Civil War? - correct
answer ✔Harriet Lane
How many cutters served under the Army's tactical control during the
Spanish-American War? - correct answer ✔11
, During what war was the entire Coast Guard transferred to the Department of
the Navy? - correct answer ✔World War I. WWI
What act gave the Coast Guard jurisdiction over ships carrying explosives and
dangerous cargo - correct answer ✔The Dangerous Cargo Act. (simple I
know)
The Coast Guard was given responsibility of cold weather operations in what
country during WWII - correct answer ✔Greenland (Remember Greenland is
icy and Iceland is Green)
Which Coast Guard Cutter made the first capture of WWII - correct answer
✔Coast Guard Cutter Northland too the Norwegian trawler Boskoe. (Norway
is in the Northern lands of Europe)
Coat Guard manned ships sank how many enemy submarines? - correct
answer ✔11
Coast Guard cutters performing convoy duties are credited with sinking how
many German U-Boats - correct answer ✔12
During what battle did Douglas Munro earn his Medal of Honor - correct
answer ✔The Battle of Guadalcanal
Along the U.S. Coast, how many torpedo attack survivors did the Coast Guard
rescue? - correct answer ✔1,500
How man survivors did the Coast Guard rescue while on Convoy duty? -
correct answer ✔1,000
Coast Guard Headquarters is the _____ and the _____ command and control
center for the CG. - correct answer ✔Administrative operational
Who is the senior officer at Coast Guard Headquarters - correct answer
✔The Commandant
The Coast Guard is broke into what two specific regions? - correct answer
✔Atlantic and Pacific
Each Region contains what three types of units? - correct answer ✔District
offices, one MLC, cutters
What rank are the COs of Areas? - correct answer ✔Three star admirals
Areas had direct oversight of which units? - correct answer ✔High
Endurance Cutters, Medium Endurance Cutters, Marine Safety and Security
Teams (MSST)
Districts are commanded by what rank? - correct answer ✔Rear Admirals
Cutters that are over 180' in length fall under who's command? - correct
answer ✔Areas
How many units report directly to Headquarters? - correct answer ✔35
What is the Quasi War? - correct answer ✔A war with France in 1798
,In what war did the Coast Guard augment the Navy with shallow-draft craft -
correct answer ✔War of 1812
How many prizes did the Coast Guard capture in the Quasi War - correct
answer ✔18 unaided and assisted in the capture of two others
Which Coast Guard Cutter captured the first prize of the War of 1812 - correct
answer ✔The Cutter Jefferson
Who was the Captain of the Surveyor? - correct answer ✔Captain Samuel
Travis
What actions did the CGC Eagle do in the Quasi-War? - correct answer
✔Recaptured the American vessels Nancy and Mehitable
What actions did the CGC Eagle do in the War of 1812 - correct answer
✔Defended itself against the Dispatch despite being run ashore on Long
Island.
How did the Navy use the Coast Guard in the Mexican-American War? -
correct answer ✔The navy used the Revenue Cutter's steam propelled
cutters.
Which Coast Guard Cutter fired the first shots of the Civil War? - correct
answer ✔Harriet Lane
How many cutters served under the Army's tactical control during the
Spanish-American War? - correct answer ✔11
, During what war was the entire Coast Guard transferred to the Department of
the Navy? - correct answer ✔World War I. WWI
What act gave the Coast Guard jurisdiction over ships carrying explosives and
dangerous cargo - correct answer ✔The Dangerous Cargo Act. (simple I
know)
The Coast Guard was given responsibility of cold weather operations in what
country during WWII - correct answer ✔Greenland (Remember Greenland is
icy and Iceland is Green)
Which Coast Guard Cutter made the first capture of WWII - correct answer
✔Coast Guard Cutter Northland too the Norwegian trawler Boskoe. (Norway
is in the Northern lands of Europe)
Coat Guard manned ships sank how many enemy submarines? - correct
answer ✔11
Coast Guard cutters performing convoy duties are credited with sinking how
many German U-Boats - correct answer ✔12
During what battle did Douglas Munro earn his Medal of Honor - correct
answer ✔The Battle of Guadalcanal
Along the U.S. Coast, how many torpedo attack survivors did the Coast Guard
rescue? - correct answer ✔1,500
How man survivors did the Coast Guard rescue while on Convoy duty? -
correct answer ✔1,000
