EPME HISTORY
The Revenue Cutter Service began with _____ cutters at a cost of $1000
each - correct answer ✔10
In 1838, Congress enacted legislation in response to steamboat boiler
explosions that would evolve over the next several decades into what
agency? - correct answer ✔Steamboat Inspection Service
The first time that a federal agency was specifically tasked with looking for
people in danger was in _____ when the Revenue Cutter Gallatin was
ordered to patrol the coast - correct answer ✔1831
The United States Coast Guard was formed when the Revenue Cutter Service
and Life-Saving Service were merged on what date? - correct answer ✔1915
When was the United States Coast Guard transferred to Department of
Transportation? - correct answer ✔April 1967
When was the United States Coast Guard transferred to the Department of
Homeland Security? - correct answer ✔01 March 2003
Alexander Hamilton was appointed to be the first - correct answer
✔Secretary of Treasury
Who was the Coast Guard's first aviator? - correct answer ✔Elmer Stone
Who was the first Commandant of the United States Coast Guard? - correct
answer ✔Ellsworth Bertholf
, On June 19, 1911, Ellsworth Price Bertholf was named Captain Commandant
of the _____. - correct answer ✔Revenue Cutter Service
Who was awarded the Medal of Honor for evacuating a battalion of Marines
trapped by Japanese forces on September 27, 1942? - correct answer
✔Douglas Munro
An explosion that killed more than 1,600 people in Nova Scotia led Congress
to establish _____ duties for the United States Coast Guard. - correct answer
✔Captain of the port
Captain of the Port duties were assigned to the United States Coast Guard
during which military conflict? - correct answer ✔WW1
During World War I, how many USCG cutters went overseas to perform
convoy escort duty between Gibraltar and Great Britain? - correct answer ✔6
During World War II, which Coast Guard officer led a 16 member unit of his
special task force on a raid to a German arsenal in Cherbourg, France? -
correct answer ✔Walsh
Which Coast Guard officer was awarded the Navy Cross for heroic actions
during the liberation of 50 American paratroopers who had been prisoners
since D-Day. - correct answer ✔CAPT Quentin R. Walsh
During Vietnam, the United States Coast Guard conducted _____, which
patrolled the South Vietnamese coast to stop the flow of war materials and
personnel from going to the Viet Cong. - correct answer ✔Operation market
time (patrols / interdictions)
The Revenue Cutter Service began with _____ cutters at a cost of $1000
each - correct answer ✔10
In 1838, Congress enacted legislation in response to steamboat boiler
explosions that would evolve over the next several decades into what
agency? - correct answer ✔Steamboat Inspection Service
The first time that a federal agency was specifically tasked with looking for
people in danger was in _____ when the Revenue Cutter Gallatin was
ordered to patrol the coast - correct answer ✔1831
The United States Coast Guard was formed when the Revenue Cutter Service
and Life-Saving Service were merged on what date? - correct answer ✔1915
When was the United States Coast Guard transferred to Department of
Transportation? - correct answer ✔April 1967
When was the United States Coast Guard transferred to the Department of
Homeland Security? - correct answer ✔01 March 2003
Alexander Hamilton was appointed to be the first - correct answer
✔Secretary of Treasury
Who was the Coast Guard's first aviator? - correct answer ✔Elmer Stone
Who was the first Commandant of the United States Coast Guard? - correct
answer ✔Ellsworth Bertholf
, On June 19, 1911, Ellsworth Price Bertholf was named Captain Commandant
of the _____. - correct answer ✔Revenue Cutter Service
Who was awarded the Medal of Honor for evacuating a battalion of Marines
trapped by Japanese forces on September 27, 1942? - correct answer
✔Douglas Munro
An explosion that killed more than 1,600 people in Nova Scotia led Congress
to establish _____ duties for the United States Coast Guard. - correct answer
✔Captain of the port
Captain of the Port duties were assigned to the United States Coast Guard
during which military conflict? - correct answer ✔WW1
During World War I, how many USCG cutters went overseas to perform
convoy escort duty between Gibraltar and Great Britain? - correct answer ✔6
During World War II, which Coast Guard officer led a 16 member unit of his
special task force on a raid to a German arsenal in Cherbourg, France? -
correct answer ✔Walsh
Which Coast Guard officer was awarded the Navy Cross for heroic actions
during the liberation of 50 American paratroopers who had been prisoners
since D-Day. - correct answer ✔CAPT Quentin R. Walsh
During Vietnam, the United States Coast Guard conducted _____, which
patrolled the South Vietnamese coast to stop the flow of war materials and
personnel from going to the Viet Cong. - correct answer ✔Operation market
time (patrols / interdictions)
