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United States Naval History: Coast Guard History(378 total words in this text)(2553 Reads)  Bell, Kensil. "Always, Ready!": The Story of the United States Coast Guard. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1943. 324 pp. Bennett, Robert F. Surfboats, Rockets, and Carronades. Washington: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Coast Guard, 1976. 98 pp. Bloomfield, Howard V. The Compact History of the United States Coast Guard. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1966. 307 pp. Evans, Stephen H. The United States Coast Guard. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 1949. 228 pp. Gurney, Gene. The United States Coast Guard: A Pictorial History. New York: Crown, 1973. 246 pp. Johnson, Robert E. Guardians of the Sea: History of the United States Coast Guard, 1915 to the Present. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1987. 412 pp. Kaplan, H. R., and James F. Hunt. This is the Coast Guard. Cambridge, Md.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1972. 304 pp. King, Irving H. The Coast Guard Under Sail: The U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 1789-1865. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1989. 233 pp. -----. George Washington's Coast Guard: Origins of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 1789-1801. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1978. 229 pp. Norton, William I. Eagle Ventures. New York: M. Evans, 1970. 128 pp. The square-rigged training bark Eagle is described. Pearcy, Arthur. A History of U.S. Coast Guard Aviation. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1989. 170 pp. Ransom, Mudge A., with Eloise K. Engle. Sea of the Bear: Journal of a Voyage to Alaska and the Arctic, 1921. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 1964. 119 pp. Smith, Horatio D. Early History of the United States Revenue Marine Service, or (United States Revenue Cutter Service) 1789-1849. Baltimore: R. L. Polk, 1932. 89 pp. U.S. Coast Guard. Brief Sketch of the Naval History of the United States Coast Guard, With Citations of Various Statutes Defining Its Military Status From 1790 to 1922. Washington: B. S. Adams, 1922. 16 pp. -----. The Coast Guard at War, Dec. 7, 1941-Apr. 12, 1944. Prepared in the Statistical Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters. Washington: U.S. Coast Guard, 1944-1954. 30 vols. Willoughby, Malcolm F. Rum War at Sea. Washington: GPO, 1964. 183 pp. -----. The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II. Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 1957. 347 pp. |
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