The Bureau of Navigation, later the Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection and finally the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation — not to be confused with the United States Navy's Bureau o
Sculptured relief on the facade of the United States Department of Commerce Building in Washington, D.C.
The United States Coast Guard is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the country's eight uniformed services. Th
Bureau of Navigation
…States Customs Service, while functions relating to merchant vessel inspection, safety of life at sea, and merchant mariners were transferred to the United States Coast Guard. The merchant vessel documentation functions were also transferred to the Coast Guard in 1946. With all its functions having been absorbed by the U.S…
A USCG HH-65 Dolphin helicopter flies overhead as the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute steams near Deepwater Horizon spill site, July 4, 2010.
USCG helicopter, Rescue swimmers conduct search and rescue after Hurricane Irma
A member of USCG Maritime Security Response Team West trains for a simulated terrorist threat aboard the motor vessel
Maritime Safety and Security Team conduct operations in the Gulf of Aden Sept. 8, 2009 part of Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counterpiracy operations off the coast of Somalia.