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United States Coast Guard

security and rescue military service branch for U.S. waters
Organization coast_guard Q11224
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Summary

United States Coast Guard is a coast guard[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of coast guard entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,699 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: federal law enforcement agency of the United States[4], sea rescue organization[5]
  • Founder: Alexander Hamilton[6]
  • Item operated: Martin 4-0-4[7]
  • Child organization or unit: National Maritime Center[8]
  • Part of: United States Armed Forces[9]
  • Commons category: United States Coast Guard[10]
  • Foundational text: Coast Guard Act[11]
  • Inception: August 4, 1790[12]
  • Participated in conflict: Quasi-War[13], World War I[14], World War II[15], Korean War[16], Vietnam War[17], Operation Desert Shield[18], Operation Desert Storm[19], Iraq War[20], War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)[21]
  • Coordinate location: 38.856389, -77.010833[22]
  • Parent organization or unit: United States Department of Homeland Security[23]
  • Official website: https://www.uscg.mil/[24]
  • Topic's main category: Category:United States Coast Guard[25]
  • Commons gallery: United States Coast Guard[26]
  • Allegiance: United States[27]
  • Described at URL: https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/coast-guard[28]
  • Replaces: United States Life-Saving Service[29], United States Revenue Cutter Service[30], United States Lighthouse Service[31], United States Lighthouse Board[32]
  • Owner of: sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics[33], Into the Jaws of Death[34], MV Sharpie[35]
  • Position held by head of the organization: Commandant of the Coast Guard[36], Commandant of the United States Coast Guard[37]
  • Order of battle: United States Coast Guard Order of Battle[38]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Scheepvaartmuseum Wikidataproject[39]

Why It Matters

United States Coast Guard has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Alexander Hamilton Museum of Modern Art United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1790-08-04T00:00:00Z
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    Participated in conflict → Quasi-War, World War I, World War II +6
    Item operated → Martin 4-0-4
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