1941 ⟶ U.S. Coast Guard Transferred to Navy Control

President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that the U.S. Coas...
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1941

⚓ U.S. Coast Guard Transferred to Navy Control

President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces that the U.S. Coast Guard will now be under the direction of the U.S. Navy, a transition of authority usually reserved only for wartime.⟶
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U.S. Coast Guard Transferred to Navy Control (1941)