This Day in U.S. Coast Guard History – January 17

Monday, January 17, 2011

1832- Treasury Secretary Louis McLane discontinued the practice of hiring "unemployed" Navy officers as senior Revenue Cutter Service officers.  All vacancies were to be filled by promotions within the service.  This was a tremendous boost to morale among Revenue cuttermen as they had long complained about the slow line of promotion, as unemployed Navy officers grabbed up senior positions.

1972-CGC Storis seized two Soviet fishing vessels, the 362-foot factory vessel Lamut and the 278-foot stern trawler Kolyvan, for fishing inside the 12-mile U.S. contiguous zone.

1994- Coast Guard units and family members assisted those in need after an earthquake hit Los Angeles, California.

(Source: USCG Historian’s Office)

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