This Day in U.S. Coast Guard History - March 25

March 25, 2011

1911-  The Treasury Department directed the keepers of life-saving stations to keep a lookout through the beach patrol for stray buoys washed ashore, to secure such buoys when it could be done, and to report their discovery or action to the nearest representative of the Lighthouse Service.

Source: USCG Historian's Office

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