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This Day in Coast Guard History – March 31

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March 30, 2010

1932- United States signed Whaling Convention at Geneva with 21 other countries.
 
1995- Coast Guard Communication Area Master Station Atlantic sent a final message by Morse Code and then signed off, officially ending more than 100 years of telegraph communication.
 
(Source: USCG Historian’s Office)
 

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