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Coast Guard destroying a derelict with TNT mines, 3/21/1927.

File Unit: Convoys; Curtis Bay Yard; Depth Charges; Derelict Destructions, 1939 - 1967

Series: Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personalities, 1939 - 1967

Record Group 26: Records of the U.S. Coast Guard, 1785 - 2005

Image description: An explosion on the water throws lumber through the air. In the foreground is the railing of a Coast Guard ship with the American flag flying. The caption reads, “Destroying a derelict with TNT mines. The Coast Guard destroys or removes from the path of navigation hundreds of such derelicts each year. 32127.”

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August 4

In 1790, the US Coast Guard was established as the Revenue Cutter Service.  The force was created because the US Navy was lonely and needed a little brother.

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