United States Coast Guard Academy

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The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), located in New London, Connecticut, is the U.S. service academy specifically for the United States Coast Guard. Founded in 1876, the academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of nine major fields of study.

Students are officers-in-training, and are referred to as cadets. Upon graduation, cadets receive a Bachelor of Science degree and commission in the U.S. Coast Guard as an ensign. In exchange for their debt-free education valued at over $500,000, graduates incur a five-year active-duty service obligation,<ref group="Notes">Cadets who do not graduate after their 2nd year (due to grades, conduct, etc) are obligated to enlist or pay back the monetary value of their education.</ref> with additional years if the graduate attends flight school or subsequent government-funded graduate school. Out of approximately 300 cadets entering the academy each summer, around 250 graduate. Cadets choose from nine majors, with a curriculum that is graded according to their performance in a holistic program of academics, military bearing, physical fitness, character, and leadership.

Cadets are required to adhere to the academy's "Honor Concept," "Who lives here reveres honor, honors duty," which is emblazoned in the walls of the academy's entrance. The academy's motto is Scientiæ Cedit Mare, which is Latin for "the sea yields to knowledge". Its academic programs are accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.<ref name="EduMaritime.com">Template:Cite web</ref>

History

Historic photograph of the USRC *Dobbin*

The roots of the academy lie in the "School of Instruction of the Revenue Cutter Service", the school of the Revenue Cutter Service. The School of Instruction was established near New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1876 and used USRC James C. Dobbin for its exercises. Captain John Henriques served as superintendent from founding until 1883. The one civilian instructor was Professor Edwin Emery, who taught mathematics, astronomy, English composition, French, physics, theoretical steam engineering, history, international law, and revenue law, among other subjects.<ref>U. S. Coast Guard Academy, "The Coast Guard Academy in Brief" (2009)</ref> The school was a two-year apprenticeship, in essence, supplemented by minimal classroom work.

The student body averaged five to ten cadets per class. With changes to new training vessels, the school moved to Curtis Bay, Baltimore in 1900 and to Fort Trumbull in 1910, a Revolutionary War–era Army installation in New London, Connecticut. In 1914, the school became the Revenue Cutter Academy, and then the Coast Guard Academy in 1915 with the merger of the Revenue Cutter Service and the United States Life-Saving Service to form the U.S. Coast Guard.

Land was purchased in New London on 31 July 1930 for the construction of the Coast Guard Academy. The 40-acre site was made up of two parcels from the Allyn and Payne estates and was purchased for $100,000. The $100,000 was not raised through a bond issue, as originally planned, but with a bank loan based on uncollected back taxes.<ref name="Johnson 25">Template:Cite journal</ref> The contract was awarded to Murch Brothers Construction Company of St. Louis and ground was broken in January 1931 by Jean Hamlet, daughter of Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet, Academy Superintendent from 1928 to 1932. On 15 May 1931, Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon visited New London to lay the cornerstone of Hamilton Hall. Construction proceeded relatively on schedule and cadets moved in to the new buildings on 20 September 1932.<ref name="Johnson 25"/>

In 1946, the academy received the barque Horst Wessel as a war reparation from Germany, a 295-foot tall ship which was renamed Template:USCGC. It remains the main training vessel for cadets at the academy as well as for officer candidates at the Coast Guard's Officer Candidate School, which is located on the grounds of the academy.

The academy was racially integrated in 1962 at the request of President Kennedy.<ref name=chronology>"A Historical Chronology", African-Americans in Coast Guard History, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office</ref> The academy began admitting women in 1976 at the request of Congress.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2018, the academy emblem was redesigned by Nick Desjardins of the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In December 2023, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability and Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs opened a probe into the USCG’s mishandling of serious misconduct, including racism, hazing, discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape, and the withholding of internal investigations into these offenses from Congress and the public.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Coast Guard had conducted Operation Fouled Anchor, an investigation that ran from 2014 to 2019 that reviewed more than 100 allegations of sexual assault at the academy made from the early 1990s to 2006 and how they were handled. Coast Guard officials, however, did not fully disclose its existence to Congress or the public until last year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Admission

Unlike the other service academies, admission to the USCGA does not require a congressional nomination. This is due to the fervent objections of Captain John A. Henriques, the first Superintendent of the Revenue Cutter School of Instruction (later the Revenue Cutter Academy). His objection stemmed from years of poor political appointments in the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service's bureaucracy.

Each year more than 2,000 students apply and appointments are offered until the number accepting appointments to the incoming class numbers reaches approximately 400; the average entering class size is 300 cadets.<ref>Admissions: Frequently Asked Questions – Statistics Template:Webarchive U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 8 November 2017.</ref> Those who have received appointments as cadets report to the USCGA in late June or early July for "Swab Summer", a basic military training program designed to prepare them for the rigors of their Fourth Class year. After four years of study and training, approximately 250 of those cadets will graduate. About 40 percent of cadets are women.

Academics

All graduating cadets earn commissions as ensigns in the United States Coast Guard, as well as Bachelor of Science degrees. For that reason the academy maintains a core curriculum of science and professional development courses in addition to major-specific courses. Each cadet takes two semesters of classes during the school year and then spends the majority of the summer in military training to produce officers of character with the requisite professional skills. Among these are courses in leadership, ethics, organizational behavior, and nautical science. The majority of cadets report to their first units after graduating, which are either afloat units, shore units, or basic flight training as student naval aviators, with the training conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Navy. Those that are assigned afloat serve as either deck watch officers or student engineers. Professional maritime studies courses help prepare cadets in piloting, voyage planning, deck seamanship, and all aspects of ship-handling, as well as Coast Guard leadership and administrative duties.

Majors

Academics at the USCGA stress the sciences and engineering, but different courses of study are available. In addition, several of the majors offer tracks of specialization (for example, marine and environmental science majors can choose to focus on biology, chemistry, or geophysics). Cadets sometimes opt to take elective courses with Connecticut College (adjacent the academy's campus) as part of an open exchange agreement.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Military training

Each summer, cadets participate in training programs according to their class. The summers are organized as follows:<ref>Cadet Life: Summer Training Template:Webarchive, United States Coast Guard Academy.</ref>

Swab Summer: The new class of freshmen report in to the academy, and are sworn into the military. They undergo a seven-week basic training program that culminates on a week-long voyage underway on the barque USCGC Eagle.
Third-class (3/c) Summer: Five weeks aboard the USCGC Eagle training under sail, five weeks aboard an operational Coast Guard cutter or small boat station in the role of junior enlisted (i.e., standing watches as helmsman, lookout, quartermaster of the watch, or engineering watch).
Second-class (2/c) Summer: damage control training, weapon qualifications, navigation rules certification, aviation internship, sail training program, and three weeks as members of the cadre, who train the incoming swabs.
First-class (1/c) Summer: Ten weeks aboard an operational cutter in the role of a junior officer (i.e., standing bridge watches conning the ship as Officer of the Deck), or an optional internship for exceptional cadets who split their summer with five weeks at an internship and five weeks aboard a cutter.

Each week during the school year cadets participate in regimental review, a formal military drill. In addition, cadets perform a variety of military duties at the academy. Like all cadets and midshipmen at the United States service academies, Coast Guard cadets are on active duty in the military and wear uniforms at all times. Cadets receive a monthly stipend to pay for books, uniforms, and other necessities. Cadets receive monthly pay of $1,017.00, as of 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> From this amount, pay is automatically deducted for the cost of uniforms, books, supplies, services, and other miscellaneous expenses.

Organization of the Corps of Cadets

The Corps is organized as one regiment divided into eight companies, each of which is composed of about 120 cadets of all classes. Although the Corps of Cadets is supervised directly by the Commandant of Cadets (a Coast Guard officer with the rank of captain), the academy operates on the concept of "the Corps leading the Corps."

The Corps of Cadets is largely a self-directed organization that follows a standard military chain of command:<ref>The United States Coast Guard Academy. A Brief History.</ref>

1st class cadets lead the corps
2nd class cadets are cadre in swab summer training and are primarily responsible for leading and developing 4th class cadets. They serve as mentors
3rd class cadets are role models to 4th class cadets
4th class cadets are responsible for learning and applying Coast Guard core values such as leadership, teamwork, attention to detail, accountability, etc.

The highest-ranking cadet in each company is the company commander, a first-class cadet ("firstie"), equivalent to a senior. Although each company has some leeway in their standards and practices, every company commander reports to the regimental staff which plans and oversees all aspects of cadet life. At the top of the cadet chain of command is the regimental commander, the highest ranking cadet. Command positions, both in companies and on regimental staff, are highly competitive, and a cadet's overall class rank is often a deciding factor in who is awarded the position.

The eight companies are named for the first eight letters of the NATO phonetic alphabet. Each has a special focus in administering day-to-day affairs: Alfa Company manages health and wellness. Bravo Company runs training. Charlie Company administers the honor system, Delta Company coordinates drill and ceremonies. Echo Company manages transportation and logistics. Foxtrot Company operates the cadet conduct system, organizes the watch rotations, and updates the cadet regulations. Golf Company is in charge of supplies for cleaning and repairing damaged rooms within Chase Hall. Hotel Company is in charge of morale events.

To accomplish their missions, each company is divided, along shipboard lines, into three departments, each of which is divided into divisions with specific responsibilities. Divisions are the most basic unit at the Coast Guard Academy, and each has a very specific purpose. Each division is led by a firstie and contains several members of each other class.

This organizational structure is designed to give every cadet a position of leadership and to emulate the structure of a Coast Guard cutter, in which the division officer and department head positions are filled by junior officers. Third-class cadets directly mentor the fourth-class in their division, just as junior petty officers would be responsible for the most junior enlisted personnel (non-rates). Second-class cadets act as non-commissioned officers, and ensure that the regulations and accountability are upheld. Firsties (like junior officers) are in supervisory roles, and are responsible for carrying out the mission of their divisions and ensuring the well-being of those under their command. Exchange cadets from the other federal service academies are also a part of the corps, and take part in many activities alongside their USCGA counterparts.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Student life

Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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Athletics

Template:Main The USCGA Athletic Department offers 24 intercollegiate sports for cadets. The academy's athletics teams generally compete in Division III of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Cadets devote two hours per academic day to athletic activities, either on varsity teams, club teams, or other sports pursuits. The academy nickname is the Bears, after the USRC Bear, which made a dramatic rescue in Alaska in 1897, shortly after the opening of the academy.

Music

Principal non-athletic activities are musical centered on Leamy Hall. Regimental Band, Windjammers Drum & Bugle Corps, various pep bands, and the NiteCaps Jazz Band are instrumental programs. Chapel Choirs, Glee Club, the Fairwinds all-female a cappella group, and The Idlers all-male sea shanty group are vocal programs.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Model UN

The academy's Model UN team was started in 2004, and has since been successfully competing around North America, and at the World Model UN Conference.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Pride

The academy has clubs and teams dedicated to increasing campus morale. These include the cheer squad, dance team and Social Committee.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable alumni

Alumni of the Coast Guard Academy are known collectively as the "Long Blue Line".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>


Name	Class	Notability
Worth G. Ross	1879	Captain-Commandant; 3rd Commandant of the Coast Guard (1905–1911), member of the first graduating class of the School of Instruction<ref name=Ross>Template:Cite web</ref>
William E. Reynolds	1880	Rear Admiral; 5th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1919–1924)
Ellsworth P. Bertholf	1887	Commodore; last Captain-Commandant of the United States Revenue Cutter Service (1911–1915); 4th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1915–1919);<ref name="bertholf">Template:Cite web</ref> awarded Congressional Gold Medal for participation in the Overland Relief Expedition
Leonidas I. Robinson	1889	First Academy graduate to die in the line of duty
Frederick C. Billard	1896	Rear Admiral; 6th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1924–1932); Superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy (1921–1924)
Harry G. Hamlet	1896	Vice Admiral; 7th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1932–1936); Superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy (1928–1932); Gold Lifesaving Medal recipient; author of the "Creed of the United States Coast Guardsman"
Russell R. Waesche	1906	Admiral; 8th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1936–1946); longest serving Commandant
Philip F. Roach	1907	Commodore; recipient of the Navy Cross<ref name="roach">Template:Cite web</ref>
William J. Keester	1910	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 5th Coast Guard District
Joseph Stika	1911	Vice Admiral; recipient of the Navy Cross<ref name="stika">Template:Cite web</ref>
Joseph F. Farley	1912	Admiral; 9th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1946–1950)
Elmer Fowler Stone	1913	United States Naval Aviator, piloted the NC-4 on the first naval transatlantic flight<ref name="stone">Template:Cite web</ref>
Lyndon Spencer	1918	Vice Admiral; commanding officer of the USS Bayfield (APA-33) during World War II<ref name="spencer">Template:Cite web</ref>
Harold G. Bradbury	1920	Rear Admiral; commanding officer of the USS Leonard Wood (APA-12), USS Wakefield (AP-21) and USCGC Duane (WPG-33) during World War II; Commander of the 1st Coast Guard District<ref name="bradbury">Template:Cite web</ref>
Merlin O'Neill	1921	Vice Admiral; 10th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1950–1954); 4th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard (1946–1949)
Alfred C. Richmond	1924	Admiral; 11th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1954–1962)
Miles Imlay	1926	Rear Admiral; participated in the Normandy landings during World War II
Edward Thiele	1927	Rear Admiral; Engineer-in-Chief of the Coast Guard (1958–1961)<ref name="thiele">Template:Cite web</ref>
Carl B. Olsen	1928	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 8th Coast Guard District<ref name="olsen">Template:Cite web</ref>
Edwin J. Roland	1929	Admiral; 12th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1962–1966); 7th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard (1962)
Allen Winbeck	1929	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 13th and 12th Coast Guard Districts<ref name="winbeck">Template:Cite web</ref>
A. J. Carpenter	1933	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 11th and 3rd Coast Guard Districts<ref name="carpenter">Template:Cite web</ref>
John Birdsell Oren	1933	Rear Admiral; Chief of Engineering
Willard J. Smith	1933	Admiral; 13th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1966–1970)
Chester R. Bender	1936	Admiral; 14th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1970–1974)
Chester I. Steele	1937	Rear Admiral; Commander of USCG Activities Europe (1964–1966) and the 2nd Coast Guard District (1966–1967)
Arthur B. Engel	1938	Rear Admiral; Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy (1967–1970)<ref name="abengel">Template:Cite web</ref>
Benjamin F. Engel	1938	Vice Admiral; Commander of the 14th and 3rd Coast Guard Districts<ref name="engel">Template:Cite web</ref>
Thomas R. Sargent III	1938	Vice Admiral; 11th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard (1970–1974)<ref name="sargent">Template:Cite web</ref>
Orvan R. Smeder	1939	Rear Admiral; Chief of Research and Development; Commander of the 7th Coast Guard District<ref name="smeder">Template:Cite web</ref>
Ellis L. Perry	1941	Vice Admiral; 12th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard (1974–1978)<ref name="perry">Template:Cite web</ref>
Owen W. Siler	1943	Admiral; 15th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1974–1978)
Winford W. Barrow	1945	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 8th Coast Guard District (1974–1978)
G. William Miller	1945	Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1978–1979); United States Secretary of the Treasury (1979–1981)<ref name="miller">Template:Cite news</ref>
John B. Hayes	1947	Admiral; 16th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1978–1982)<ref name="hayes">Template:Cite web</ref>
Robert A. Duin	1948	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 17th Coast Guard District<ref name="duin">Template:Cite web</ref>
James S. Gracey	1949	Admiral; 17th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1982–1986)
Sidney A. Wallace	1949	Rear Admiral; Chief of Public and International Affairs (1975–1977)<ref name="wallace">Template:Cite web</ref>
Benedict L. Stabile	1950	Vice Admiral; 14th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
Paul A. Yost Jr.	1951	Admiral; 18th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1986–1990)
Robert S. Lucas	1952	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 17th Coast Guard District<ref name="lucas">Template:Cite web</ref>
James C. Irwin	1953	Vice Admiral; 15th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
Theodore J. Wojnar	1953	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 13th Coast Guard District<ref name="wojnar">Template:Cite web</ref>
William P. Kozlovsky	1954	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 14th Coast Guard District<ref name="kozlovsky">Template:Cite web</ref>
Clyde T. Lusk	1954	Vice Admiral; 16th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
J. William Kime	1957	Admiral; 19th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1990–1994)
Robert T. Nelson	1958	Vice Admiral; 18th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
William J. Ecker	1960	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 2nd and 5th Coast Guard Districts<ref name="ecker">Template:Cite web</ref>
Richard A. Appelbaum	1961	Rear Admiral; Chief of Law Enforcement and Defense Operations<ref name="appelbaum">Template:Cite web</ref>
Robert E. Kramek	1961	Admiral; 20th Commandant of the Coast Guard (1994–1998)
Arthur E. Henn	1962	Vice Admiral; 19th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
James C. Card	1964	Vice Admiral; 21st Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
Richard D. Herr	1964	Vice Admiral; 20th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
James Loy	1964	Admiral; 21st Commandant of the Coast Guard (1998–2002); Acting Secretary United States Department of Homeland Security (2005), United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005); 2nd Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (2002–2003);<ref name="cohenloy">Template:Cite web</ref>
Gordon G. Piche	1964	Rear Admiral; Director of Personnel Management of the Coast Guard; Commander of Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Paul M. Blayney	1965	Rear Admiral; Commander of the Thirteenth Coast Guard District<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Thomas H. Collins	1968	Admiral; 22nd Commandant of the Coast Guard (2002–2006); guided the Coast Guard after the terrorist attacks of 9/11; 22nd Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard (2000–2002)
John T. Tozzi	1968	Rear Admiral; Director of Information and Technology (1996–1997)<ref name="tozzi">Template:Cite web</ref>
Richard W. Schneider	1968	Rear Admiral; former senior reserve officer in the United States Coast Guard Reserve and 23rd President of Norwich University for 28 years.
Terry M. Cross	1970	Vice Admiral; 24th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
Thad Allen	1971	Admiral; Principal Federal Official for the response to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita and National Incident Commander for the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast region; 23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard (2006–2010)<ref name="postallen">Template:Cite news</ref>
Ronald F. Silva	1971	Rear Admiral; Commander of the 9th Coast Guard District (2002–2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Charles D. Wurster	1971	Vice Admiral; national commodore of the Sea Scouting division of the Boy Scouts of America<ref name="NavyLeague">Template:Cite web</ref>
Erroll M. Brown	1972	Rear Admiral; First African-American Coast Guard flag officer<ref name="brown">Template:Cite web</ref>
Bruce E. Melnick	1972	Commander; First Coast Guard astronaut<ref name="melnick">Template:Cite web</ref>
Timothy S. Sullivan	1975	Rear Admiral; Senior Military Advisor and Operational Advisor to the United States Secretary of Homeland Security; Primary Military Coordinator between the United States Department of Homeland Security and United States Department of Defense<ref name="sullivan">Template:Cite web</ref>
Robert J. Papp Jr.	1975	Admiral; 24th Commandant of the Coast Guard (2010–2014)<ref name="robertjpapp">Template:Cite web</ref>
Paul A. Langlois	1976	Captain; Distinguished Flying Cross; USCGA Athletic Hall of Fame (2006); USCGA Hall of Heroes (2013); USCGA Distinguished Alumnus (2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
David Pekoske	1977	7th Administrator of Transportation Security Administration (2017–Current); Vice Admiral; 26th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
Paul F. Zukunft	1977	Admiral; 25th Commandant of the Coast Guard (2014–2018)
Charles W. Ray	1981	Admiral; 31st Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard (2018 – 2021)<ref name="charleswray">Template:Cite web</ref>
Sandra L. Stosz	1982	Vice Admiral; first female Academy graduate to achieve flag rank;<ref>The Coast Guard Academy began admitting women in 1976 and Stosz was in the third graduating class to contain women (Connie Braesch, Guardian of the Week – RDML Sandra Stosz, Coast Guard Compass, 2009 December 4 [accessed 2010 September 11]).</ref> former Superintendent of the United States Coast Guard Academy; first woman to command a United States military service academy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Stephen E. Flynn	1982	PhD; author; chair at the Council on Foreign Relations<ref name="flynn">Template:Cite web</ref>
Karl L. Schultz	1983	Admiral; 26th Commandant of the Coast Guard (2018–2022)<ref name="schultz">Template:Cite web</ref>
Steve Andersen	1985	Rear Admiral; Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard (2016–2020)
Daniel C. Burbank	1985	Commander; Second Coast Guard astronaut<ref name="burbank">Template:Cite web</ref>
Charles D. Michel	1985	Admiral; 30th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard; first career judge advocate in any of the armed forces to achieve four-star rank.
Linda L. Fagan	1985	Admiral; 27th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (2022–2025); first female service chief in the U.S. armed services.
Kevin E. Lunday	1987	Admiral; 34th Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
Douglas M. Fears	1989	Rear Admiral; former Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor; commander of Joint Interagency Task Force South (2020–2022)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Scott E. Langum	1993	Captain; former helicopter pilot who rescued 168 lives during Hurricane Katrina; current commander of Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod (2018–present)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Andre Douglas	2008	Commander; selected for NASA Astronaut Group 23<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Nikole P. Barnes	2017	Olympian; USCGA's first Olympic Athlete. Competed in the Tokyo Olympic Games in the Women's 470 (double-handed sailing). 3x Sailing All-American; 2016 Women's National Champion. 2016 Quantum Women College Sailor of the Year.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Superintendents

Template:Abbr	Name	Start	End	Notes	Template:Abbr
1	John A. Henriques	February 1877	June 1883	United States Revenue Cutter Service	<ref name="cgahistory">Template:Cite web</ref>
2	Leonard G. Shepard	June 1883	April 1887	United States Revenue Cutter Service	Template:R
3	Daniel B. Hodgsdon	April 1887	May 1890		Template:R
4	Joseph W. Congdon	April 1894	June 1895		Template:R
5	Oscar C. Hamlet	June 1895	November 1898		Template:R
6	David A. Hall	December 1898	October 1902		Template:R
7	William E. Reynolds	October 1902	January 1908		Template:R
8	John E. Reinburg	January 1908	February 1910		Template:R
9	William V.E. Jacobs	March 1910	June 1914		Template:R
10	Frederick C. Billard	June 1914	August 1918		Template:R
11	Thaddeus G. Crapster	August 1918	March 1919		Template:R
12	Byron L. Reed	March 1919	October 1919		Template:R
13	William V.E. Jacobs	October 1919	March 1923		Template:R
14	Harold D. Hinckley	March 1923	May 1928		Template:R
15	Harry G. Hamlet	May 1928	June 1932		Template:R
16	Randolph Ridgely Jr.	September 1932	June 1935		Template:R
17	Edward Darlington Jones	July 1935	June 1940		Template:R
18	James Pine	July 1940	July 1947		Template:R
19	Wilfred N. Derby	August 1947	August 1950		Template:R
20	Arthur G. Hall	September 1950	August 1954		Template:R
21	Raymond J. Mauerman	September 1954	June 1957		Template:R
22	Frank A. Leamy	July 1957	February 1960		Template:R
23	Stephen H. Evans	February 1960	June 1962		Template:R
24	Willard J. Smith	June 1962	July 1965		Template:R
25	Chester R. Bender	July 1965	June 1967		Template:R
26	Arthur B. Engel	June 1967	June 1970		Template:R
27	John F. Thompson	June 1970	July 1973		Template:R
28	Joseph J. McClelland	July 1973	June 1974		Template:R
29	William A. Jenkins	June 1974	June 1977		Template:R
30	Malcolm E. Clark	June 1977	January 1981		Template:R
31	Charles E. Larkin	July 1981	June 1982		Template:R
32	Edward Nelson Jr.	June 1982	June 1986		Template:R
33	Richard P. Cueroni	June 1986	June 28, 1989		Template:R
34	Thomas T. Matteson	June 28, 1989	June 9, 1993		Template:R<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
35	Paul E. Versaw	June 9, 1993	June 20, 1997		Template:R<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
36	Douglas E. Teeson	June 20, 1997	June 2001		Template:R<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
37	Robert C. Olsen	June 2001	June 2005		Template:R
38	James C. Van Sice	May 27, 2005	January 2007		Template:R<ref>Template:Cite news </ref>
39	J. Scott Burhoe	January 2007	June 3, 2011		Template:R
40	Sandra L. Stosz	June 3, 2011	June 1, 2015	First woman superintendent	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
41	James E. Rendon	June 1, 2015	May 30, 2019		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
42	William G. Kelly	May 30, 2019	May 26, 2023		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
43	Michael J. Johnston	May 26, 2023	July 16, 2025		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
44	Gregory C. Rothrock	July 16, 2025			<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

U.S. Coast Guard Museum

Template:See also The U.S. Coast Guard Museum is located in Waesche Hall on the grounds of the United States Coast Guard Academy. The museum's artifacts reflect the history of the U.S. Coast Guard and include ship models, carved figureheads, cannons, uniforms, medals, weapons, memorabilia and paintings.<ref name=USCGHO1>Template:Cite web</ref> Visitors must bring a government-issued photo identification to enter the campus, and foreign visitors must make an appointment with the Curator before visiting the museum.<ref name=USCGHO2>Template:Cite web</ref>

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References

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Further reading

Lovell, John P. (1979) Neither Athens nor Sparta?: The American Service Academies in Transition

External links

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