. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 19 Treasury Department COAST GUARD SAILS FROM TREASURY TO NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT The Coast Guard will be transferred in the next few months from the Treasury Depart- ment to the new Department of Transporta- tion, opening a new era for the 176-year-old agency. The Coast Guard (CG) is an Armed Force, but its primary peacetime mission is to pro- tect life and property at sea. It took on this role in the early 1830s when revenue cutters were directed to conduct winter cruises to aid distressed vessels. In 1966, the CG an- swered 43,466
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 19 Treasury Department COAST GUARD SAILS FROM TREASURY TO NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT The Coast Guard will be transferred in the next few months from the Treasury Depart- ment to the new Department of Transporta- tion, opening a new era for the 176-year-old agency. The Coast Guard (CG) is an Armed Force, but its primary peacetime mission is to pro- tect life and property at sea. It took on this role in the early 1830s when revenue cutters were directed to conduct winter cruises to aid distressed vessels. In 1966, the CG an- swered 43,466 calls for help and saved more than 3,400 lives. Of equal importance with search and rescue is its accident prevention function designed to prevent disasters at sea. In 1966, the CG inspected 4,743 U. S. vessels of 11,599,942 tons, and 1,544 foreign vessels of 14,887,164 COAST GUARD AT WORK: In September 1966, the Coast Guard answered a call for help from the burning fishing trawler "Cara Cara" off the Massachusetts coast. Four of the USCG boats are shown clustered around the trawler. An HH-52A amphibious helicopter lowers a basket with additional fire-fighting equip- ment. All 7 crewmen were safely removed to one boat. After the flames were put out, a second USCG craft towed the Cara Cara to Scituate, Mass. (Photo: U. S, Coast Guard) A Century of Oceanography The Coast Guard carried out its first oceanographic mission in 1867 when the rev- enue cutter "Lincoln" explored the waters of the Alaskan Territory shortly after its pur- chase from Russia. Since then, the CG's Alaskan Patrol, ocean station vessels in the Atlantic and Pacific, and the International Ice Patrol have helped expand understanding of the sea. In 1961, legislation gave the CG official oceanographic status. The cutter "Northwind" has carried out investigations of the Kara and Barents Seas north of the USSR. Larger vessels are being equipped with the latest instruments to permi
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