
Based on the Coast Guard Historian’s timeline, https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/
With inspiration from Mike Kelso
1818 USRC Monroe captured the armed brig Columbia inside the Virginia Capes. Columbia had been “cut out” of a Venezuelan fleet by pirates.
1907 The first wireless operator joined the Revenue Cutter Service, H. I. Logan, enlisted on the USRC Manhattan, a harbor tug based in New York City, as an “Electrician (acting).” He was assigned to the cruising cutter USRC Algonquin where he reported on board on October 30, 1907. Logan remained in the service until 22 December 1923 when he retired after serving on board the USCGC Bear. He crossed the bar in 1936.
