Based on the Coast Guard Historian’s timeline, https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/
With inspiration from Mike Kelso

December 8

1904 An Executive Order extended the jurisdiction of the Lighthouse Service to the noncontiguous territory of the Midway Islands.

Finnish vessel SS Kurikka at anchor (CG photo)

1941 Coast Guardsmen seized all nine Finnish vessels that were in U.S. ports and placed them in “protective custody” to “prevent the commission of any acts of sabotage” on orders from the Navy Department.  Twenty-four hours later the Coast Guard removed the crews from each of the vessels. (The Finns were allied with Germany against the Soviets.) This action was ordered soon after the break in diplomatic relations between Great Britain and Finland.  The following Finish vessels were seized: SS Olivia, at Boston, Massachusetts; SS Kurikka, SS Jourtanes, and SS Saimaa at New York, New York; SS Advance, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; SS Aagot and SS Marisa Thorden at Baltimore; SS Aurora, at Newport News, Virginia; and SS Delaware, at Galveston, Texas.

1983 Four cutters arrived off of the island of Grenada to replace U.S. Navy surface forces conducting surveillance operations after the U.S. invaded the island earlier that year.  The cutters involved were Cape Gull, Cape Fox, Cape Shoalwater, and the Sagebrush. (A USNI story about the mission here.)

JUNEAU, Alaska (Dec. 19, 2004)–An over-flight photo taken Dec. 19 show the bow and stern sections of the 378-foot freighter Selendang Ayu near Skan Bay. Unified Command photo

2004 The 738-foot freighter Selendang Ayu grounded and broke in two December 8, 2004, offshore of Spray Cape, Unalaska.  Fighting extremely adverse conditions, helicopter crews from Kodiak and the CGC Alex Haley, working with the crew of Haley, rescued all but six of the sailors.  AST3 Aaron Bean earned the Meritorious Service Medal and AMT3 Gregory Gibbons the Distinguished Flying Cross.  During the rescue high waves caused the crash of a Coast Guard HH-60J. Six of MV Selendang Ayu’s crew died in the crash.