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

Men killing fur seals on St Paul Island, Alaska, 1890s.

1897  Congress prohibited the killing of fur seals in the waters of the North Pacific Ocean.  The Revenue Cutter Service was tasked with enforcing the law.

Circa 1940 photograph showing keepers quarters and “U.S. Coast Guard” painted on the side of the storage shed. (Photo courtesy of the Guantanamo Public Memory Project)

1903  An Executive Order extended the jurisdiction of the Lighthouse Service to Guantanamo, Cuba.

29 December 1998 — The 578-foot cargo vessel Violetta caught fire in the Houston ship channel. 
Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Montgomery

1998  The 578-foot cargo vessel Violetta caught fire in the Houston ship channel.  Twenty-three of her crew were rescued.  CGC Point Spencer spent several days fighting the fire on board the vessel.

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29 December 1998 — The 578-foot cargo vessel Violetta caught fire in the Houston ship channel. Twenty-three of her crew were rescued. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Point Spencer (WPB-82349) spent several days fighting the fire on board the vessel.

Sudden waling of sirens on December 28 disturbed a peaceful morning in Galveston, Texas. The 578-foot cargo vessel, Violetta, caught fire and was burning in the Houston ship channel. As rescue units began to arrive, thick black smoke filled the air and hung over the bay like a black velvet veil.

VioIetta suffered an engine room fire that claimed the lives of two crewmembers. Days would pass before the last hot spot was finally extinguished.

Coast Guard Station Galveston, Texas., rescued 23 of 25 crewmembers of the Cypriot-flagged vessel in those early morning hours on December 28, 1998. Coast Guard Cutter Point Spencer, an 82-foot patrol boat from Galveston, Texas, one 55-foot aids to navigation boat and two 41-foot utility boats from Station Galveston quickly set up a safety zone of 500-yards.

The fire broke out at about 5 a.m. in the engine room of Violetta. The vessel was empty except for the 165,000 gallons of diesel and fuel oil onboard. The VIOLETTA was scheduled to take on corn and wheat as cargo in Galveston.

(Information courtesy of the Coast Guard Historian’s Office and DVIDS)

Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Montgomery