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

February 5

1882  The schooner Mary L. Vankirk, bound for Philadelphian from South Creek, Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, carrying a crew of five men, encountered heavy weather.  She lost sails and sprung a leak and before long she became water-logged and almost unmanageable.  In this condition, it was determined to run to leeward and seek refuge in Hatteras Inlet.  Matters, however, became worse and it was decided to beach the vessel.  She was discovered heading for the land by the crew of Station No. 18, Sixth District (Chicamicomico, North Carolina).  The surfboat was run out, but the life-saving crew returned to the station for the breeches-buoy apparatus. The latter arrived abreast of the schooner at 8:15, fifteen minutes after she struck the bar about half a mile north of the station.  The schooner was so close that the keeper was able to wade out into the water and cast a heaving-line to those huddled in the rigging.  As quickly as possible, the men in the rigging hauled off the whip-line.  The breeches-buoy was soon rigged and went spinning out to the vessel.  All five men were safely landed.

The 36 foot Coast Guard lifeboat serves as a memorial to the men who died on it in a rescue mission. The four Coast Guardsmen honored gave their lives while following in the brave traditions of the United States Coast Guard’s search and rescue mission. (photo courtesy of westportwa.com)

1946  Four Coast Guardsmen from Willapa Harbor Lifeboat Station perished in the line of duty while searching for two crab fishermen feared lost in Williapa Bay.  The men were: BMC Joseph W. Miller, USCG; MM 1/c Geloyd J. Simmons, USCG; Coxswain James R. Graves, USCG; S 1/c Howard W. Hampton, USCG.

“The 36 foot Motor Lifeboat from the Station Willapa Bay washed ashore near Ocean City with no one on board. The boat and its four man crew had joined the Westport station’s 52 foot Invincible in a search for two Westport crab boats believed lost in a storm the previous day. The 36 footer was last seen by the Invincible’s crew at approximately 1 a.m. on the 5th during a brief rendezvous somewhere south of Grayland.

“Bodies of three of the four Coast Guardsmen were later recovered along the beach north of Grays Harbor, but exactly what happened aboard the boat or to the fourth crewman remains a mystery. Ironically, the fishermen identified as the subjects of this search and feared lost at sea were found safe in Willapa Harbor, where they had remained throughout the storm.

CG Squadron 3 enroute Subic Bay, 1967, Vietnam War

1973  The position of Senior Coast Guard Officer-Vietnam (SCGOV) was disestablished.

1975  The Coast Guard commissioned the Houston-Galveston Vessel Traffic System, the third VTS to be “implemented by the Coast Guard on a major waterway of the U.S.”