Coast Guard

noun

U.S. Military.��a military service under the Department of Transportation, which in peacetime enforces maritime laws, saves lives and property at sea, and maintains aids to navigation, and which in wartime may be placed under the Navy Department to augment the navy.
(lowercase)��any similar organization for aiding navigation, preventing smuggling, etc.
Also called coastguardsman.��(lowercase)��a member of any such organization.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Coast Guard¹

First recorded in 1825–35

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India's Coast Guard is continuing efforts to douse a fire on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Arabian Sea near the coast of the southern state of Kerala.

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The Coast Guard said fires and explosions continued to be seen on the ship.

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Footage on Tuesday showed MV Wan Hai 503 emitting large plumes of smoke as the Indian Navy and Coast Guard tried to extinguish the fire onboard.

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Coast Guard received a report at 12:45 p.m. that a twin-engine Cessna 414 had crashed around three miles west of Point Loma.

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A debris field was located off of the coast in an area where the water was estimated to be 200 feet deep, according to the Coast Guard.

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coastguard coast-guard cutter

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