In 1919 and 1920, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Manning conducted "Winter Cruising" between Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Cutters on the patrol were at sea almost continuously from December to March. The practice dated to 1832, when U.S. Treasury Secretary Louis McLane issued written orders to revenue cutters. Thus was born today's Coast Guard search and rescue mission.
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