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1. What schooner was commanded by the United States' first sea-going comissioned officer?
2. What was the result of the Revenue Cutter Eagle's encounter with HMS Dispatch in 1814?
3. What ship fired the first naval shot of the American Civil War?
4. In 1897, crewman from what cutter drove a herd of reindeer across the Artic ice to feed trapped whalers. What was the name of the ship?
5. What was the last ship to be decommisioned that fought at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941?
6. If a cutter has a red painted hull, what is its PRIMARY mission?
7. What ship was responsible for United States's first capture of an enemy vessel during World War II?
8. What buoy tender ran aground and sank in the Great Lakes on December 4, 1989?
9. What cutter was originally comissioned the "Horst Wessel"?
10. What cutter was the predecessor of the United States Coast Guard Academy?
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