Historic Documents & Official Publications (Database)

Documents, including PDF photo collections, reproductions and scans of drawings, illustrations, and images, from the archives of the U.S. Coast Guard and its five predecessor agencies: the Revenue Cutter Service, the Life-Saving Service, the Lighthouse Service, the Bureau of Navigation, and the Steamboat Inspection Service from the Coast Guard Archives and Special Collections, Coast Guard, and National Archives.

NOTE: Documents provided are in the public domain.

U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
2703 Martin Luther King, Jr., Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20593-7031


U.S. Coast Guard Museum
Coast Guard Academy - Waesche Hall
15 Mohegan Ave
New London, CT 06320-8100

Contacting us:  U.S.C.G. Historian's Office

Images & Photographs

Chronology of Aids to Navigation and the Old Lighthouse Service, 1716-1939

Timeline & chronology of the U.S. Lighthouse Service and its history, including significant dates in regards to the history of aids to navigation of the colonies and U.S.

VIRIN: CGD-200228-417-002.PDF
Photo by: Truman Strobridge

Photo Details

Resolution: x
Size: 0.32 MB
Location: