Military Records

Modern Coast Guard

The National Archives receives records from agencies like the U.S. Coast Guard when they are 30 years old or older. To inquire about U.S. Coast Guard records that are more recent than 30 years, you can contact these offices:

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Coast Guard Cutter Northland—Coast Guard crew on RHI boat boarding civilian ship by ladder

United States Coast Guard Historian’s Office

Commandant (CG-09231)

ATTN: Coast Guard Historian's Office

US Coast Guard Stop 7031

2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE

Washington, DC 20593-7031

Phone: 202-372-4984

Email: history@uscg.mil

Website: https://www.history.uscg.mil/

National Maritime Center (for Merchant Marine credentials)

National Maritime Center

100 Forbes Drive

Martinsburg, WV 25404

Phone: 1-888-427-5662

Email: iasknmc@uscg.mil

Website: https://www.dco.uscg.mil/national_maritime_center/

Records Officer for the United States Coast Guard

Tonia Austin-Douglas

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U.S. Coast Guard Search and Rescue crews from Coast Guard Air Station in Atlantic City, N.J.

Department of Homeland Security

United States Coast Guard

Attn: Records Manager

US Coast Guard Stop 7710

2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE

Washington, DC 20593-7710

Phone: 202-475-3516

Email: tonia.austin-douglas@uscg.mil

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