United States Life-Saving Service

The United States Life-Saving Service (USLSS) was a United States government agency that grew out of concerns for saving the lives of shipwrecked sailors and ship's passengers. The federal life-saving service was established on June 28, 1848 as an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury.^[1] In 1915, the USLSS merged with the United States Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard.^[2]

1. ↑ Thomas P. Ostrom; John J. Galluzzo, United States Coast Guard Leaders and Missions, 1790 to the Present (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015), pp. 26–28
2. ↑ "Education & Resources". U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association. Retrieved 18 October 2016.