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Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton lobbied Congress to fund the construction of ten cutters, which it did on\u00a04 August 1790<\/b>\u00a0(now celebrated as the Coast Guard’s official birthday). Until the re-establishment of the Navy in 1798, these “revenue cutters” were the only naval force of the early United States.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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