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90-609: About half of nearly 20 numbered naval districts, after decades of service as successful naval operational support commands, were merged or disestablished by the U.S. Navy between 1970 and 1998. By 1999 the remaining U.S. naval districts were reorganized and renamed as Navy Regions , except for Naval District Washington DC. The revised U.S. Navy organization of 11 geographic regions is now administered under Commander, Naval Installations Command (CNIC) in Washington DC. United States Marine Corps naval infantry forces operating with

180-499: A Continental ". The office has, since the late 18th century, been customarily referred to as the singular "Treasury", without any preceding article , as a remnant of the country's transition from British to American English . For example, the department notes its guiding purpose as "Treasury's mission" instead of "the Treasury's mission." Robert Morris was designated Superintendent of Finance in 1781 and restored stability to

270-542: A Department of Treasury, in which shall be the following officers, namely: a Secretary of the Treasury, to be deemed head of the department; a Comptroller, an Auditor, a Treasurer, a Register, and an Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury , which assistant shall be appointed by the said Secretary. Alexander Hamilton took the oath of office as the first secretary of the treasury on September 11, 1789. Hamilton had served as George Washington 's aide-de-camp during

360-543: A USCG admiral senior to their district commanders. Later, during World War II the Coast Guard military organization also absorbed three other legacy U.S. maritime safety agencies: the Steamboat Inspection Service , Bureau of Navigation , and U.S. Lighthouse Service (USLHS) . United States federal law ( Title 14 US Code ) specifies the Coast Guard is a maritime multi-mission military branch of

450-411: A box filled with U.S. currency, including a number of thousand-dollar bills, and reported it to Secretary Spinner. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln subsequently honored her with a commendation for her actions, and the federal government rewarded her with an appointment for life as a messenger with its Department of Issues. The U.S. Congress transferred several agencies that had previously been under

540-655: A bureau of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . In 2020 the Coast Guard Commandant announced a USCG plan to station more new major cutters and enlarge shore operations facilities at Base Charleston during this decade, as a "future Coast Guard operational center of gravity" for Atlantic Area cutters homeported in Seventh Coast Guard District . Seventh Naval District comprising all waters around Florida,

630-507: A district organization as directed by an 1838 act of Congress for steamboat safety. When the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and U.S. Life Saving Service merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915, the naval district map system was used to organize the combined service. In the Coast Guard naval district organization, USCG districts were placed in the CG Eastern Area or Western Area. The two Coast Guard Areas were each commanded by

720-710: A major USCG Shipyard in Baltimore MD, and a major USCG Aircraft Station and Maintenance facility in Elizabeth City NC. Sixth Naval District was established on 7 May 1903 with headquarters at Charleston Naval Shipyard in Charleston, South Carolina , in accordance with General Order No. 128, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. No personnel were assigned to 6th District staff until 1915–1916. Sixth Naval District peaked with

810-509: A revised version of the original numbered United States Naval District map, consolidated under two USCG Area commands, CG Atlantic Area and CG Pacific Area . In 1903 the Department of the Navy first created 13 numbered U.S. Naval Districts as a system to improve the naval defense of the U.S. coast and extended territories from foreign attack. The Secretary of the Navy ordered creation of

900-455: A system of districts for "the purpose of decentralizing administrative functions with respect to the control of coastwise sea communications and shore activities in states and territories outside department headquarters in Washington DC". The United States Naval District system established a geographic naval forces map, numbered in a clockwise sequence, that centralized under one regional command: Navy Regulations article 1480 first laid down

990-730: A transitional remnant from British to American English . Hamilton's portrait appears on the obverse of the ten-dollar bill , while the Treasury Building in Washington, D.C. is depicted on the reverse . The history of the Department of the Treasury began in the turmoil of the American Revolution , when the Continental Congress at Philadelphia deliberated the crucial issue of financing

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1080-461: A war of independence against Great Britain . The Congress had no power to levy and collect taxes, nor was there a tangible basis for securing funds from foreign investors or governments. The delegates resolved to issue paper money in the form of bills of credit , promising redemption in coin on faith in the revolutionary cause. On June 22, 1775, only a few days after the Battle of Bunker Hill ,

1170-463: Is homeport for afloat and shore units including major Pacific patrol cutters, homeland security boats, stations, shore bases, deployable maritime security units, and four major Coast Guard air stations. Twelfth Naval District was established on 7 May 1903 with headquarters at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California , in accordance with General Order No. 128, signed by Acting Secretary of

1260-478: Is still located on the naval base, along with U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans. Historically, Eighth Naval District also had a second headquarters location at the Pensacola Navy Yard . All U.S. Navy support commands in the former Eighth Naval District Gulf of Mexico area are now part of U.S. Navy Region Southeast . Eighth Coast Guard District command headquarters is the port of New Orleans for

1350-821: Is the Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Mission Support. Coast Guard founding in New York: New York City, the first U.S. capital , has been a key Coast Guard homeport ever since 4 August 1790, when the first Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton established the Revenue Marine (later renamed Revenue Cutter Service ) there. Hamilton requested President George Washington and the 1st United States Congress authorize construction of 10 fast, armed cutters to be stationed at Atlantic seaports in

1440-659: The 2nd Coast Guard District with headquarters facilities in St. Louis, Missouri . After 50 years of protecting vital river transportation, in 1996 the 2nd Coast Guard District was disestablished, and all inland western rivers operations became part of the new enlarged 8th Coast Guard District headquartered in New Orleans LA. Third Naval District , headquartered at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York City ,

1530-621: The American Revolutionary War and was influential in the ratification of the Constitution. Hamilton's financial and managerial acumen made him a logical choice for addressing the problem of the new nation's heavy war debt . His first official act as secretary was to submit a report to Congress in which he laid the foundation for the nation's financial health. To the surprise of many legislators, he insisted upon federal assumption and dollar-for-dollar repayment of

1620-617: The Bank of the United States , which acted as the government's fiscal agent . The Department of Treasury believes their seal was created by Francis Hopkinson , the treasurer of loans. He submitted bills to Congress in 1780 that authorized the design of department seals, including a seal for the Board of Treasury. While it is not certain that Hopkinson designed the seal, it closely resembles others he created. In 1861, Sophia Holmes became

1710-637: The Department of Justice as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE). The regulatory and tax collection functions of ATF related to legitimate traffic in alcohol and tobacco remained with the treasury at its new Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB). Effective March 1, 2003, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center , the United States Customs Service , and

1800-875: The Diamond Shoals Lightship . Between 1960 and 1980, the Navy closed aging historic shipyards in the northeast United States and merged about half of the numbered naval districts for budgetary efficiency and military effectiveness. Atlantic bases in the Hampton Roads , VA region, expanding since 1942, grew even larger with added ships, submarines, aircraft, and naval amphibious activities at bases like Little Creek , Dam Neck , and NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach . But on 30 September 1980, Fifth Naval District became one of six original numbered districts disestablished on that date. The large area of responsibility for 20 northeast and midwest states in

1890-668: The Homeland Security Act transferred the Coast Guard from the U.S. Department of Transportation to the new U.S. Department of Homeland Security along with other federal protection agencies, CG District Commanders also began overseeing a coastal border organization of sectors. Sectors , named by region, state, or city within each district, align the maritime multi-mission coastal, ports and waterways activities of Coast Guard forces with U.S. Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection officers at land boundary ports of entry. USCG Districts and USCG Sectors are key parts of

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1980-460: The U.S. armed forces , fully interoperable with the Navy and Department of Defense services outlined under Title 10 USC , that in time of war when directed by the President becomes a part of the U.S. Navy fleet, as happened during World War I and World War II. Homeland Defense: Today's structure of land, air, and naval United States armed forces, with active duty and reserve components ,

2070-529: The United States Secret Service were transferred to the newly created Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") . In 2020, the Treasury suffered a data breach following a cyberattack likely conducted by a nation state adversary , possibly Russia. This was in fact the first detected case of the much wider 2020 United States federal government data breach , which involved at least eight federal departments. The basic functions of

2160-574: The former 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Naval Districts is now part of U.S. Navy Region Mid-Atlantic . Fifth Coast Guard District headquarters is in Portsmouth VA . Coast Guard Atlantic Area command is also located in USCG Portsmouth HQ (transferred from USCG Base Governors Island NY in 1996). 5th Coast Guard District operates within geographic boundaries that include the entire mid-Atlantic east coast from southern New Jersey,

2250-597: The "Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Naval Districts". In 1920 the Eleventh Naval District became a separate Naval District with headquarters at San Diego, California . During World War II, 11th Naval District supported numerous Navy and Marine Corps facilities crucial to the Pacific war effort, including Naval Base San Pedro , Long Beach Naval Shipyard , Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego , and Air Station Miramar . From 1945 until 1980, 11th District included

2340-578: The 13 original U.S. states for defense and maritime law enforcement (as Hamilton had earlier proposed in Federalist Paper No. 11 and Federalist No. 12 ). In 1789 Hamilton had also established the U.S. Customs Service for coastal commerce security, followed in 1791 by the U.S. Lighthouse Establishment for navigation safety. U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area: New York Harbor , the major U.S. seaport from 1790 to 1914, continued serving as USCG Eastern/Atlantic Area headquarters from 1915 through

2430-441: The 1990s. In 1996 however, as part of the Coast Guard portion of the U.S. military's Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, the service closed the large USCG cutter support base on Governors Island NY (a New York harbor defense fortification since 1776) and moved CG Atlantic Area headquarters to Portsmouth VA . Fourth Naval District was established on 7 May 1903 headquartered at historic Philadelphia Naval Shipyard on

2520-426: The Coast Guard consolidated major cutter, aviation, and shore base resources to a new Maintenance and Logistics Command (MLC) for the five remaining districts comprising Coast Guard Atlantic Area. As an agency in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, after 2010 USCG Atlantic (and Pacific) Area MLCs were re-organized. USCG command for maintenance and logistics facilities now falls under one three star vice admiral, who

2610-561: The Continental Congress issued $ 2 million in bills; on July 25, 28 citizens of Philadelphia were employed by Congress to sign and number the currency. On July 29, 1775, the Second Continental Congress assigned the responsibility for the administration of the revolutionary government's finances to joint Continental treasurers George Clymer and Michael Hillegas . Congress stipulated that each of

2700-794: The DHS organization defending and protecting the security of all sections of border- water, land, and air, surrounding the United States of America . First Naval District was established on 7 May 1903, headquartered at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine for coastal defense of the New England states in accordance with Navy General Order No. 128 issued by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. Until late 1915 no personnel were assigned to 1st Naval District staff. During World War I and World War II , large historic naval shipyards in

2790-581: The Delaware River at League Island , Pennsylvania, in accordance with General Order No. 128, issued by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. Until 1915, no personnel were assigned to 4th District staff. During World War II, some 40,000 workers labored around the clock to build and repair naval ships at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. By 1945, 4th Naval District included the geographic areas with many facilities that were key to

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2880-484: The Delaware River, Pennsylvania, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and North Carolina. Fifth Coast Guard District includes four coastal sectors, and is homeport for afloat and shore units including major Atlantic patrol cutters, forward deployed maritime security cutters patroling the Persian Gulf , buoy tenders, homeland security boats, stations, shore bases, and two Coast Guard air stations including

2970-688: The Department of the Treasury include: With respect to the estimation of revenues for the executive branch , Treasury serves a purpose parallel to that of the Office of Management and Budget for the estimation of spending for the executive branch, the Joint Committee on Taxation for the estimation of revenues for Congress, and the Congressional Budget Office for the estimation of spending for Congress. From 1830 until 1901, responsibility for overseeing weights and measures

3060-576: The District of Columbia, Anne Arundel , Prince Georges , Montgomery , St. Mary's , Calvert , and Charles County); Virginia (except 6 counties nearest D.C., Arlington , Fairfax , Stafford , King George , Prince William , and Westmoreland County); plus northeast North Carolina (15 counties nearest Norfolk, VA, Currituck , Camden , Pasquotank , Gates , Perquimans , Chowan , Tyrrell , Washington , Hyde , Beaufort , Pamlico , Craven , Jones , Carteret , Onslow , and Dare County); also

3150-571: The Fourth Naval District in Philadelphia , PA. The New England states area of responsibility in the former 1st Naval District is now part of U.S. Navy Region Mid-Atlantic . First Coast Guard District is headquartered in the downtown Boston Massachusetts harborfront, and protects the navigable waters of the northeast United States within boundaries that include the entire New England coast. 1st Coast Guard District encompasses

3240-436: The Fourth Naval District in Philadelphia , PA. The northeastern states area of responsibility in the former 3rd and 4th Naval Districts is now part of U.S. Navy Region Mid-Atlantic . Third Coast Guard District operated from 1915 until disestablished on June 30, 1987, during Coast Guard re-alignment. CGD3 geographic area of responsibility was split between 1st Coast Guard District and 5th Coast Guard District. On July 1, 1987,

3330-637: The Great Lakes, and is homeport for afloat cutters and shore units including icebreaker patrol cutters, buoy tenders, homeland security boats, stations, shore bases, deployable maritime security units, and four Coast Guard air stations . Tenth Naval District boundaries included the Caribbean Sea, but was headquartered at the new Naval Station Great Lakes on Lake Michigan near North Chicago, Illinois . Established on 7 May 1903 in accordance with General Order No. 128, signed by Acting Secretary of

3420-557: The Naval Base on 1 April 1996. The south Atlantic states area of responsibility of the former 6th Naval District command is now part of U.S. Navy Region Southeast . Coast Guard Base Charleston: Since the 1990s, U.S. Congressional representatives and senators from South Carolina have advocated for maritime agencies to re-locate federal government facilities to the former Charleston Naval Base, such as U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston and Charleston's National Weather Service office,

3510-728: The Navy Charles H. Darling, the district was activated in 1911 as part of a larger administrative unit called "Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Naval Districts". During the 1920s the Tenth was disestablished, but was reactivated on January 1, 1940, at San Juan, Puerto Rico under the command of Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance , USN. 10th Naval District boundaries covered the Caribbean Sea, including Puerto Rico , Vieques , Culebra , Virgin Islands , Guantanamo Bay Naval Base , plus U.S. Naval shore activities at Jamaica , Trinidad , Bahamas , Antigua , St. Lucia , and British Guiana . Tenth Naval District

3600-423: The Navy Charles H. Darling. During World War II, 12th District headquarters moved to San Francisco, California with geographic boundaries including northern California counties north of Santa Barbara County , and the states of Colorado ; Utah ; and Nevada except Clark County . 12th Naval District bases, shipyards, air stations, hospitals, and manufacturing facilities were essential to winning World War II in

3690-569: The Navy. 9th Naval District was activated in 1911 as part of an administrative unit called the "Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Naval Districts". In 1920, 9th District became a separate Navy entity with its own district staff for the Great Lakes region states. Ninth Naval District boundaries expanded during World War II to midwest states beyond the Great Lakes by 1945, including Illinois , Ohio , Michigan , Kentucky , Indiana , Illinois , Wisconsin , Minnesota , Iowa , Missouri , North Dakota , South Dakota , Nebraska , and Kansas . Ninth Naval District

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3780-602: The Pacific Ocean, and northwest to the 17th District in Alaska and beyond. In 1915, the newly formed United States Coast Guard also adopted the geographic organization of U.S. Naval Districts for operations and administration of USCG bases, stations, cutters, aircraft, and boats. As an agency in the U.S. Department of Treasury from 1790 to 1967, the USCG predecessor Lighthouse Board was the first maritime bureau to establish

3870-644: The Pacific theater, and remained vibrant military facilities through the 1970s. Twelfth Naval District was disestablished in 1977, and functions were transferred to the Eleventh Naval District. United States Navy Regions Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.151 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 940559650 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:03:26 GMT United States Department of

3960-563: The Treasury The Department of the Treasury ( USDT ) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States , where it serves as an executive department . The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the U.S. Mint . These two agencies are responsible for printing all paper currency and minting coins , while the treasury executes currency circulation in

4050-662: The USCG gulf coast, as well as inland western rivers. 8th District boundaries include the Gulf of Mexico coast from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, to the Florida panhandle central time zone, west of Apalachicola, plus a small part of southwest Georgia. 8th District is by far the largest Coast Guard District geographic area, with a secondary HQ base in St. Louis MO supporting the inland western river system. The 8th District map includes 26 states from Pennsylvania to Wyoming, through which flow many navigable western rivers, part of

4140-825: The USN are supported by the naval district system. Since 1903, USMC strength has grown immensely with combined-arms artillery, armor, and aviation capability, especially for expeditionary and amphibious warfare during World War I in Europe and World War II in the Pacific. Although part of the Navy Department, the Marine Corps is a separate branch of the U.S. armed forces that now maintains its own organization of USMC support base locations. United States Coast Guard forces, responsible for U.S. maritime security, continue to operate today in nine USCG naval Districts, using

4230-423: The United States has limited statutory duties, but advises the Secretary on various matters such as coinage and currency production. Signatures of both officials appear on all Federal Reserve notes . The department was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government revenue . The first secretary of the treasury was Alexander Hamilton , who was sworn into office on September 11, 1789. Hamilton

4320-431: The activity of 8,000 workers as Charleston Naval Shipyard and Naval Base Charleston grew from 1930 to 1960, supporting shipbuilding, repair, and fleet operations for many ships and submarines. 6th Naval District boundaries included South Carolina , Georgia , and most of North Carolina , except fifteen northeastern North Carolina coastal counties nearest Virginia, which were part of 5th Naval District. Sixth Naval District

4410-596: The aegis of the Treasury Department to other departments as a consequence of the September 11 attacks . Effective January 24, 2003, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), which had been a bureau of the department since 1972, was extensively reorganized under the provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 . The law enforcement functions of ATF, including the regulation of legitimate traffic in firearms and explosives , were transferred to

4500-530: The aging historic bases in the U.S. northeastern states continued slowly moving to southern and western naval districts in the 1980s and 1990s. Most U.S. Navy ship work at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard was decommissioned by early 2000, pursuant to recommendations by the Base Realignment and Closure commission, with the exception of supply depot logistics operations at Naval Support Activity Philadelphia . The northeastern states area of responsibility in

4590-635: The boundary limits of naval districts, which were based on existing coastal lighthouse districts dating to 1838. "Those limits extend to seaward so far as to include the coastwise sea lanes" (art. 1486 (1), Navy Regulations). The Navy specified that "each naval district shall be commanded by a designated commandant (an appointed admiral or captain ), who is the direct representative of the Navy Department , including its bureaus and offices, in all matters affecting district activity" (Art. 1481, Navy Regulations.). During World War I and World War II ,

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4680-565: The colonies contribute to the Continental government's funds. To ensure proper and efficient handling of the growing national debt in the face of weak economic and political ties between the colonies, the Congress, on February 17, 1776, designated a committee of five to superintend the treasury, settle accounts , and report periodically to the Congress. On April 1, a Treasury Office of Accounts, consisting of an auditor general and clerks ,

4770-467: The country's $ 75 million debt in order to revitalize the public credit : "[T]he debt of the United States was the price of liberty. The faith of America has been repeatedly pledged for it, and with solemnities that give peculiar force to the obligation." Hamilton foresaw the development of industry and trade in the United States, suggesting that government revenues be based upon customs duties . His sound financial policies also inspired investment in

4860-539: The domestic fiscal system. It collects all federal taxes through the Internal Revenue Service ; manages U.S. government debt instruments ; licenses and supervises banks and thrift institutions ; and advises the legislative and executive branches on matters of fiscal policy . The department is administered by the secretary of the treasury , who is a member of the Cabinet . The treasurer of

4950-517: The finances of the confederation of former colonies until September 1789. The First United States Congress convened in New York City on March 4, 1789, marking the beginning of government under the U.S. Constitution . On September 2, 1789, Congress created a permanent institution for the management of government finances: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shall be

5040-534: The first Black woman to be employed by the Treasury Department and by the Federal government of the United States when Senator Henry Wilson , James G. Blaine and others advocated for her hiring as a janitor under Secretary of the Treasury Francis Spinner . She was paid fifteen dollars per month. In 1862, she prevented a major theft from the department of more than $ 200,000 when she came across

5130-698: The former 11th Naval District are now part of Navy Region Southwest , headquartered in downtown San Diego, California . Eleventh Coast Guard District operates on the California coast with headquarters on San Francisco Bay in Alameda CA . Coast Guard Pacific Area command is also located on Coast Guard Island in Alameda with 11th Coast Guard District. 11th District's geographic boundaries include all waters of California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Eleventh Coast Guard District includes four coastal sectors and

5220-579: The former 1903 naval districts of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Naval Districts. US Naval shore activities formerly in Tenth Naval District on island bases in the Caribbean Sea are now also part of Navy Region Southeast. Seventh Coast Guard District headquarters is located in Miami, Florida . The geographic boundaries of the 7th District include the entire coast of the state of Florida, except

5310-477: The former 2nd Naval District is now part of U.S. Navy Region Mid-Atlantic . Second Coast Guard District: During World War II, when the U.S. Bureau of Navigation, a key part of the large central U.S. maritime transportation system, merged into the Coast Guard, the USCG designated the United States midwest geography containing the many navigable inland waterways of the Mississippi, Ohio and western rivers as

5400-399: The former 4th Naval District is now part of U.S. Navy Region Mid-Atlantic . Fifth Naval District was established on 7 May 1903 headquartered at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in southeast Virginia , in accordance with General Order No. 128 issued by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. No personnel were assigned to district staff until 1915, when 5th Naval District headquarters

5490-432: The former 9th Naval District and naval shore activities in the Great Lakes states and are now supported by Naval Service Training Command and by U.S. Navy Region Mid-Atlantic . Ninth Coast Guard District operates as the guardian of the U.S. Great Lakes, with headquarters on the south shore of Lake Erie in Cleveland Ohio . Coast Guard 9th District works closely with agencies across the water border in Canada to protect

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5580-413: The formulation of policy and management of the department as a whole, while the operating bureaus carry out the specific operations assigned to the department. The Treasury Department has authorized a budget for Fiscal Year 2024 of $ 16.5 billion. The budget authorization is broken down as follows: In the latest Center for Effective Government analysis of the fifteen federal agencies that receive

5670-433: The geographic areas of: New Mexico ; Arizona ; Clark County, Nevada ; the southern part of California , including Counties of Santa Barbara , Kern , and San Bernardino , and all counties south thereof. Eleventh Naval District was one of six original numbered districts disestablished on 30 September 1980. All U.S. Navy and Marine Corps facilities, shore bases, and support commands in the southwestern United States from

5760-418: The nation's finances. Morris, a wealthy colonial merchant , was nicknamed "the financier" because of his reputation for procuring funds or goods on a moment's notice. His staff included a comptroller , a treasurer , a register , and auditors , who managed the country's finances through 1784, when Morris resigned because of ill health. The treasury board, consisting of three commissioners, continued to oversee

5850-527: The northeast United States peaked in ship building and repair activity. Naval bases in northeastern cities were key to U.S. forces winning the campaigns in the Atlantic Ocean that achieved allied victory during the global wars in Europe 1914–1918, and again in 1939–1945. By the end of World War II, First Naval District headquarters had transferred to Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, with geographic boundaries for coastal defense of Maine , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , and Vermont ,

5940-460: The northern part of New Jersey (including counties of Mercer , Monmouth , and all counties north thereof), and also the Nantucket Shoals Lightship . In 1966, after the Brooklyn Navy Yard had provided significant maritime forces to win the Atlantic naval campaigns during both world wars, the U.S. Navy closed the aging yard as an operational naval base. Third Naval District was disestablished on 7 October 1976, and command functions were transferred to

6030-433: The original 1903 map of naval districts. Each of the current 11 U.S. Navy named Regions and 9 U.S. Coast Guard numbered Districts is commanded by a two star or one star rear admiral . The 1903 U.S. Navy District Plan centered around designating a major regional naval base or shipyard facility as flag officer headquarters for each district. Initially, some numbered naval districts had no military staff assigned until after

6120-404: The outbreak of World War I in Europe during the summer of 1914. During World War II , the U.S. naval plan had grown to define 17 numbered districts on a coastal map of the United States and global U.S. territories, starting with the 1st Naval District in the Atlantic northeast, then proceeding clockwise south through Florida, across the Gulf of Mexico 8th District, up to the Great Lakes, west to

6210-440: The scene of inland naval battles during the War of 1812 against British invasion from Canada on Lake Champlain . From 1960 to 1980, the Navy retired several aging historic large naval shipyard bases in the northeastern states that dated from the colonial period and American Revolutionary War . On 7 October 1976, the U.S. Navy disestablished First Naval District headquarters at the old Boston Naval Shipyard and passed command to

6300-440: The security, navigation (summer and winter), and natural environment of the large Great Lakes system from the St. Lawrence Seaway to Duluth, MN . 9th Coast Guard District geographic boundaries include Lake Superior, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Lake Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Lake Huron, Michigan, Lake Erie, Ohio, northwest Pennsylvania, Lake Ontario, and western New York state. Ninth Coast Guard District includes four sectors spanning

6390-407: The southwestern United States and Pacific coast of California. When established on 7 May 1903, headquarters was also originally located at the new Naval Station Great Lakes on Lake Michigan near North Chicago, Illinois as per General Order No. 128, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. Eleventh District was activated in 1911 as part of the larger administrative unit known as

6480-411: The states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, plus eastern New York and northern New Jersey. First Coast Guard District includes five coastal sector commands, and is homeport for units including major Atlantic patrol cutters, buoy tenders, icebreaker tugs, homeland security boats, stations, shore bases, and a large air station on Cape Cod. Second Naval District

6570-406: The system map enlarged from thirteen to seventeen Naval Districts by 1944. The USN and USCG district system evolved continuously over the 20th century, with naval district shore activities, base facilities, and many ships, cutters, patrol boats, air stations, and jurisdictional map boundaries changing over the decades. Today, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard forces operate using an updated edition of

6660-527: The vast inland waterways transportation system in the industrial and agricultural heartland of the United States. Eighth Coast Guard District includes seven sectors (four coastal, three river) and is homeport for major afloat and shore units including Gulf of Mexico patrol cutters, inland river cutters, Atlantic patrol cutters, buoy tenders, homeland security boats, stations, shore bases, deployable maritime security units, and three Coast Guard air stations including large pilot training bases. Ninth Naval District

6750-529: The war effort in Pennsylvania , the southern part of New Jersey (including the counties of Burlington , Ocean , and all counties south thereof), and Delaware (including Winter Quarters Shoal Light Vessel ). On 7 October 1976, Fourth District absorbed the command functions of the First and Third Naval Districts. On 30 September 1980 Fourth Naval District was also disestablished, as Navy fleet operations at

6840-739: The western panhandle central time zone area from Apalachicola to Alabama, which is part of the Eighth District. Seventh Coast Guard District also includes the entire coast and waters of the states of Georgia and South Carolina, and operations in U.S. territories in the Caribbean Sea, Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Seventh Coast Guard District includes six coastal sectors and is homeport for afloat and shore units including major Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean patrol cutters, buoy tenders, homeland security boats, stations, shore bases, deployable maritime security units, and four Coast Guard air stations. Eighth Naval District gulf coast headquarters

6930-485: Was a district renamed as Navy Region-Southeast in 1999. Commander, Navy Region Southeast (NAVREGSE) headquarters is located in Jacksonville, Florida , home to major U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet shore base installations including Naval Station Mayport , FL. Seventh Naval District headquarters was previously located at Naval Air Station Key West, FL for many years. Most of the current day boundaries of NAVREGSE encompass

7020-459: Was appointed by President George Washington on the recommendation of Robert Morris , Washington's first choice for the position, who had declined the appointment. Hamilton established the nation's early financial system and for several years was a major presence in Washington's administration . The department is customarily referred to as "Treasury", solely, without any preceding article –

7110-558: Was carried out by the Office of Standard Weights and Measures under the auspices of the Treasury Department. After 1901, that responsibility was assigned to the agency that subsequently became known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology . The Department of the Treasury is organized into two major components: the departmental offices and the operating bureaus. The departmental offices are primarily responsible for

7200-447: Was configured from 1903 to 1947 by a series of Congressional laws enacted to modernize U.S. state militias into a National Guard , strengthen military mobilization capability, and optimize U.S. land, air, and sea service organizations for the global conflicts of the 20th Century. The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 prompted efforts to improve United States homeland defense for the 21st Century. Homeland Security: In 2003, when

7290-545: Was disestablished along with the Fourth, Fifth and Tenth Naval Districts on 30 September 1980. But Charleston Shipyard remained a major naval installation throughout the Cold War as homeport to numerous Navy cruisers, destroyers, attack submarines, ballistic missile submarines, destroyer tenders, and submarine tenders of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. The 1993 Base Realignment and Closure Commission report recommended final closure of

7380-418: Was disestablished on 30 June 1979, and its functions divided between the Fourth, Eighth, Eleventh and Thirteenth Naval Districts. In 1993 the Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended closing two of three U.S. Navy Recruit Training Centers. RTC San Diego , CA and RTC Orlando, FL were shut down by 1999, making Recruit Training Command Great Lakes the sole Navy boot camp . Naval training centers of

7470-573: Was established on 7 May 1903 in accordance with General Order No. 128, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling, for command of the United States Great Lakes area, with headquarters at the new naval training station on Lake Michigan near North Chicago, Illinois . Construction of Naval Station Great Lakes was authorized during the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt , who starting in 1897 had expanded U.S. naval sea power in his earlier role as Assistant Secretary of

7560-503: Was established on 7 May 1903 in accordance with General Order No. 128, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling. Puerto Rico was initially part of the district due to good communications between New York and Puerto Rico . In 1919 Puerto Rico was removed from 3rd District and placed directly under the control of the Chief of Naval Operations . By 1945 3rd District geographic boundaries included: Connecticut , New York ,

7650-580: Was established to facilitate the settlement of claims and to keep the public accounts for the government of the United Colonies. With the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the newborn republic as a sovereign nation was able to secure loans from abroad. Despite the infusion of foreign and domestic loans, the united colonies were unable to establish a well-organized agency for financial administration. Michael Hillegas

7740-401: Was first called Treasurer of the United States on May 14, 1777. The Treasury Office was reorganized three times between 1778 and 1781. The $ 241.5 million in paper Continental bills devalued rapidly. By May 1781, the dollar collapsed at a rate of from 500 to 1000 to 1 against hard currency . Protests against the worthless money swept the colonies, giving rise to the expression " not worth

7830-524: Was located in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1903 until the 1960s, when the U.S. Naval Station became Naval Support Activity New Orleans . NSA NOLA was home to Commander, Naval Reserve Force and other major Navy and Marine Corps commands until the naval base size was reduced by the BRAC process in 2011. Naval base New Orleans is now renamed Marine Corps Support Facility NOLA. The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve HQ

7920-979: Was moved across the Elizabeth River to Naval Operating Base Norfolk . Starting in World War I, Norfolk, VA became the largest Navy location in the United States during the 20th Century. Norfolk Navy Yard, like historic naval shipyards in Boston, Brooklyn, and Philadelphia, was key to Navy ship repair and maintenance operations that led to victory in the Atlantic theater during World War I and World War II. During NNSY's peak of wartime activity from 1940 to 1945, 43,000 personnel were employed and 6,850 vessels were repaired. By 1945, Naval Station Norfolk had grown enormously and also become headquarters for U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet . 5th Naval District boundaries included: West Virginia , Maryland (except 6 counties nearest

8010-583: Was one of six original naval districts disestablished by the Navy after 30 September 1980. U.S. Navy operational facilities in the Caribbean Sea have been significantly reduced since the 1990s, including Guantanamo, Cuba (GITMO) and Vieques, PR . Many shore activities and fleet training in the Caribbean moved to naval bases around Jacksonville and Mayport, Florida . Those facilities are now supported by Navy Region Southeast or United States Fleet Forces Command . Eleventh Naval District boundaries included

8100-455: Was the smallest of the original naval districts established in 1903. 2nd Naval District covered only Rhode Island and adjacent waters, including Block Island and NAS Quonset Point , with headquarters at Naval Station Newport , Rhode Island. 2nd Naval District was disestablished after the end of World War I on March 15, 1919, and its geography incorporated into the First and Third Naval Districts. The New England states area of responsibility in

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