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United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Conn.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. Coast Guard; established 1876, opened 1877 as United States Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction, took its present name in 1915. The academy, differing from the other federal service academies, gains its candidates through a nationwide competition. There are no congressional appointments or geographical quotas. Each applicant must be between the ages of 17 and 22. A cadet's education consists of military and academic instruction, including professional training at sea. Cadets receive full scholarships to the academy as well as pay and allowances. Upon graduation they are appointed ensigns in the U.S. Coast Guard.

Bibliography: See I. Crump, Our United States Coast Guard Academy (1961).

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Coast Guard Academy an undergraduate service school at New London, Connecticut. Entrance to the academy is based on competitive examination, and not political appointment as with the three other major service schools. Founded by Congress in 1876 as the School of Instruction for the Revenue Marine, near New Bedford, Massachusetts, it was the Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction from 1914 to 1915. It has been at its present site in New London since 1932, and it first admitted female cadets in 1975.

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