United States Revenue Cutter Service

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defunct organization maritime law enforcement agency predecessor organization of the United States Coast Guard sea rescue service

The United States Revenue Cutter Service was a maritime law enforcement and rescue service of the U.S. Treasury Department that operated from 1790 until it became a founding component of the modern United States Coast Guard.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
United States Revenue Cutter Service canonical	7
Revenue-Marine	1
U.S. Coast Guard precursor (Revenue Cutter Service)	1
U.S. Revenue Cutter Service	1
USRC	1
United States Revenue Cutter Service officers	1
United States Revenue Marine volunteer life-saving stations	1
United States Revenue-Marine	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45605 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Revenue Cutter Service
Context triple: [United States Coast Guard, mergedFrom, United States Revenue Cutter Service]

A. United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is a U.S. maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service responsible for safeguarding the nation’s coasts, waterways, and maritime interests.
B. United States Lighthouse Service
The United States Lighthouse Service was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for the construction, maintenance, and operation of lighthouses and other navigational aids before its functions were absorbed into the Coast Guard.
C. USRC
USRC is a nonprofit organization responsible for the preservation, operation, and redevelopment of Washington, D.C.’s historic Union Station.
D. Continental Navy
The Continental Navy was the nascent naval force established by the American colonies during the Revolutionary War to challenge British maritime power.
E. United States Navy
The United States Navy is the maritime service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for naval warfare, power projection, and maintaining freedom of navigation across the world’s oceans.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Revenue Cutter Service
Target entity description: The United States Revenue Cutter Service was a maritime law enforcement and rescue service of the U.S. Treasury Department that operated from 1790 until it became a founding component of the modern United States Coast Guard.

A. United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard is a U.S. maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service responsible for safeguarding the nation’s coasts, waterways, and maritime interests.
B. United States Lighthouse Service
The United States Lighthouse Service was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for the construction, maintenance, and operation of lighthouses and other navigational aids before its functions were absorbed into the Coast Guard.
C. USRC
USRC is a nonprofit organization responsible for the preservation, operation, and redevelopment of Washington, D.C.’s historic Union Station.
D. Continental Navy
The Continental Navy was the nascent naval force established by the American colonies during the Revolutionary War to challenge British maritime power.
E. United States Navy
The United States Navy is the maritime service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for naval warfare, power projection, and maintaining freedom of navigation across the world’s oceans.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct organization ⓘ maritime law enforcement agency ⓘ predecessor organization of the United States Coast Guard ⓘ sea rescue service ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Revenue Marine Service ⓘ U.S. Revenue Cutter Service ⓘ linked to: United States Revenue Cutter Service
combinedResult	creation of the United States Coast Guard in 1915 ⓘ
combinedWith	United States Life-Saving Service ⓘ
componentOf	United States armed forces during wartime ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dissolved	1915 ⓘ
fleetType	revenue cutters ⓘ
foundedBy	Alexander Hamilton ⓘ
founderRole	first United States Secretary of the Treasury ⓘ
hasPart	United States Revenue Cutter Service enlisted personnel ⓘ United States Revenue Cutter Service officers ⓘ linked to: United States Revenue Cutter Service
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception	1790 ⓘ
jurisdiction	U.S. customs waters ⓘ U.S. territorial waters ⓘ coastal waters of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis	Tariff Act of 1790 ⓘ act of the First United States Congress ⓘ
mergedInto	United States Coast Guard ⓘ
notableConflict	American Civil War ⓘ Mexican–American War ⓘ Quasi-War ⓘ Spanish–American War ⓘ War of 1812 ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
operationalArea	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Great Lakes ⓘ Gulf of Mexico ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
originalName	Revenue-Marine ⓘ linked to: United States Revenue Cutter Service
parentOrganization	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
peacetimeControl	United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
primaryRole	aid to navigation ⓘ customs enforcement ⓘ icebreaking ⓘ maritime law enforcement ⓘ search and rescue ⓘ support to U.S. Navy during wartime ⓘ
serviceBranch	maritime service ⓘ
successor	United States Coast Guard ⓘ
task	assistance to vessels in distress ⓘ enforcement of federal tariff laws ⓘ enforcement of neutrality laws ⓘ enforcement of quarantine laws ⓘ protection of American shipping ⓘ suppression of smuggling ⓘ
wartimeControl	United States Navy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited