United States Life-Saving Service
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1878 |
| Dissolved | 1915 (merged with United States Revenue Cutter Service) |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of the United States |
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The United States Life-Saving Service was a United States government agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers. It began in 1848 and ultimately merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915.