United States Coast Guard 4+

U.S. Coast Guard

Designed for iPhone

    • 3.1 • 45 Ratings
    • Free

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Description

The official U.S. Coast Guard app gives you 24/7 access to the most commonly requested information and resources for the recreational boating public. http://www.uscg.mil/mobile

With the U.S. Coast Guard app, you can: 
- Identify the boating safety laws, requirements and resources available in your home state, the state where you keep your vessel or the state where you are planning to operate.
- Request a vessel safety check from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. 
- Determine what safety equipment you are required to carry by law based on the size and type of vessel you are operating. The app also recommends additional safety equipment you might want to consider.
- File a float plan with up to three friends, loved ones or other responsible parties. While you cannot file a float plan directly with the Coast Guard, the app helps you develop a float plan that will allow your responsible party to provide search and rescue coordinators with important information they can use to facilitate a missing or overdue boater case.
- Review the most commonly sought out navigational “rules of the road.”
- Access weather information from the closest NOAA buoy to your current location.
- Report a navigational hazard to the Coast Guard – this could be a buoy or marker out of place, a sunken vessel or some other obstacle obstructing safe passage of a Federal waterway.
- Report pollution to the Coast Guard – from a minor oil sheen at the dock to a major pollution event, you can help protect our marine environment.
- Report suspicious activity to the Coast Guard – if you see something, say something! We all have a shared responsibility for homeland security.
While the U.S. Coast Guard app will help you better prepare for your time on the water and may help you contact the Coast Guard in an emergency, it is not a replacement for a VHF-FM marine radio, EPIRB, safe boating classes and common sense. Learn more about being a responsible boater athttp://www.uscgboating.org/.
The U.S. Coast Guard app is a self-contained mobile application that resides solely on your mobile device. Information about yourself, your vessel and your current or past locations is only shared with the Coast Guard when you choose to do so.

What’s New

Version 1.1.3

-Minor bug fixes

Ratings and Reviews

3.1 out of 5
45 Ratings

45 Ratings

Steve_NH ,

Could be a great app if the bugs are fixed

Once you save your vessel information, if you need to edit it, the Emergency Assistance button covers the save button. You can’t get to Save to update your profile. The navigation needs to be fixed. But good features if they can fix the small issues.

Eonfloyde ,

Good when it works correctly.

This app is great when it works correctly. By this I mean the Emergency button is in the way when attempting to click save for your vessels profile. I like the float plans and liked the simple interface to get a safety inspection. However that stopped functioning too. I really hope they get these two major bugs fixed soon. I know it’s a memorial app and probably not getting paid to work on but please get the vessel save button bug fixed. It’s indispensable function to have at my finger tips.

Steve in Kitsap ,

Good info but amateurish coding

I really want to like this app. It has good information and could potentially be a literal lifesaver. But it looks like it was also written by Coasties instead of professional coders.

When you save a vessel profile, there is no way to return to the home page. There are many other odd things about this app that limit its functionality and usefulness.

Could be very useful and a needed safety app, but not in its present state.

App Privacy

The developer, U.S. Coast Guard, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.

No Details Provided

The developer will be required to provide privacy details when they submit their next app update.

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