u. s. coast guard

English Thesaurus

1. an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce (noun.group)

hypernym	:	coastguard,
definition	:	a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters (noun.group)

hypernym	:	agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office,
definition	:	an administrative unit of government (noun.group)

part meronym	:	department of transportation, dot, transportation,
definition	:	the United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966 (noun.group)