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Yes it is explicitly stated. The USCG's privacy page states clearly that Information presented on this web site in the non-logged in domain is considered public information and may be distributed or copied.[1] There are scores of articles on wikipedia that incorporate text from the USCG website so it's well established practice here to use this material. Gatoclass (talk) 05:28, 5 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
That is correct. The general information of USCG website is in the public domain, so there is no copyright vio here. But please remember to add in-line citations for the source -- even when its public domain information. As well, pages with PD information should be tagged, usually using one of the templates from Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles. I've gone ahead and placed the Template:USCG PD template in the reference section of this article. Cheers. — CactusWriter |needles10:02, 13 August 2009 (UTC)Reply