Hopley Yeaton

Hopley Yeaton
Born1739
Somersworth, Province of New Hampshire, British America
DiedMay 12, 1812(1812-05-12) (aged 73)
Lubec, Maine, United States
Allegiance United States
Branch Revenue Cutter Service
Known forFirst naval commissioned officer under the U.S. Constitution.

Hopley Yeaton (1739 – May 12, 1812) was the first officer commissioned (March 21, 1791) under the Constitution of the United States by George Washington into the Revenue-Marine (later known as the Revenue Cutter Service), one of the forerunners of the modern-day United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard was created when Congress merged the Revenue Cutter Service with the U.S. Lifesaving Service in 1915.

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