United States merchant marine

Target entity: United States merchant marine
Context triple: [Maritime Administration, responsibleFor, United States merchant marine]

• A. United States Navy
  The United States Navy is the maritime service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for naval warfare, power projection, and maintaining freedom of navigation across the world’s oceans.
• B. United States Revenue Cutter Service
  The United States Revenue Cutter Service was a maritime law enforcement and rescue service of the U.S. Treasury Department that operated from 1790 until it became a founding component of the modern United States Coast Guard.
• C. Continental Navy
  The Continental Navy was the nascent naval force established by the American colonies during the Revolutionary War to challenge British maritime power.
• D. United States Coast Guard
  The United States Coast Guard is a U.S. maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service responsible for safeguarding the nation’s coasts, waterways, and maritime interests.
• E. USRC
  USRC is a nonprofit organization responsible for the preservation, operation, and redevelopment of Washington, D.C.’s historic Union Station.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: United States merchant marine
Target entity description: The United States merchant marine is the civilian fleet of U.S.-registered commercial ships and their crews that transport goods and services in peacetime and serve as a naval auxiliary in times of war or national emergency.

• A. United States Navy
  The United States Navy is the maritime service branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, responsible for naval warfare, power projection, and maintaining freedom of navigation across the world’s oceans.
• B. United States Revenue Cutter Service
  The United States Revenue Cutter Service was a maritime law enforcement and rescue service of the U.S. Treasury Department that operated from 1790 until it became a founding component of the modern United States Coast Guard.
• C. Continental Navy
  The Continental Navy was the nascent naval force established by the American colonies during the Revolutionary War to challenge British maritime power.
• D. United States Coast Guard
  The United States Coast Guard is a U.S. maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service responsible for safeguarding the nation’s coasts, waterways, and maritime interests.
• E. USRC
  USRC is a nonprofit organization responsible for the preservation, operation, and redevelopment of Washington, D.C.’s historic Union Station.
• F. None of above. chosen