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Usage

With no arguments, {{USCG}} produces:

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Coast Guard.

There are four parameters, article, url, author, accessdate. The article and url parameters should be used together. For example,

{{USCG|article = Coast Guard Lighthouses |url = http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHWA.asp}} produces:

This article incorporates public domain material from Coast Guard Lighthouses. United States Coast Guard.

{{USCG|article = Coast Guard Lighthouses |url = http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHWA.asp |author=John Q. Public}} produces:

This article incorporates public domain material from John Q. Public. Coast Guard Lighthouses. United States Coast Guard.

{{USCG|article = Coast Guard Lighthouses |url = http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHWA.asp |author=John Q. Public |accessdate=2008-08-08}} produces:

This article incorporates public domain material from John Q. Public. Coast Guard Lighthouses. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2008-08-08.

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