U. S. Coast Guard Pay & Personnel Center (PPC)
Separations Entitlements and Debts and Service Validation (SES)

Transcripts of Sea Service (TOSS)

TOSS Purpose:

A TOSS is needed in applying for Merchant Mariner Licensing.

We Provide:

We provide Transcripts of Sea Service (TOSS) only for Coast Guard members, and former Coast Guard members, who want to receive their Mariners License. The TOSS will chronicle the vessels that a Coast Guard member served aboard during their career. This Sea Duty may have been on either a Sea Pay or Non-Sea Pay eligible vessels but must have been documented.

We do not provide:

We do not provide small vessel documentation, please go to the Merchant Maritime Center (NMC) http://www.uscg.mil/nmc/default.asp and download the Small Vessel Sea Service From CG-719S.

To Request a TOSS

For TOSS requests the individual or SPO should contact PPC Customer Service via a by submitting a trouble-ticket or sending an email to CustomerCare.PSC@uscg.mil and provide the following information:

Requestor's full name
Requestor's EmpID (or if no EmpID a SS#)
Requestor's approximate period(s) of service
Requestor's desired manner and address to have the TOSS sent to them (i.e., email or postal mail)
It would be helpful to also include a rough list of the vessels the requestor has served on and thinks should be included on the TOSS.

NOTE: Completion for a Transcript of Sea Service can take up to 90 days.

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Last Modified 8/21/2012