In 1916 the auxiliary schooner President Howard was acquired from Germany and was the only ship in the Liberian Navy, but it was sunk in April 1918 by the German submarine U-154.

[6] However, as a result of the First and Second Liberian civil wars, the navy lost control of its bases and was reduced to an insignificant force.

[5] The Coast Guard was reactivated on the 53rd Armed Forces Day on February 11, 2010, with an initial strength of 40 personnel who had been trained in the United States.

[8] A detachment from SeaBee Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, based at Naval Station Rota, Spain, constructed a United States Africa Command-funded boat ramp and concrete perimeter wall for the Coast Guard, which was handed over in December 2010.

[9] In February 2011, the United States turned over two donated USCG Defender class boats to the Coast Guard.