Gold braid on full dress, dress, evening dress and blue service coats.
Black braid on overcoats, without the shields
| 1. Second Lieutenant | 2. Third Lieutenant |
| 3. Engineer in Chief | 4. Lieutenant of Engineers |
The full dress coat extends nearly to the knee, is double-breasted with two rows of gilt Coast Guard buttons, nine in each row, has a standing collar trimmed with gold lace braid, the braid being one-half inch wide for officers of the rank of Third Lieutenant and one inch wide for officers above that rank. The sleeves are trimmed with stripes of gold braid as shown in the illustrations, the number of stripes for officers of the Line being as follows:
Captain Commandant.—Four stripes one-half inch wide, the lower stripe two inches above the edge of the cuff, and a gold embroidered shield one inch high above the stripes.
Senior Captain.—Three stripes of one-half inch wide with the gold shield above.
Captain.—Two stripes one-half inch wide with one stripe one-quarter of an inch wide between them and the gold shield above.
First Lieutenant.—Two stripes one-half inch wide with the gold shield above.
Second Lieutenant.—One stripe one-half inch wide with one stripe one-quarter inch wide above it and the gold shield above.
Third Lieutenant.—One stripe one-half inch wide and the gold shield above.
Engineer Officers wear the same stripes as prescribed for officers of the Line of corresponding rank, but not the gold shield.