sentences:  Although by that time the "American Coast Pilot" already consisted almost entirely of public information produced by the Coast Survey anyway, the transaction placed responsibility for regular production of the publication with the Coast Survey for the first time.The publication existed under various names until 1888, when the name "United States Coast Pilot" was adopted for volumes covering navigation along the United States East Coast and United States Gulf Coast.Thirty years later, the name also began to be applied to volumes covering the United States West Coast and the Territory of Alaska.