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List of Coast Guard Bases
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is located on Otis Air National Guard Base in Sandwich, Massachusetts. The primary mission of the base is to patrol the Northeast coast from Canada to New York City with its 4 Sikorsky MH-60J Jayha...
Clearwater, Florida
Known officially as the United States Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, this base is located in the St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport in Florida. It is currently the largest air station maintained by the US Coast G...
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
The United States Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City is located near the mouth of the Pasquotank River in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The base serves as one of the major air station of the Coast Guard in the region. Along ...
Mobile, Alabama
An Overview of the United States Coast Guard When many people think of the United States Armed Forces, they tend to think only of four branches: The air force, army, navy and marine corps. The United States Coast Guard is frequent...
New London, Connecticut
The United States Coast Guard Academy is the countries foremost educational institution for training would be Coast Guard officers. The academy’s main campus is located in New London, in the state of Connecticut. Unlike the ...
Washington, D.C., Washington DC
The United States Coast Guard Headquarters is located near National Park in Washington DC. The Coast Guard is under the direct control of the Department of Homeland Security. However it can also be transferred to the Department of...
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The United States Coast Guard Institute in Oklahoma serves as the Coast Guards main training center for its personnel. The Institute provides courses that help in improving the skills that are needed by Coast Guard personnel for t...
Baltimore, Maryland
The Coast Guard Yard in the Anne Arundel County in Maryland is currently the only shipyard solely for the use of the United States Coast Guard. The facility serves as the main maintenance location for the Coast Guard’s fleet...
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Container Inspection Training and Assistance Team (CITAT) is the United States Coast Guard’s support unit for training personnel in the inspection and handling of containers transporting hazardous materials at sea. The u...
Miami, Florida
District 7 is responsible for the good going and defensive operations in Florida. It is headquartered in Miami and deals with the operations in South Carolina, Florida and Georgia. It is, therefore, a small military unit overseein...
Chesapeake, Virginia
The United States Coast Guard Financial Center serves as the Coast Guard’s main funds management unit. Its main office is located in Chesapeake, Virginia. One of the main duties of the Finance Center is to distribute the fun...
Alameda, California
ISC Alameda, located on CG Island and part of District 11, is now split between BSU Alameda, PSSU Alameda, and HSWL Alameda. All Intergrated Support Commands have been split in this manner as part of the USCG’s modernization...
Cleveland, Ohio
The Integrated Support Command Cleveland was one of the ISC’s under the United States Coast Guard. Its main duty is to provide support to the Coast Guard division stationed in Ohio. The command was formerly headed William A....
Kodiak Island, Alaska
Integrated Support Command Kodiak is the largest operating Coast Guard base and it’s located in Kodiak, Alaska. It began as a naval base in 1941 with a Coast Guard detachment in 1947 and was established again as a USCG base ...
Wildwood, New Jersey
The LORAN Support Unit in New Jersey s a unit assigned to the operational and maintenance support of the Long Range Navigation System stations in the Western Coast of the United States. The Unit is currently under the command of G...
Washington, D.C., Washington DC
The Marine Safety Center is a support unit for the United States Coast Guard’s Maritime Safety, Security and Environmental Protection programs. Its office is located in the Coast Guard’s main headquarters in Washington...
Groton, Connecticut
The Marine Safety Laboratory is the United States Coast Guard’s dedicated center for studies on marine and maritime safety. The lab regularly collects samples from various bodies of water and tests them for harmful contamina...
Valdez, Alaska
Marine Safety Unit Valdez is the United States Coast Guard unit that is tasked with ensuring maritime safety around the waters of Alaska. The unit has its base in the Alaskan city of Valdez. It is currently headed by Cmdr. Darryl ...
Arlington, Virginia
The National Maritime Center in Martinsburg, Western Virginia is the main office that oversees the licensing of qualified mariners for employment in seagoing vessels in the country. The NMC operates under the United States Coast G...
Arlington, Virginia
The National Pollution Funds Center was created under the United States Coast Guard for the purpose of ensuring that companies transporting oil across American waters have the capability to handle any untoward incidents. The cente...
Washington, D.C., Washington DC
The United States National Response center is the Federal government’s national communication center with regards to incidents of chemical, oil, or other hazardous material spills. It gathers reports from all over the countr...
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
The National Strike force is the United States Coast Guard’s immediate incident response unit. It mainly handles specialized tasks such as oil spill and hazardous waste clean up, as well those dealing with biological and che...
Alexandria, Virginia
The United States Coast Guard’s Navigation Center in Alexandria, Virginia is the agency’s main source of navigational information. The center also oversees the distribution of this information to the various seagoing v...
Martinsburg, West Virginia
OSC is located near Martinsburg, West Virginia in Berkeley County. Established in 1991, the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center is operated by contractors to support and maintain the automated information systems of the ...
Groton, Connecticut
The USCG Research and Development Center is the main development arm for all the technical needs of the Coast Guard. It also spearheads the evaluation and acquisition of new equipment for the Coast Guard. Its headquarters is locat...
Portsmouth, Virginia
The United States Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads is an onshore unit of the Coast Guard located at Portsmouth, Virginia. The sector belongs to the Coast Guard’s Fifth District, and is concerned with the state of Virginia. T...
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
With its headquarters in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Sector Southeastern New England area of responsibility is from Manomet Point in Massachusetts to Watch Hill Point in Rhode Island. In spring of 2006 Sector Southeastern New Engla...
Newport, Rhode Island
The United States Coast Guard Station Castle belong to the Coast Guard’s First District of operation. The station is responsible for overseeing the operations of the Coast Guard in Newport, Rhode Island. One of the major tas...
Wailuku, Hawaii
The 14th District of the United States Coast Guard is the division that overseas operations for the entire state of Hawaii, including several outlying minor islands. The district is currently commanded by Rear Admiral Lower Half S...
Narragansett, Rhode Island
The United States Coast Guard Station in Rhode Island is a component station of the Coast Guard’s First District of operation. Point Judith covers more than 70 miles of coast, including Block island, which also frequently op...
Baltimore, Maryland
The Surface Forces Logistic Center in Baltimore, Maryland serves as the United States Coast Guards main logistics support unit. The center provides the Coast Guard’s surface fleet, as well as other departments, with the nece...
Alexandria, Virginia
The Telecom and Information System Command is the unit that handles the operation and maintenance of the United States Coast Guard’s telecommunication and information system infrastructure. The main headquarters of TISCOM is...
Petaluma, California
Petaluma began as Two Rock Ranch, an Army post with the secret mission of listening to Japanese communications. It became obsolete in that purpose and the Coast Guard saved it from closing because they needed more space for traini...
Cape May, New Jersey
The Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey is the main training center for all recruits coming into the United States Coast Guard. Here, trainees are taught the basic courses needed for conducting Coast Guard operatio...
Yorktown, Virginia
The United States Coast Guard Training Center in Yorktown is the main training center for Coast Guard personnel in the state of Virginia. The center is currently under the leadership of Captain William J. Milne. The center is loca...
Honolulu, Hawaii
The United States Coast Guard Integrated Support Command in Honolulu, Hawaii is one of the major support centers for the United States Coast Guard in the island. The main headquarters of the USCG ISC is located near the Honolulu I...
Juneau, Alaska
USCG Juneau is part of the Pacific Area, 17th District, Sector Juneau, under the command of Rear Admiral Christopher C. Colvin. The original station was located in Auke bay, but was moved to where it is today, in Juneau, in the la...
Falling Waters, West Virginia
The National Vessel Documentation Center in Falling Waters, West Virginia facilitates maritime commerce. Vessels over five tons that fish are mostly what are documented, see the NVSC website if you want to know the specifics. Duri...