Coast Guard Base Ketchikan
| Base Ketchikan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Active | 1940-present |
| Country |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Coast Guard |
| Type | Base |
| Role | Search and rescue, maritime patrol, law enforcement, homeland security, maintenance |
| Motto(s) | First in service in Alaska |
Coast Guard Base Ketchikan is a major shore installation of the United States Coast Guard located in Ketchikan, Alaska. The base is a homeport for two Sentinel-class cutters and a buoy tender, and is the only Coast Guard dry dock in the state. Located one mile south of the city's downtown area along the southwestern shore of Revillagigedo Island, the base was originally established in 1920 to support the United States Lighthouse Service and became part of the Coast Guard in 1940.[1] In addition to the homeported cutters, Base Ketchikan's maintenance facilities support forward-deployed cutters throughout Southeast Alaska, in Petersburg, Juneau and Sitka.
Coast Guard Station Ketchikan
Coast Guard Station Ketchikan is a tenant unit on Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, equipped with 47-foot motor lifeboats and the Response Boat-Medium. It is one of three Coast Guard small-boat stations in Alaska.[2]
Homeported cutters
- USCGC Bailey T. Barco - Sentinel-class cutter[3]
- USCGC John McCormick - Sentinel-class cutter
- USCGC Anthony Petit (WLM-558) - Keeper-class buoy tender[4]
References
- ^ Coast Guard Alaska, United States Coast Guard
- ^ USCG Station Ketchikan, United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 15 February 2017
- ^ Sentinel Class vessel to be based in Ketchikan. Ketchikan Daily News, 17 December 2016
- ^ District Units, United States Coast Guard Seventeenth District
External links
- Coast Guard Base Ketchikan - official site
- Coast Guard Station Ketchikan - official site