Coast Guard Base Ketchikan is a major shore installation of the

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located in Ketchikan,

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. The base is a homeport for two

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s and a buoy tender, and is the only Coast Guard

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in the state. Located one mile south of the city's downtown area along the southwestern shore of

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, the base was originally established in 1920 to support the United States Lighthouse Service and became part of the Coast Guard in 1940.Coast Guard Alaska

In addition to the homeported cutters, Base Ketchikan's maintenance facilities support forward-deployed cutters throughout

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, in

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and

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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.USCG Station Ketchikan

. Retrieved 15 February 2017

Homeported cutters

* USCGC Bailey T. Barco - Sentinel-class cutterSentinel Class vessel to be based in Ketchikan
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'', 17 December 2016 * USCGC John F. McCormick - Sentinel-class cutter * USCGC Anthony Petit (WLM-558) - Keeper-class buoy tenderDistrict Units

Seventeenth District

References

External links

Coast Guard Base Ketchikan
- official site
Coast Guard Station Ketchikan
- official site {{coord, 55.3326, -131.6246, type:landmark_region:US-AK, display=title Buildings and structures in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska Military installations in Alaska United States Coast Guard bases Ketchikan, Alaska 1920 establishments in Alaska