Coast Guard Sector Baltimore

Background

As stated on the official Coast Guard (CG) web site the mission of CG Sector Maryland - NCR is to effectively and efficiently:

Maximize unit readiness,
Prevent or respond to incidents,
Understand and address our customers’ needs,
Achieve unity of effort with our partners,
In order to provide maritime safety, security, accessibility, and environmental protection for the National Capital Region, and the upper Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

CG Sector Maryland - NCR & its subordinate units include Aids-to-Navigation Teams in Baltimore; Crisfield; Potomac. There are Small Boat Stations in Annapolis; Crisfield; Curtis Bay; Oxford; St. Inigoes; Stillpond; & Washington (Bolling AFB). CG Station Curtis Bay, in addition to being an active Small Boat Station, also houses the Coast Guard's main shipyard which performs maintenance, upgrades and new boat building for the entire Coast Guard fleet. Due to the shipyard, there's usually a interesting "flow" of out-of-area vessels showing up on the marine channels.

The CG Sector Maryland - NCR also is assisted by several area CG Auxiliary aircraft which provide airborne patrols of the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay areas throughout the year. The CG Sector Maryland - NCR area of responsibility covers most of Chesapeake Bay, from North East Maryland south to Accomack, Virginia. In order to be able to maintain VHF communications over this area they use the Rescue 21 system which has sites located throughout the region.

Soon after 9/11, the Coast Guard was delegated the responsibility for low-level air defense of the National Capitol Region (NCR). The Coast Guard has since kept at least two MH-65Es Dolphin helicopters based at Reagan National Airport (KDCA). These aircraft rotate to KDCA from CGAS Atlantic City.

The frequencies for CG Sector Maryland - NCR can be found here

Stations

CG Sector Maryland - NCR
CG Station Curtis Bay
CG Station Annapolis
CG Station Wash DC
CGAS Washington- Reagan National Airport (KDCA). C-37A (CG 1); C-143 Challenger (CG2). 2 HH-65Cs on rotating TDY from CGAS Atlantic City.
NCB-5- National Cargo Bureau unit, Baltimore.

Homeport (Baltimore) Vessels

1620486- 16-ft utility craft. CG Stn Curtis Bay.
182009- 18-ft utility craft. CG Stn Curtis Bay.
25449 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small-maybe CG Stn Annapolis
25627- Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG Stn Curtis Bay
25567 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG Stn Curtis Bay
25581 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG StnCurtis Bay
25585 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG Stn Curtis Bay
25588 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG Stn Curtis Bay
25678- Defender Class Response Boat-Small-maybe CG Stn Annapolis
26101 - CG Stn Curtis Bay
26118- CG Stn Curtis Bay
41330- 41-foot Utility Boat- CG Stn Curtis Bay
41359 -41-foot Utility Boat- CG Stn Curtis Bay
41453 -41-foot Utility Boat- CG Stn Curtis Bay
41454 -41-foot Utility Boat- CG Stn Curtis Bay
45641- 45-foot Utility Boat- CG Stn Curtis Bay
49428- 49-foot Stern Loading Buoy Boat-CG Stn Curtis Bay
USCGC James Rankin WLM-555, Keeper Class Coastal Buoy Tender-CG Stn Curtis Bay
USCGC Sledge WLIC 75303, 75-foot Inland Construction Tender-CG Stn Curtis Bay
25454-Defender Class Response Boat-Small-CG Stn Wash DC (Bolling AFB)

CG Auxiuliary

Weekly radio checks w/CG Sector Baltimore on 157.15

Divison 22

Mobile stns: 1P, 1T, 1X, 13I, 22F, 22B, 22O, 22R, 22W, 22Z
Base stns: Bay Hills, Beards Creek, Columbia, Ferndale, Glen Burnie, Locust Cove, Moores Run, Severna Park, Taylors Creek

Division 23

Mobiles: 1S, 1U, 1Y, 15C, 15D, 15E, 23R
Base stns: Bears Creek, Biltmore, Cove Pt, Deale, Flag Harbor, Huntingtown, Kingfisher, Riva Bridge Smith Creek

Division 24

Mobiles: 7A, 7B, 7G, 7R, 24AA, 24A, 24Z
Base stns: Calvert Beach, Clarksville, Gaithersburg 2, Magothy

Division 25

Mobiles: 14F, 14J, 14A 25G, 25K, 25M, 25O, 25S, 25T
Base stns: Hyattsville, Cameron Run, Ft Hunt, Marlborough, Mt Vernon, Potomac Creek, Tappahanock, Williams Creek

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