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Welcome to the U S Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 37, Washington, and webpage. We hope you will check us out and come to one of our monthly meetings. We meet at 103 Elm Street in Washington, MO at 7:00 PM on the third Tuesday of the month. Please feel free to contact us at the left column links for telephone numbers and email addresses.
Flotilla Commander Mark Bagley
ABOUT US:
We are a member of the 8th
Western Rivers Region District. We are
located in Washington, Missouri on the Missouri River at mile marker 68.We serve Franklin County to include the MO
River from mile marker 50 to 104 assisting any boaters in trouble.We also patrol the Mississippi River, Alton
pool, and nearby lakes to include Lake of the Ozarks.We actively perform courtesy vessel safety
exams, teach boating safety classes for the public, and visit marine dealers to
provide them boating safety information.
We do Public Affairs events to promote boating safety and we
have several fellowship events.We
assist and support the active duty U S Coast Guard. The U S Coast Guard is an
armed maritime service with military, law enforcement, marine environmental
protection, preventive safety, and search and rescue missions. The U S Coast
Guard Auxiliary is a uniformed civilian volunteer service assisting the U S
Coast Guard in all their missions except for law enforcement and military activities.
The
flotilla is always looking for new members, especially those with boats for
patrols. We train auxiliary personnel to perform search and rescue missions.
However, you do not have to have a boat to join. We have other mission areas to
keep non-boaters busy. We offer
our boats to the Coast Guard as operational facilities. The Coast Guard
reimburses us for fuel and provides us personal safety equipment for our
missions. They also cover us for liability issues.
OUR HISTORY:
The flotilla was originally formed in 1942 to support the
war effort in the St Louis area. The flotilla was located in South St. Louis on
the Mississippi River and helped the Coast Guard with port security and other
duties. As membership changed over the years, the flotilla moved to Washington,
MO. The 8th District Auxiliary covers a 16-state area here in the Midwest to
include the Mississippi River, the Missouri River, the Illinois River and all
their tributaries. It further covers many lakes in the area to include Lake of the Ozarks.