Welcome to the Flotilla 35-9, District 9WR Web Site

Flotilla 35-9 operates on the South Western portion of Lake Michigan from the City of Chicago and East into the waters of Northwest Indiana, along with the Lake Michigan operations we also patrol on the Chicago, Calumet, and Illinois Rivers. Our operations extend on the Illinois River westerly to the City of Lacon Bridge at mile marker 189.2.

Our Flotilla is devoted to assisting the U.S. Coast Guard. We strive to maintain highly trained personnel to assist the Coast Guard at a moment's notice with Search and Rescues, Safety Patrols and Radio Watches.
 
We also teach numerous public boating safety courses, do many Vessel Safety checks and participate at numerous boating and sporting shows in and around the Chicagoland area.

The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed, all-volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard. The Auxiliary was created by an Act of Congress in 1939, and has grown to over 32,000 members who daily support the Coast Guard in all its non-military and non-law-enforcement missions. We have members and units in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.

Auxiliary members conduct safety patrols on local waterways, assist in Search and Rescue, teach boating safety classes, conduct courtesy.vessel safety checks.for the public, provide.boating safety literature to marine dealers, as well as.many other activities related to.recreational boating safety.



The Coast Guard considers the Auxiliary its primary resource for recreational boating safety outreach and prevention and each Coast Guard district around the nation has established a senior officer and staff to provide tight liaison and coordination between the active-duty Coast Guard and the various Auxiliary units in that district. In many inland portions of the country, where the majority of U.S. recreational boating occurs on lakes and rivers, the Auxiliary is the sole Coast Guard presence!.

Membership in the Auxiliary is open to persons 17 years of age and older. We are organized into 16 districts nationwide, comprised of 171 divisions with approximately 980 flotillas..