Our Home Port: U.S.C.G. Station Monterey

Station Monterey - Public Information

The volunteers of Flotilla Monterey of the Coast Guard Auxiliary have a close working relationship with the US Coast Guard active-duty and USCG Reserve personnel at Coast Guard Station Monterey.

Station Monterey possesses two 47-foot Motor Life Boats (MLBs). In addition to the “47s,” Station Monterey also has a 29-foot Response Boat, Small (RBS). The Dolphin Class helicopter (aka “helo”) is based at both Air Station San Francisco and Air Station Sacramento, and often come to the Monterey Bay area for air-operations training (“helo ops”) with Station Monterey boat crews.

The 47-foot Motor Life Boat (MLB) is the standard lifeboat of the U.S. Coast Guard. It is designed to weather hurricane force winds and heavy seas, and is capable of surviving winds up to 60 knots, and breaking surf up to 20 feet. The 47-foot MLB is also designed to withstand impacts of up to three G's. If the boat should capsize, it self-rights in less than ten seconds with all equipment fully functional. (Information from Military.com)

“USCG Cutter HAWKSBILL patrols the California coast from her home port near Station Monterey.”

The USCG Cutter HAWKSBILL is an 87-foot Patrol Boat designed for Search and Rescue (SAR), Law Enforcement (LE), and fisheries patrols, as well as drug interdiction and illegal alien interdiction duties up to 200 miles off shore. The Patrol Boat allows for underway launch and recovery of the cutter’s 7-meter Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB).

Additional information about Station Monterey, and Flotilla Monterey, is available. See links on this webpage for more.

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The Coast Guard considers the Auxiliary its primary resource for recreational boating safety outreach and prevention (see the message "From the Commandant"), 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.

The Coast Guard In California

Homeported in Monterey at the Breakwater (USCG) Pier, the USCG Cutter HAWKSBILL patrols up and down the California coast, including off Alcatraz as part of Fleetweek in San Francisco Bay.

 

Sector San Francisco

https://www.pacificarea.uscg.mil/OurOrganization/District11/DistrictUnits/
SectorSanFrancisco

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USCG Station Monterey

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A summary of facts and figures about Station Monterey https://www.facebook.com/pg/coastguardstationmonterey/about/ Guardians of the Central Coast

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