United States Coast Guard Station Merrimack River is a
United States Coast Guard
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's eight uniformed services. The service is a maritime, military, mu ...
station located in
Newburyport, Massachusetts. It is one of the 20 surf stations in the Coast Guard. Its primary missions include search and rescue and law enforcement.
The stations current complement is roughly 30 personnel, two 47-foot Motor lifeboats, and a 29-foot response boat-small.
As of 2021, the station is commanded by a Master Chief Boatswains Mate, and encompasses solely enlisted personnel. It is manned at all times by a search and rescue/law enforcement team that is capable of responding to maritime emergencies in nearly all weather conditions.
See also
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List of military installations in Massachusetts
This is a list of current and former military installations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Current military installations in Massachusetts Joint facilities
;Bases
* Joint Base Cape Cod (state designation, not federally recognized)
External links
Newburyport LSS
Buildings and structures in Essex County, Massachusetts
United States Coast Guard stations
Military installations in Massachusetts
1973 establishments in Massachusetts
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