United States Coast Guard Station New Bedford was 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
New Bedford, Massachusetts. It was originally as station of the
Revenue Cutter Service
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The Revenue Cutter ''Active'' was a 90 foot, 120 ton schooner which served at New Bedford from her commissioning in 1867 until she was sold in 1875. She was one of the last strictly sail powered cutters built for the Revenue Cutter Service.
From 1876 to 1900 New Bedford was the home of the School of Instruction of the Revenue Cutter Service, predecessor of the
United States Coast Guard Academy
The United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is a service academy of the United States Coast Guard in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1876, it is the smallest of the five U.S. service academies and provides education to future Coast G ...
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From 1964 to 1979 the Station was the homeport of the
''Reliance'' class cutter ''Vigilant''. ''Vigilant'' was replaced by a
Famous class cutter
The Medium Endurance Cutter or WMEC is a type of United States Coast Guard Cutter mainly consisting of the Famous- and ''Reliance''-class cutters. These larger cutters are under control of Area Commands (Atlantic Area or Pacific Area). These cutt ...
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The station was a sub-unit of
Coast Guard Sector Southeast New England located in Coast Guard District One.
The station was closed in 2003 and its assets were relocated.
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
Welcome to the U.S. Coast Guard First DistrictLang: Stowaway incident highlights need for Coast Guard presence
New Bedford, Massachusetts
United States Coast Guard stations
Buildings and structures in Bristol County, Massachusetts
Military installations in Massachusetts
Closed facilities of the United States Coast Guard
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