United States Coast Guard Station Woods Hole is a
United States Coast Guard station located in
Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The station is home to
Sector Southeast New England.
List of Vessels
Station Woods Hole serves as home port for the following:
*25-foot USCG Defender Class patrol boat
*41-foot USCG Utility Boat
*49-foot USCG BUSL (Stern-Loading Buoy Boat)
*87-foot USCG Cutter ''Hammerhead'' (WPB-87302, Marine Protector Class Coastal Patrol Boat)
*110-foot
USCG Cutter ''Monomoy'' (WPB-1326,
Island Class patrol Boat
The Island-class patrol boat is a class of United States Coast Guard Cutter, cutters of the United States Coast Guard. 49 cutters of the class were built, of which 37 remain in commission. Their hull numbers are WPB-1301 through WPB-1349.
Overv ...
, commissioned 19 May 1989)
*110-foot USCG Cutter ''Sanibel'' (WPB-1312, Island Class patrol Boat, commissioned 1987)
*110-foot USCG Cutter ''Tybee'' (WPB-1330, Island Class patrol Boat, commissioned 1989, re-commissioned 17 May 2007)
Notable Service
* USCGC ''Monomoy'' was deployed to the
Persian Gulf for
Operation Iraqi Freedom
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in 2004 and continues to serve in that region as of September 2010. One of the crew's primary missions has been layered defense of foreign oil terminals critical to the local economy. The vessel has been forward-ported to
Manama,
Bahrain.
* On July 22, 1999, USCGC ''Sanibel'' served as land-to-ship transport for members of the Kennedy and Bessette families for burial-at-sea services for
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as John-John or JFK Jr., was an American lawyer, journalist, and magazine publisher. He was a son of the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kenn ...
; his wife,
Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy; and her sister
Lauren Bessette. The cutter ferried 17 of their family members, including Senator
Edward M. Kennedy
Edward Moore Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic ...
, from Station Woods Hole to the destroyer , which was moored off Squibnocket Point on
Martha's Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard, often simply called the Vineyard, is an island in the Northeastern United States, located south of Cape Cod in Dukes County, Massachusetts, known for being a popular, affluent summer colony. Martha's Vineyard includes the s ...
, and from which the ashes of the deceased were scattered into
Vineyard Sound
Vineyard Sound is the stretch of the Atlantic Ocean which separates the Elizabeth Islands and the southwestern part of Cape Cod from the island of Martha's Vineyard, located offshore from the state of Massachusetts in the United States. To the we ...
.
Kennedy, Bessettes Given Shipboard Rites
WashingtonPost.com, 23 July 1999, retrieved 23 September 2010
See also
* List of military installations in Massachusetts
References
External links
Welcome to U.S. Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England
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Buildings and structures in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Falmouth, Massachusetts
United States Coast Guard stations
Military installations in Massachusetts