Station Islamorada, Florida
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Location:
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Mile Marker 85 in the Florida Keys; on Snake Creek just off U.S. Highway 1, 86 miles north of Key West on Plantation Key.
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Date of Conveyance:
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1965
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Station Built:
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1965
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Fate:
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Still in operation.
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Remarks:
Coast Guard Station Islamorada was opened in June of 1965 at Venetian Shores on Islamorada, Florida. It was at that time a very modern houseboat that served as headquarters for a mid-Keys rescue station.
As of 2010, Station Islamorada was defined as a multi mission Coast Guard Station with a large area of responsibility spanning from Long Key to the south, Biscayne Bay to the north east and to Flamingo Florida to the north west. On a daily basis the active duty, reservists and the volunteer men and women of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary performed the missions of Search and Rescue, Enforcement of Laws and Treaties, Drug Interdiction, AMIO, Recreation Boating Safety and Environmental Protection. These missions were performed unitizing the compliment of five vessels: one 41’ Utility Boat (UTB), three 33’ Special Purpose Craft Law Enforcement (SPC-LE) and one 24’ Special Purpose Craft Shallow Water (SPC-SW).
Photographs:
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ISLAMORADA, Fla. -- A view of Coast Guard Station Islamorada from the Snake Creek Bridge March 24, 2010. Station Islamorada is located near Mile Marker 85 in the Florida Keys, and its crew is tasked with search and rescue, law enforcement, environmental protection, and recreational boating education. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen.
No caption/date/photo number; photographer unknown.