Station Jonesport, Maine
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Location:
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Jonesport, Maine
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Date of Conveyance
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Station Built:
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Fate:
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In commission
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Remarks:
Located in Jonesport, Maine, the station was noted as of 2010 as a “CENTER POST OF THE COMMUNITY AND STAFFED WITH 28 ENLISTED PEOPLE. ASSETS INCLUDE A 47 FT MOTOR LIFE BOAT, 27- FOOT UTILITY BOAT, AND A 25 FOOT RESPONSE BOAT. THE STATION ALSO HOSTS USCGC MORAY, AN 87 FT COASTAL PATROL BOAT WITH A CREW OF 10.
ALSO ATTACHED ARE MAINE STATE MARINE PATROL BOATS AND SMALL CREW. OUR PRIMARY MISSIONS ARE SEARCH AND RESCUE, COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL SAFETY, AND FISHERIES LAW ENFORCEMENT.”
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Sources:
Station History File, CG Historian’s Office
Dennis L. Noble & Michael S. Raynes. “Register of the Stations and Keepers of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.” Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.
Ralph Shanks, Wick York & Lisa Woo Shanks. The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard. Petaluma, CA: Costaño Books, 1996.
U.S. Treasury Department: Coast Guard. Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cadets and Ships and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, July 1, 1941. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1941.