Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay

Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay
Part of 9th District
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Aerial view of Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay
Site information
Type	Coast Guard Station
Owner	United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Location
Coordinates	44°47′40″N87°18′47″W / 44.79444°N 87.31306°W / 44.79444; -87.31306
Site history
Built	1886
In use	1902 to Present

Coast Guard Station Sturgeon Bay is a United States Coast Guard station located on Lake Michigan and the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal in the Town of Sturgeon Bay in Door County, Wisconsin, just outside the city of Sturgeon Bay. ^[1] The Sturgeon Bay Canal Light is located within the limits of the station. Duties of the station include search and rescue, law enforcement and ice rescue missions during the winter months.

Station Sturgeon Bay is in District 9 and it is a sub-unit of Sector Lake Michigan. ^[1]

Gallery

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  In May
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  In June
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  In August
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  Closed to the public sign
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  USCGC Mobile Bay, an icebreaking tug based out of Sturgeon Bay, ^[2] with barge for servicing buoys
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  USCG Marine Safety Detachment inspectors in Sturgeon Bay conduct a safety inspection on the iron ore carrier Adam E. Cornelius. The Cornelius, like the Herbert C. Jackson pictured on the left, is a laker due for its annual inspection before leaving the shipyard.
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  Sturgeon Bay Canal North Pierhead Light adjacent to the station

References

1. "USCG Sturgeon Bay". coast guard sector lake michigan. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
2. "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay". United States Coast Guard . Retrieved 2008-12-16.

External links

• Station Homepage
• Station Overview