Lighthouse Service (1852-1910) |
Lighthouse Service (1910-1939) |
Life Saving Service (1881-1915) |
Coast Guard (1915-1941) |
Coast Guard (1944-present) |
District |
Headquarters |
Area |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Portland, ME | Maine & New Hampshire | |
2 |
Boston, MA | Massachusetts | |
3 |
New York, NY | Rhode Island to northern New Jersey | West Indies subdistrict created 1903? |
4 |
Philadelphia, PA | most of New Jersey & all of Delaware Bay | |
5 |
Baltimore, MD | Cheseapeake Bay & most of North Carolina | |
6 |
Charleston, SC | Wilmington, NC to Cape Canaveral, FL (until 1890) Wilmington, NC to Jupiter Inlet, FL (1890-1907) Wilmington, NC to Hillsboro Inlet, FL (1907 onward) |
|
7 |
Key West, FL | Jupiter, FL to Cedar Keys, FL (until 1867) Jupiter, FL to FL/AL border (1867-1890) Miami, FL to FL/AL border (1890-onward) |
HQ relocated to Pensacola 1888-1899 |
8 |
Mobile, AL & New Orleans, LA |
Cedar Keys, FL to Mississippi? (until 1867) FL/AL border to Rio Grande River, TX (after 1867) |
|
9 |
New Orleans, LA | Louisiana to Texas | merged with 8th District in 1867 |
9 |
Chicago, IL | Lake Michigan | created from 11th District in 1887 |
10 |
Buffalo, NY | Eastern Great Lakes | |
11 |
Detroit, MI | Western Great Lakes | Lake Michigan to new 9th District in 1887 |
12 |
San Francisco, CA | California | Hawaiian subdistrict created 1904 |
13 |
Portland, OR | Pacific Northwest | including Alaska after 1867 |
14 |
Cincinnatti, OH | Ohio River & tributaries | |
15 |
St. Louis, MO | Upper Mississippi River & tributaries | |
16 |
Memphis, TN | Lower Mississippi River & tributaries |
| New District | Old District | Headquarters |
Area |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
same |
Portland, ME | Maine |
2 |
same |
Boston, MA | Massachusetts |
3 |
same |
Staten Island, NY | Rhode Island; Connecticut; New York to Cape May, NJ |
4 |
same |
Philadelphia, PA | Delaware Bay & Delaware River |
5 |
same |
Baltimore, MD | Cape Henlopen, DE to Cape Lookout, NC (including Cheseapeake Bay) |
6 |
same |
Charleston, SC | Wilmington, NC to Hillsboro Inlet, FL (Wilmington, NC to St. Lucie Inlet, FL starting 1937) |
7 |
same |
Key West, FL | Florida (Miami to Cedar Key) |
8 |
same |
New Orleans, LA | Gulf Coast - FL Panhandle to Texas |
9 |
3 (sub-district) |
San Juan, PR | West Indies - Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands; Guantanamo; Panama Canal |
10 |
10 |
Buffalo, NY | Great Lakes - Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, & St. Lawrence River |
11 |
11 |
Detroit, MI | Great Lakes - Lake Huron & Lake Superior |
12 |
9 |
Chicago, IL (1910-1913) Milwaukee, WI (1913-1939) |
Great Lakes - Lake Michigan & Green Bay |
13 |
15 |
St. Louis, MO | Upper Mississippi River & tributaries |
14 |
14 |
Cincinnati, OH | Ohio River & tributaries |
15 |
16 |
Memphis, TN | Lower Mississippi River & tributaries |
16 |
13 (part) |
Ketchikan, AK | Alaska |
17 |
13 |
Portland, OR? | Washington & Oregon |
18 |
12 |
San Francisco, CA | California |
19 |
12 (sub-district) |
Honolulu, HI | Hawaii & Pacific Islands |
District |
Headquarters | Area |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Maine & New Hampshire | |
2 |
Massachussetts | |
3 |
Rhode Island, Connecticutt, New York | |
4 |
New Jersey & Delaware Bay | |
5 |
Cape Henlopen, DE to Cape Charles, VA | |
6 |
Cape Henry, VA to Cape Hatteras, NC | |
7 |
Port Orange, FL | South Carolina, Georgia, Florida East Coast |
8 |
Gulf Coast | |
9 |
Great Lakes - Lake Ontario & Lake Erie | |
10 |
Great Lakes - Lake Huron & Lake Superior | |
11 |
Great Lakes - Lake Michigan | |
12 |
Pacific Coast |
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1 |
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3 |
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4 |
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5 |
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6 |
Jacksonville, FL | |
7 |
Key West, FL | Florida & West Indies |
8 |
New Orleans, LA | Mississippi River Valley & Gulf Coast |
9 |
Great Lakes | |
10 |
Lake Michigan | |
11 |
California | |
12 |
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13 |
Pacific Northwest | |
14 |
Hawaii | |
15 |
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16 |
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17 |
Alaska |
District |
Headquarters |
Area |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Boston, MA | Maine to Rhode Island | |
2 |
St. Louis, MO | Mississippi River & tributaries | merged into the 8th District in 1996 |
3 |
New York, NY | Connecticut to Delaware | split between the 1st & 5th Districts in ??? |
4 |
not used | ||
5 |
Portsmouth, VA | Maryland to North Carolina | |
6 |
Charleston, SC | Georgia & South Carolina | merged with 7th District in ??? |
7 |
Miami, FL | Florida & West Indies | |
8 |
New Orleans, LA |
Gulf Coast |
|
9 |
Cleveland, OH | Great Lakes | |
10 |
not used | ||
11 |
Long Beach, CA (until ?) Alameda, CA (present) |
Southern California | |
12 |
San Francisco, CA | Northern California | merged into the 11th District in ??? |
13 |
Seattle, WA | Pacific Northwest | |
14 |
Honolulu, HI | Hawaii & Pacific Islands | |
15 |
not used | ||
16 |
not used | ||
17 |
Juneau, AK | Alaska |