Coast Guard Base Boston
United States Coast Guard station in Boston, Massachusetts
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United States Coast Guard Base Boston is located in the North End, Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to multiple Sentinel-class cutters, along with other small fleet units.
| Coast Guard Base Boston | |
|---|---|
| Part of 1st District | |
| North End, Boston, Massachusetts | |
 The station as seen from Charlestown across Boston Harbor. One of its buildings is designed to look like a Coast Guard vessel. | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Coast Guard station |
| Owner | United States Coast Guard |
| Location | |
 | |
| Coordinates | 42°22′4″N 71°3′9″W |
| Site history | |
| In use | 1790–1996 2003–present |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander | Captain Chad Brick[1] |
| Occupants | 6 × Sentinel-class cutters |
Description
The small boat station located on the base was re-opened in 2003 after being closed in 1996.[2] It is also home to Flotilla 5-3 of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.[3]
On 1 March 2021, the United States Department of Homeland Security solicited bids for base modifications to accommodate six new Sentinel-class cutters there.[4] The Coast Guard was expected to take delivery of the first two of these cutters, USCGC William Chadwick (WPC-1150) and USCGC Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151), in the second half of 2022.[5] Those two cutters were deployed in Boston during 2022 and 2023, respectively.[6][7]
Cutters
The following Sentinel-class cutters are deployed at Coast Guard Base Boston:
- USCGC William Chadwick (WPC-1150)[8]
- USCGC Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151)[9]
- USCGC Maurice Jester (WPC-1152)[10]
- USCGC John Patterson (WPC-1153)[11]
- USCGC William Sparling (WPC-1154)[12]
- USCGC Melvin Bell (WPC-1155)[13]
