Coast Guard Base Boston

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]

See also

• List of military installations in Massachusetts
• List of United States Coast Guard stations