U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District is based at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building, in Seattle, Washington. It covers the Pacific Northwest and its area of responsibility encompasses four states; Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. Northwest District is divided into two Sectors – Puget Sound and Columbia River. The district has more than 3,000 active duty and reserve members, civilian employees, and auxiliaries and operates twenty-one cutters, 132 boats and eleven aircraft.

Command and duties Northwest District's assets carry out an array of daily operations including search and rescue, coastal patrols to enforce safety and fisheries regulations, conduct safety and compliance inspections, examine commercial vessels and waterfront facilities, and protect strategic defense and critical infrastructure. The District also contains the United States largest domestic ferry system, as well as the third largest domestic port, the third largest cruise ship port, and the largest grain export gateway in the country. Northwest District also provides support and ports to various Coast Guard Pacific Area assets, including two high endurance cutters, three medium endurance cutters, two icebreakers, a Port Security Unit, Maritime Safety and Security Team, and Base Seattle.

Northwest District is commanded by RADM Charles E. Fosse.

Northwest District units

Northwest District Coast Guard Northwest District HQ, Jackson Federal Building, Seattle, Washington USCGC Elm WLB-204, Base Tongue Point, Astoria, Oregon , Naval Station Everett, Everett, Washington

Sector Puget Sound USCG Station Seattle, Seattle, Washington Sector Puget Sound HQ Aids to Navigation Team Puget Sound Puget Sound Vessel Traffic Service Marine Safety Office Puget Sound USCG Station Quillayute River, La Push, Washington USCG Station Port Angeles, Port Angeles, Washington Sector Field Office (SFO) Port Angeles USCGC Adelie (WPB-87333) USCGC Swordfish (WPB-87358) USCGC Wahoo (WPB-87345) USCG Station Bellingham, Bellingham, Washington USCGC Sea Lion (WPB-87352) USCGC Terrapin (WPB-87366) USCG Station Neah Bay, Neah Bay, Washington USCGC Blueshark (WPB-87360), Naval Station Everett, Everett, Washington USCGC Osprey (WPB-87307), Port Townsend, Washington Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor, Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Silverdale, Washington

Sector Columbia River Sector Columbia River HQ, Portland, Oregon USCG Station Cape Disappointment, Ilwaco, Washington National Motor Lifeboat School USCG Station Grays Harbor, Westport, Washington USCG Station Portland, Portland, Oregon Marine Safety Office/Group Portland

USCG Station Tillamook Bay, Garibaldi, Oregon Aids to Navigation Team Astoria, Astoria, OR Aids to Navigation Team Kennewick, Kennewick, Washington Sector North Bend HQ, North Bend, Oregon USCG Station Chetco River, Harbor, Oregon USCG Station Coos Bay, Charleston, Oregon Aids to Navigation Team Coos Bay USCGC Orcas (WPB-1327) USCG Station Depoe Bay, Newport, Oregon USCG Station Siuslaw River, Florence, Oregon USCG Station Umpqua River, Winchester Bay, Oregon USCG Station Yaquina Bay, Newport, Oregon

PACAREA Units

USCG Base Seattle, Seattle, Washington Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91101, Seattle Port Security Unit 313, Tacoma, Washington , Seattle , Seattle (Out of service since 2010, and now provides spare parts for Polar Star.) , Seattle , Seattle , Seattle , Port Angeles, Washington , Warrenton, Oregon , Warrenton

HQ Units Facilities Design & Construction Center, Seattle, Washington Investigation Services Northwest, Seattle USCG Recruiting Offices Tukwila, Washington Vancouver, Washington Boise, Idaho Regional Exam Centers Seattle, Washington Portland, Oregon

Training and other responsibilities In addition to handling the nation's largest amount of recreational traffic, the Northwest District is home to one of two Maritime Force Protection Units, which are responsible for escorting America's Trident ballistic-missile submarines to and from their home port. It is also the home of the National Motor Lifeboat School near Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco, Washington. The Advanced Helicopter Rescue School across the Columbia River teaches extreme rescue scenarios at the Tongue Point and Air Station in Astoria, Oregon.

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