Title:

The Coast Guard

Description:

The Coast Guard base in Buffalo is both a lifeboat station and a regional headquarters covering American coastal waters from eastern Ohio to the Thousand Islands area of the St. Lawrence River.

Units here include station Buffalo, Group Buffalo Headquarters and regional electronics and aids to navigation support units, a separate command marine safety office Buffalo handles large ship inspection and pollution control duties.

The base also serves as a temporary helicopter landing field and provides dockage for cutters and buoy tenders serving this area. Buffalo was home port to the Coast Guard tender Maple, decommissioned here in 1973, and to the 110-foot icebreaking tugs USCGC Ojibwa (1954 - 1979) and USCGC Arundel (1979 - 1982).

Erected by:

Buffalo Lighthouse Association

Location:

Buffalo Coast Guard Base.