[MilCom] CG Sector Baltimore-Profile

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    Coast Guard Sector Baltimore- Technical Data

                            The following technical data on the United 
States Coast Guard (CG) Sector Baltimore is derived from personal 
monitoring from my location just outside of Baltimore, Maryland.  As 
stated on the official CG web site the mission of CG Sector Baltimore is 
to effectively and efficiently:

	maximize unit readiness,
	prevent or respond to incidents,
	understand and address our customers’ needs,
	achieve unity of effort with our partners,
	in order to provide maritime safety, security, accessibility, and 
environmental protection for the National Capital Region, and the upper 
Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

	CG Sector Baltimore & its subordinatre units include Aids-to-Navigation 
Teams in Baltimore; Crisfield; Potomac. There are Small Boat Stations in 
Annapolis; Crisfield; Curtis Bay; Oxford; St. Inigoes; 		Stillpond; & 
Washington (Bolling AFB). CG Station Curtis Bay, in addition to being an 
active Small Boat Station, also houses the Coast Guard's main shipyard 
which performs maintenance, upgrades and new boat building for the 
entire Coast Guard fleet. Due to the shipyard, there's usually a 
interesting "flow" of out-of-area vessels showing up on the marine 
channels.

	In communications I regularly hear CG Sector Baltrimore, CG Station 
Curtis Bay, CG Station Annapolis. The CG Sector Baltimore also is 
assisted by several area CG Auxiliary aircraft which provide airborne 
patrols of the Chesapeake Bay area during peak activity times, normally 
April-October. The CG Sector Baltimore area of responsibility covers the 
entire Chesapeake Bay, which runs roughly from the Delaware/Pennsylvania 
border down to the mouth of the Bay near Norfolk Virginia. In order to 
be able to maintain VHF communications over this area they use a VHF 
repeater which is located atop the main structure of the Chesapeake Bay 
Bridge, near Annapolis Maryland. The Sector radio operators refer to 
this location as the " high site"

To the best of my knowledge no classified information was used to 
compile this data.
	

Callsigns:

BLACKJACK ##- used by CGAS Atlantic City HH-65Cs when deployed to CGAS 
Washington.
GUARDIAN ##-used by Atlantic City HH-65Cs during 2009 Inauguration.
DOLPHIN ##- noted used by HH-65C from CGAS Atlantic City working w/CG 
Sector Baltimore.
PIT BOSS- CG entity Joint Air Defense Operations enter (JADOC), Bolling 
AFB DC
ZEAL ##- used by HH-65Cs during 2009 Inauguration.


Frequencies:

CG Marine (FM):

156.800	CG Chnl 16
157.050   CG Chnl 21A-CG Station Annapolis, Blackjack helos at Reagan 
Nat'l
157.075   CG Chnl 81A
157.100   CG  Chnl 22A -CG Sector Baltimore-Marine Information 
Broadcasts
157.125   CG Chnl 82A- CG Sector Baltimore-special activity
157.150	CG Chnl 23A- CG Sector Baltimore, CG Station Curtis Bay, CG 
Station Annapolis
157.175   CG chnl 83A

CG Air (AM):

119.1- KDCA Tower
134.35 -Wash Area Helo Unicom
118.4- Andrews AFB Tower
119.3- Potomac TRACON Approach
139.7 (AM)-Huntress
345.0- CG Air Primary
237.9- CG Air Secondary
326.15- CG Air
379.05- CG Air



Stations:

CG Sector Baltimore
CG Station Curtis Bay
CG Station Annapolis
CG Station Wash DC-radio checks from CG Sector Baltimore-24 Nov.
CGAS Washington- Reagan National Airport (KDCA). VC-37A (CG 1); C-143 
Challenger (CG2). 2 HH-65Cs on rotating TDY from CGAS Atlantic City.
NCB-5- National Cargo Bureau unit, Baltimore.

  Homeport (Baltimore) Vessels:

1620486- 16-ft utility craft.  CG Stn Curtis Bay.
25449 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small-maybe CG Stn Annapolis
25627- Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG Stn Curtis Bay
25567 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG Stn Curtis Bay
25581 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG StnCurtis Bay
25585 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG Stn Curtis Bay
25588 -Defender Class Response Boat-Small- CG Stn Curtis Bay
25678- Defender Class Response Boat-Small-maybe CG Stn Annapolis
26101 - CG Stn Curtis Bay
26118-  CG Stn Curtis Bay
41330- 41-foot Utility Boat- CG Stn Curtis Bay
41359 -41-foot Utility Boat- CG Stn Curtis Bay
41453 -41-foot Utility Boat- CG Stn Curtis Bay
41454 -41-foot Utility Boat- CG Stn Curtis Bay
49428- 49-foot Stern Loading Buoy Boat-CG Stn Curtis Bay
USCGC James Rankin WLM-555, Keeper Class Coastal Buoy Tender-CG Stn 
Curtis Bay
USCGC Sledge WLIC 75303, 75-foot Inland Construction Tender-CG Stn 
Curtis Bay

25454-Defender Class Response Boat-Small-CG Stn Wash DC (Bolling AFB)

CG Auxiuliary:

Acft N8782Y
Ron
Baltimore MD
VHF/UHF: BC-895XLT/RS Pro-2045
Diamond D-130J discone
HF: Icom R75 & Sangean ATS 909
45-ft EF-SWL & 70-ft random wire