U.S. Coast Guard Patch Archive

Wess Wessling's
United States Coast Guard
Patch Archive Index

Welcome to an archive of United States Coast Guard patches.
Click to see illustrations of some of the over 4000 patches of the U.S. Coast Guard, its units, people and events that are or have been over the years.

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Where are these Areas, Districts, HDCU, MSST and PSU units in the Archive?

Areas and Districts

Atlantic Area (LANTAREA) - New York, New York
Pacific Area (PACAREA) - San Francisco, California
First District - Boston, Massachusetts
Second District - Saint Louis, Missouri
Third District - New York, New York
Fifth District - Portsmouth, Virginia
Seventh District - Miami, Florida
Eighth District - New Orleans, Louisiana
Ninth District - Cleveland, Ohio
Eleventh District - San Diego, Californa
Twelfth District - San Francisco, California
Thirteenth District - Seattle, Washington
Fourteenth District - Honolulu, Hawaii
Seventeen District - Juneau, Alaska

Harbor Defense Command Units (HDCUs)

HDCU 113 - Seattle, Washington
HDCU 201 - Boston, Massachusetts

Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSSTs)

MSST 91101 - Seattle, Washington
MSST 91102 - Chesapeake, VA, now the Maritime Security Response Team
MSST 91103 - Los Angeles/Long Beach, California
MSST 91104 - Houston/Galveston, Texas
MSST 91105 - San Francisco, California
MSST 91106 - New York, New York
MSST 91107 - Honolulu, Hawaii
MSST 91108 - Kings Bay, Georgia
MSST 91109 - San Diego, California
MSST 91110 - Boston, later Cape Cod, Massachusetts
MSST 91111 - Anchorage, Alaska
MSST 91112 - New Orleans, Louisiana
MSST 91114 - Miami, Florida
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NDBC (National Data Buoy Center) - Bay St. Louis, MS

Port Security Units (PSUs)

PSU 301 - Buffalo, New York, later AS Cape Cod, MA
PSU 302 - Cleveland, Ohio
PSU 303 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
PSU 305 - Fort Eustis, Virginia
PSU 307 - St. Petersburg, Florida
PSU 308 - Gulfport, Mississippi
PSU 309 - Port Clinton, Ohio
PSU 311 - San Pedro, California
PSU 312 - San Francisco, California
PSU 313 - Tacoma, Washington
PACAREA PSU - Pacific Area, California

WMSL 418s	WHEC 378s	WHEC 327s	WHEC 311s
WMEC 270s	WHEC 255s	WMEC 210s & WPC 154s	Other white ones
WPB 110s	WPB 95s	WPB 87s	WPB 82s
WLB 225s	WLB 180s	WLM 157/175s	WLI/WLRs
WYTM/WTGBs	Icebreakers	Arctic	Antarctic
Av Dets	Aircraft	CG & Ratings	Misc.
Alabama	Alaska	Arizona	Arkansas
California	Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware
District of Columbia	Florida	Georgia	Hawaii
Idaho	Illinois	Indiana	Iowa
Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine
Maryland	Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota
Mississippi	Missouri	Montana	Nebraska
Nevada	New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico
New York	North Carolina	North Dakota	Ohio
Oklahoma	Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island
South Carolina	South Dakota	Tennessee	Texas
Utah	Vermont	Virginia	Washington
West Virginia	Wisconsin	Wyoming
Canada/Greenland	Puerto Rico	Virgin Islands	Caribbean
Europe	Turkey	Pacific	Guam
Viet-Nam	Thailand	Japan
Persian Gulf	Africa	Arctic	Antarctic
National Strike Force	Organizations	Others

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