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The Coast Guard’s history in southern
Long Island ,
New York
dates back to the mid – 1800’s.
In the 1850’s, there were seven U.S. Life Saving Stations between
Point Lookout, NY and Fire Island, NY, spaced, on the average of less than
5 miles apart.
Established in 1851 as “
Station
Short
Beach
,” the station
took its original name from a small spit of land just east of Jones Inlet.
The original building built by the U.S. Life Saving Service was a
wood framed structure, which was later replaced as a two story brick
building complete with a connected watch tower, and a second building
serving as the boathouse with a marine railway system.
This facility was built between 1933 - 1935 as part of a Works
Progress Administration (WPA) Project under President F.D. Roosevelt’s
administration.
Serving the Coast Guard for over 50 years, age took
its inevitable toll. In May of
1987, the CG Facilities Design and Construction Command (FD&CC)
Norfolk
,
VA
began
construction of the present facility.
The old boathouse with associated marine railway was demolished
that year, and the old station was demolished in March of 1990.
Dedicated on
the 15th of June 1990
, the present
multi-mission station combines operations, administration and berthing in
the main station building. A
new boathouse provides equipment storage and maintenance shops together
with a boat haul-out facility.
When dedicated, the Coast Guard retired the old name, “
Station
Short
Beach
,” in favor of
the more generally recognized name of “
Station
Jones
Beach
.”
The primary mission at
Station
Jones
Beach
is search &
rescue, however all personnel are actively engaged in law enforcement and
environmental protection as well.
The station’s area of responsibility extends from East Rockaway
Inlet to
Gilgo
Beach
, including Jones
Inlet and the associated back-bay waters of southern
Nassau
County
.
During FY 2008,
Jones
Beach
conducted 280 Law
Enforcement Boarding and prosecuted 136 Search and Rescue cases.
OUR MISSION
As an entire enlisted workforce, Station Jones Beach will provide the best
service we are capable of delivering to our customers, colleagues and
partners. We shall endeavor to meet our mission by ensuring the crew is
highly trained, the equipment we operate is maintained with peak
performance in mind as well, we will conduct our operations within Coast
Guard policy fully adhering to the Core Values of Honor, Respect,
and Devotion to Duty.
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