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Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet

Coordinates: 29°03′50″N 80°54′54″W / 29.064°N 80.915°W / 29.064; -80.915
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Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet
Part of the 7th District
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Coordinates29°03′50″N 80°54′54″W / 29.064°N 80.915°W / 29.064; -80.915
TypeCoast Guard Station
Site information
OwnerUnited States Coast Guard

Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet is a United States Coast Guard boat station located in New Smyrna Beach, Florida and is part of the Coast Guard 7th District, Sector Jacksonville.[1]

While in the late 1980s, the crew consisted of only 4 men,[2] the crew at Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet now is made of 31 active duty and 15 United States Coast Guard Reserve personnel. The Ponce de Leon Inlet Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) performs Search & Rescue,[3] Law Enforcement and fisheries patrols, also do maintenance work at the Cape Canaveral lighthouse.

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  1. ^ United States. Coast Guard (1985). Operating Facilities of the U.S. Coast Guard (OPFAC). Operating Facilities of the U.S. Coast Guard. U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard. p. 73. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  2. ^ Coast Guard Auxiliary Association (1988). Navigator: The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Magazine. Coast Guard Auxiliary Association. p. 6-PA28. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Coast Guard rescues 2 men 64 miles off Ponte Vedra Beach". Coast Guard News. September 15, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
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