US Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet (Nags Head, North Carolina) | military, United States Coast Guard

 military, United States Coast Guard

USCG Station Oregon Inlet was founded as a US Life Saving Station in 1883 closer to the actual Oregon Inlet and moved with the shifting sands to its present location in 1990. As a Multi-mission unit, Station Oregon Inlet conducts search and rescue, boating safety, law enforcement, and marine environment protection operations. There is a boat crew available 24 hours a day that respond to more than 200 calls for assistance annually. The treacherous waters and adverse conditions of the Outer Banks often catch mariners by surprise. This coastal region is known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" due to the numerous shipwrecks that line the North Carolina seacoast.

The station has a compliment of 31 enlisted personnel with a Master Chief Boatswain Mate as the Officer In Charge and a First Class Boatswain Mate as the Executive Petty Officer and is part of the US Coast Guards 5th District.

www.uscg.mil/d5/sectNorthCarolina/StaOregonInlet.asp