US Coast Guard Base New Orleans (New Orleans, Louisiana)

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Sitting on 26 acres of land formerly owned by the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility, US Coast Guard Base New Orleans is responsible for financial, personnel, work-life, housing, industrial, facilities engineering, and medical and dental support to the more than 900 personnel assigned to the region’s various units, which covers Sectors New Orleans, Mobile, Houston/Galveston, and Corpus Christi.

Split into two main buildings and a pier space along the GIW, the main administrative facility houses CG offices, a medical unit, dental facilities, a galley and classrooms for the Gulf Regional Fisheries Training Center (GRFTC). There is also berthing space for transient personnel, a gym, and a Coast Guard Exchange. The separate industrial building is home to an engine and electric shop, an air conditioning and refrigeration shop, a carpentry shop, a welding shop and has 7,200 square feet of covered storage. Waterfront facilities consist of a pier, a wharf, and a floodwall gate, which will be used to transport vessels and buoys to the industrial building.

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