Sector San Diego:

• Has an Area of Responsibility spanning 120 miles of coastline, 750 miles of the Colorado River, and the U.S.— Mexico southwest maritime border.
• Encompasses a Tier 1 Strategic Port with ~300M tons of cargo supporting ~$7B economy
• Oversees $4.6 billion in new ship construction at the largest deep draft vessel construction yard in the US.

Each Year We:

• Perform safety inspections on 620 domestic vessels 
• Oversee the safety of ~1.2M commercial maritime passengers
• Maintain 97 aids to navigation
• Participate in approximately 250 Search and Rescue cases
• Save ~150 lives
• Seize over $2.5 million worth of illegal narcotics
• Assist ~250 mariners in distress
• Apprehend ~1,200 illegal aliens
• Save ~$1 million in property
• Respond to and investigate over 230 pollution cases
• Conduct over 150 Marine Safety Harbor Patrols
• Investigate ~150 Marine Casualties

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