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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