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Happy Birthday 10-13
40 years young on 28 May 2009
Welcome to the 10-13 Web
Site
Flotilla 10-13 was established on May
28, 1969 and for the past 40 years has been providing local
communities in New York and Northern New Jersey with boating
safety classes, on water towing, regatta ,safety and race
support, search and rescue, and recovery missions (275 patrols
a year), free vessel safety checks (over 700 a year), and
free booklet and information pamphlets for local marinas.
During that same time flotilla members have also logged
countless hours in many other operational and administrative
support missions in support of the local Coast Guard Units
at Activities New York, Station New York, and Group Sandy
Hook. In total we have logged over 130,000
hours of volunteer service (just since 2001), in missions
supporting the boating public, the United States Coast Guard,
and the Department of Homeland Security.
Flotilla 10-13 is one of the most active
flotillas in the nation. We have been awarded the
Flotilla Meritorious Achievement Award given by the United
States Coast Guard to the best flotilla in the First District
Southern Region for 23 of the past 39 years. We have
also been honored by Boat/U.S. as the best flotilla in the
Nation for
2002 and again in
2004. There are 1200 Coast Guard Auxiliary flotillas
across the nation. No flotilla has ever won this award
twice, let alone twice in a 3 years time span. In
2008 our flotilla expended over 25,400 volunteer hours (the
most hours of any Flotilla in the nation) in support of
the United States Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary,
the Boating Public and the Department of Homeland Security.
Boat/U.S. Best Flotilla in the Nation
2002 & 2004
Want to join the
US Coast Guard Auxiliary or see who we are and what
we do
click
here to learn more.
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Flotilla near you
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here to use the Flotilla Finder.
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