U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District

Department of Homeland Security
United States Coast Guard
United States Coast Guard Great Lakes Icon
CountryUnited States of America
BranchCoast Guard
Size6,000+
Part ofAtlantic Area
Garrison/HQCleveland, Ohio
(Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building)
NicknameGuardians of the Great Lakes
MottosSemper Paratus
(Always Ready)
Website
Commanders
District CommanderRADM Jonathan P. Hickey
Chief of StaffCAPT Brad W. Kelly
Command Master ChiefMCPO Christopher E. Mullins

U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes District (formerly District 9) is a United States Coast Guard district, based at the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building, in Cleveland, Ohio. U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes is responsible for all Coast Guard operations on the five Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence Seaway, and surrounding states accumulating 6,700 miles of shoreline and 1,500 miles of international shoreline with Canada.