Led by RADM Jonathan P. Hickey, District 9 includes 6,000 active duty, reserve, and civilian personnel.

[5] In October 2021, the National Center of Expertise for the Great Lakes was formally inaugurated as a new operational unit within the US Coast Guard.

[6] The Center was set up as a joint project between the Coast Guard and the Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste.

Relatively little historical documentation exists for this agency; however by 1911, it was filling an important role in the region, inspecting steamships for faulty equipment and machinery that might pose any threat to safety of steam vessels.

These include: District 9 is constructed of 48 active stations located in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin, Indiana and Minnesota.

[67] Due to the requirement of Rush–Bagot Treaty, the cutters in the Great Lakes are minimally armed, save for a few machine guns.