United States Coast Guard Station Menemsha is a United States Coast Guard station located in Menemsha, Massachusetts, within the town of Chilmark.
Primarily a Search and Rescue unit, other activities include Law Enforcement in commercial fisheries and recreational boating safety.
The unit is classified as a Heavy Weather Station, capable of operating in up to 20 foot seas and 50 knots wind.
The United States Life-Saving Service (a forerunner to the Coast Guard) established a station at Gay Head in 1895.
[1] In July 2010, a fire destroyed the boat house as well as damaged other buildings and the dock at the station.