It is a unit of Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound and is located next to Fort Trumbull.
[1] Stone buildings near Fort Trumbull began to house the United States Revenue Cutter Service School of Commissioned Officers in 1910.
[4] This recommendation was adopted, and the location was returned to the Coast Guard in April 1997, after the New London detachment closed.
[1] The Navy Submarine Base, New London, Magnetic Silencing Facility remains at the station as a tenant of the Coast Guard.
[1] Units housed at the station conduct search and rescue, recreational boating safety, maritime law enforcement, military readiness, pollution response, and port security activities, including enforcing two permanent security zones established along the Thames River.