Ketchikan

Known as “Alaska’s First City” and the “Salmon Capital of the World,”Ketchikan is a scenic coastal town on Revillagigedo Island at the southern end of the Inside Passage. Surrounded by the lush Tongass National Forest, it’s one of the rainiest places in North America and is famous for its colorful waterfront, Native Tlingit heritage, and one of the world’s largest collections of totem poles. Founded as a fishing and logging hub, Ketchikan now thrives on tourism, maritime industries, and a strong Coast Guard presence. Accessible only by sea or air, it welcomes more than a million cruise visitors each summer and offers a vivid mix of nature, history, and culture along its winding boardwalks and harbors.

U.S. Coast Guard Base Ketchikan

U.S. Coast Guard Base Ketchikan provides maintenance, logistics, housing, and administrative support to Coast Guard units operating throughout southeast Alaska. It is the only Coast Guard facility in Alaska with a dry dock.

USCG Cutter Anthony Petit (WLM-558), a Keeper-class coastal buoy tender, primarily tasked with
servicing and maintaining navigational aids in southeast Alaska - note the buoys on the dock

USCGC John McCormick (WPC-1121) Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter

USCGC Bailey Barco (WPC-1122) Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter

USCGC Douglas Denman (WPC-1149) Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter