Coast Guard Training Center Cape May

The United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., is the Nation’s only Coast Guard Recruit Training Center.

Sewell Point, the area occupied by the Training Center, has a long history of naval presence. During the American Revolution and throughout the nineteenth century, Cape May Sound was used as a harbor of refuge. In 1917, the Navy established a "section base" in Cape May, to provide training, vessel support and communication facilities for coastal defense.

Initially, the Navy converted an abandoned amusement center, built along the oceanfront, for military use. The old skating rink became the mess hall and sleeping quarters, the stage was made into a galley, the "human roulette wheel" -- a scrub table and the "barrel of fun" became a brig. When the old wooden structure burned down in 1918, the Navy built standard military facilities along the harbor front (some of these buildings still stand today).  (Source:  uscg.mil/hq/capemay/default.asp)

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	Base Address: Coast Guard Training Center Cape May 1 Munro Avenue Cape May, NJ 08204
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