Welcome to Sector Long Island Sound Aids to Navigation Team
Aids to Navigation Team Long Island Sound is responsible for maintaining 1551 navigational aids located throughout Long Island Sound and its tributaries. The entire area of responsibility covers more than 240 miles of coastline including Connecticut and New York.
The 1551 navigational aids assigned to the Aids to Navigation Team include 564 primary aids, 513 buoys, 20 lighthouses, 31 light structures, 290 secondary aids, and 697 federally permitted private aids.
Many of the lighthouses are historic and were built in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Although unmanned, the lighthouses use automated lights to warn mariners of navigational hazards.
To get the job done the Aids to Navigation Team Long Island Sound uses three different boats including the 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading Boat; the 23-foot trailer able Aids to Navigation Boat; and the 21-foot trailer able Aids to Navigation Boat.
A typical job can include going out to an aid to change a light bulb, battery or make a minor repair. The 49-foot Buoy Utility Stern Loading Boat is used to haul out large buoys to make repairs or put in a replacement