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WAMS
The nation's waterways contain more than 100,000 federal and private aids to navigation. The Coast Guard is responsible for ensuring waterways are as safe, effective, and efficient as possible and WAMS is one of the tools available to assist in accomplishing this mission.
The WAMS ensures that current aids are necessary elements of the ATON system in particular waterways. It also evaluates the aids to determine their effectiveness, which often leads to alterations of technical aspects of the aids and establishment or disestablishment of aids in order to meet changing needs in waterways.
District Eleven WAMS Units
| CGC ASPEN |
|---|
| SECTOR SAN FRANCISCO |
| SECTOR LA/LB |
| Sector san diego |
| sector humboldt bay |
WAMS Completion Tools
A completion guide is available
for units completing a WAMS assignment. This guide offers instruction
on the background of the WAMS, recommendations for thorough analysis of
waterways, and direction in drafting the final written report.
To assess the criticality of a particular
waterway, a criticality worksheet is available for assistance use the criticality determination guide. A waterway may be
Navigationally Critical, Environmentally Critical, Militarily Critical, a
combination of the three, or non-critical. Depending upon the
criticality, the more important the results of the WAMS review for safe
navigation of the mariner.
If you are
completing an assigned WAMS or have questions concerning waterways or the
impact of particular aids to navigation, please contact the
WAMS Officer for assistance.
The District Eleven WAMS
Intranet Site is also extremely helpful to field units conducting WAMS
surveys!
Current
WAMS Initiatives
None At This Time
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