in september 1944 the station officially became coast guard group port angeles, with several sub-units including the air station, station bellingham, station neah bay, station port angeles, station quillayute river, uscgc adelie, uscgc blue shark, uscgc cuttyhunk, uscgc osprey, uscgc sea lion, uscgc swordfish, uscgc terrapin, and uscgc wahoo.