The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is located in New London, Connecticut. Its main campus sits along the Thames River, with the primary entrance and gates on Mohegan Avenue in New London. Specifically, the address commonly used for the Academy is 31 Mohegan Avenue (postal listings also reference 33 Mohegan Avenue in recent directions), New London, CT 06320. The Academy is a federal service academy established to train officers for the U.S. Coast Guard.