Commander Peter Raneri
Commander Peter J. Raneri assumed the duties of Deputy Sector Commander, Sector Jacksonville in July 2025. As Deputy, he assists the Sector Commander with leading over 540 Active and Reserve Coast Guard members operating five cutters, three small boat stations, two Aids to Navigation Teams, and Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral.
Previously, he served as the Prevention Department Head at Sector Northern New England in South Portland, Maine where he oversaw operational Prevention missions across the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont with a focus on safeguarding the public, our ports, and U.S. economic interests through the prevention and mitigation of maritime incidents. Additionally, CDR Raneri previously served as the Commanding Officer of Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from July 2020 - July 2022. During this time, he was responsible for the execution of all federal marine safety, environmental protection/response, and law enforcement activities on the navigable waterways of the Mississippi River and its tributaries within the Baton Rouge Area of Responsibility.
From June 2018 - June 2020, he was assigned to the faculty of the World Maritime University in Malmö Sweden where he was on secondment from the United States Coast Guard. While on faculty CDR Raneri was a member of WMU’s Maritime Safety and Environmental Administration (MSEA) specialization as a guest lecturer and liaison officer.
Prior to his arrival at the World Maritime University Commander Raneri served as Investigations Division Chief for Coast Guard Sector North Carolina where he led his team in conducting hundreds of marine accident investigations and alleged acts of merchant mariner misconduct, negligence and drug use cases throughout the state of North Carolina.
From June 2013 to June 2016 he was assigned as the Assistant Chief of Inspections for Coast Guard Activities Far East Japan where he meticulously managed limited marine inspector resources in Japan and Singapore to meet dynamic commercial shipping needs and facilitate the inspection of over 450 U.S. flagged cargo ships and Naval Military Sealift vessels throughout the vast Indo-Asia-Pacific region. During this period he oversaw responses to hundreds of technical and regulatory inspection and investigation inquiries, and was a keynote speaker at international shipping conferences in China, Japan, Korea and Singapore.
Serving in the Coast Guard since 2003, CDR Raneri has completed additional operational tours at MSU Portland Oregon, MSD Coram, New York, MSD Port Canaveral, Florida and aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SITKINAK, a 110 foot patrol boat then homeported in Miami, Florida.
A native of Johnstown New York, Commander Raneri earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Springfield College in 2001 and completed a Master of Science Degree in Homeland Security Management from Long Island University in 2010. In 2012, CDR Raneri graduated from the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College to fulfill his requirement for Joint Professional Military Education.