Station Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
Coast Guard Station #183
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Location:
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At Cape Hatteras, N.C., 1 3/8 miles south of Cape Hatteras Light; 35-14' 20"N x 75-31' 20"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1882
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Station Built:
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1882
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Fate:
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Still in operation
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Remarks:
Crewman B.B. Miller was awarded a Gold Lifesaving Medal for a rescue that took place on 29 NOV 1909.
Keepers:
Benjamin B. Dailey (G) was appointed keeper on 25 MAY 1883 and resigned on 18 APR 1891.
Patrick H. Etheridge was appointed keeper on 6 MAY 1891 and transferred to Station New Inlet on 31 OCT 1909.
Edward F. Stowe was appointed keeper on 22 OCT 1909 and was still serving in 1915.
Sources:
Station History File, CG Historian’s Office
Dennis L. Noble & Michael S. Raynes. “Register of the Stations and Keepers of the U.S. Life-Saving Service.” Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.
Ralph Shanks, Wick York & Lisa Woo Shanks. The U.S. Life-Saving Service: Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard. Petaluma, CA: Costaño Books, 1996.
U.S. Treasury Department: Coast Guard. Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers and Cadets and Ships and Stations of the United States Coast Guard, July 1, 1941. Washington, DC: USGPO, 1941.