Station Isle of Wight, Maryland
Coast Guard Station #145
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Location:
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On beach abreast south end of Assawoman Bay, 2 1/4 miles south of Fenwick Island Light; 38-24' 10"N x 75-03' 30"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1897
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Station Built:
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1897
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1948; building destroyed in 1962 (see below for details)
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Remarks:
The original building, located near present-day 83rd Street in Ocean City, was purposely burned down by the local fire department at the request of the current owners after the building was damaged in a storm in March, 1962.**
Keepers:
John B. Jones was appointed keeper 1 FEB 1898 and left in 1915.
William I. Hudson was appointed acting keeper in 1915.
**Our thanks to Robert O. Hoke for providing additional information regarding this station.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.