Station Ashtabula, Ohio
Coast Guard Station #237
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Location:
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West side of Astabula Harbor, 1 3/8 miles south southwest of Ashtabula Light.
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Date of Conveyance:
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1891
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Station Built:
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1893
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Fate:
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Station was closed with all personnel transferred to other units as of 7 July 2024.
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Remarks:
According to “YourErie.com” on & 7 July 2024: “The Ashtabula, Ohio Coast Guard station is among several seasonal Coast Guard stations that have been closed. According to a Coast Guard representative in Cleveland, the station is still owned by the Coast Guard but is no longer being manned. The Erie and Cleveland stations will now cover the waters previously patrolled by Ashtabula along with air support from Detroit. All of the members of the 22-person Ashtabula crew have been reassigned to other Lake Erie locations.”
Keepers:
Fayette E. Walworth was appointed keeper on 6 February 1894 and resigned for physical reasons on 1 November 1905.
Charles W. Anderson was appointed keeper on 19 October 1905 and was still serving in 1915.
“No. 237 (Ashtabula) May 31, 1918 Boat house (rear view)”
No caption/date/photo number; photographer unknown
No caption/date/photo number; photographer unknown
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.