Station Far Rockaway, New York
Also referred to as Hog Island, west end
USLSS Station #34, Third District
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Location:
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Near the Hog Island Inlet; 40-35' 30"N x 73-44' 00"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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Unknown
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Station Built:
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1871
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Fate:
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The station was destroyed during a gale in 1892 by a sudden gale while being moved across water to a new site.
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Hog Island/Far Rockaway:
This station, referred to as "Hog Island, west end" until 1883, is one for which there is very little information. It appears in the 1882 Register as being located "near the Hog Island Inlet." The name was changed to Far Rockaway effective June 1, 1883.
Records mention that the station was moved to a safe locality in 1889 because of "encroachments of the sea." The station is believed to have been destroyed by a sudden gale while being moved across the water to a new site in 1892, but this is not certain. It disappears without comment in the listing of stations in the 1891 Annual Report.
Keepers:
The first known keeper was Joseph Langdon, who was appointed on December 9, 1872 and removed from office on December 12, 1877. Next, John H. Abrams was appointed December 12, 1877; he was reassigned to Coney Island Station October 25, 1889.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.