Station Ilwaco Beach, Washington
later-Station Klipsan Beach
Coast Guard Station #328
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Location:
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13 miles north of Cape Disappointment; 46-27' 50"N x 124-03' 25"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1889
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Station Built:
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1891
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1949
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Remarks:
The station's name was changed to Klipsan Beach. By 1929 the Register noted that the station was "Discontinued as an active unit."
Keepers:
Richard Turk was appointed keeper on 18 DEC 1891 and died on 2 DEC 1894.
William S. Lawrence was appointed keeper on 4 JAN 1895 and "services dispensed with" on 9 OCT 1897.
George Jorgensen was appointed keeper on 17 NOV 1897 and transferred to Point Reyes on 7 FEB 1902.
Theodore Conick was appointed keeper on 7 FEB 1902 and was still serving in 1915.
CWO (L) Joseph Henderson was listed as the CO in 1929.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.