Station Island Beach, New Jersey
USLSS Station #14, Fourth District
Coast Guard Station #110
“Island Beach”, no date/photo number.
Probably 1930s.
Courtesy of Van Field.
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Location:
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On Island Beach, abreast of Barnegat Bay, 8 miles north of Barnegat Light; 39-53' 42"N x 74-04' 57"W in 1880; 39-53' 40"N x 74-04' 00"W in 1915.
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Date of Conveyance
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1849
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Station Built:
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1849
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1946
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Keepers:
F. Rogers was appointed keeper in 1849 and left on an unknown date.
Phineas Potter was appointed keeper in 1856 and left on an unknown date.
Joseph F. Reed was appointed keeper on 30 DEC 1870 and died on 15 MAR 1895.
Wiliam E. Miller was appointed keeper on 22 MAY 1895 and was dismissed on 27 JAN 1902.
Joel P. Hulse was appointed keeper on 24 FEB 1902 and was still serving in 1915.
Historical Remarks:
New site was acquired in 1855. A new site was again acquired in 1885.
Photographs:
This photograph was also featured in the credits
of the motion picture “The Guardian.”
Island Beach”, no date/photo number.
Probably 1930s.
Courtesy of Van Field.
Lifeboat drill
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.