Station Napeaque, New York
Coast Guard Station #67
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Location:
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On ocean side of Long Island, 1/4 mile south of Napeaque Harbor, and 9-3/4 miles southwest by west of Montauk Point Light; 40-59' 45"N x 72-02' 40"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1855
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Station Built:
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1888
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Fate:
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Turned over to the GSA in 1955
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Remarks:
A new site was acquired in 1898.
Keepers:
Thomas I. Mulford was appointed keeper in 1856. It is unknown when he left.
John Lawrence was appointed keeper in 1872 and left in 1873.
Elijah M. Bennett was appointed keeper on 1 JUL 1873 and died on 19 JAN 1887.
John S. Edwards was appointed keeper on 3 MAR 1887 and left the service in 1915.
Robert L. Howell was the acting keeper in 1915.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.