Station New Inlet, North Carolina
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Location:
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About 3 miles south of New Inlet; 35-37' 38"N x 75-28' 15"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1881
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Station Built:
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1883 (?)
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Fate:
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Discontinued in 1916
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Remarks:
None.
Keepers:
John A. Midgett was appointed on MAY 25, 1883 and was dismissed from service on DEC 14, 1887.
Banister L. Midgett Jr., was appointed on JAN 27, 1888. On APR 12, 1894 he was transferred to Chicamicomico Station.
Josiah H. Wescott was appoint on APR 12, 1894. He died in service on SEP 23, 1909.
Patrick H. Etheridge was appointed on OCT 22, 1909 and served until 1915.
Edward S. Midgett was appointed in 1915 and was still serving
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.