Station Petersons Point, Washington

June 25, 2021
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Station Petersons Point, Washington

Later Grays Harbor
Coast Guard Station #330


Location:

1/4 mile south of Grays Harbor Light; 46-53' 15"N x 124-07' 15"W

Date of Conveyance:

1895

Station Built:

1897

Fate:

See "Remarks" section below.

Remarks:

Old station turned over to the GSA in 1971.  New station designated Grays Harbor and is still in operation.

Keepers:

Charles Jacobson was appointed keeper on 11 FEB 1896 and was still serving 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  Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.