Station Point Reyes, California
Coast Guard Station #313
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Location:
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Near east head of Point Reyes, Calif., abreast of Drakes Bay, 2 3/8 miles east of Point Reyes Light; 38-02' 20"N x 122-59' 30"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1888
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Station Built:
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1889
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Fate:
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Turned over to the GSA in 1969
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Remarks:
A new site was acquired in 1969.
Keepers:
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George Johnson was appointed keeper on 20 FEB 1890 and did not serve. "Letter of appointment returned for cancellation on account of physica cisability arising since nomination."
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William L. Loch was appointed keeper on 22 MAR 1890 and he transferred to Cape Arago Station on 18 APR 1892.
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George Jorgensen was appointed keeper on 19 MAY 1892 and he transferred to Ilwaco Beach Station on 30 NOV 1897.
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Theodore Conick was appointed keeper on 17 NOV 1897 and he transferred to Ilwaco Beach Station on 7 FEB 1902.
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George Jorgensen was appointed keeper on 7 FEB 1902 and he resigned for physical reasons on 30 NOV 1903.
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William Kleinow (?) was appointed keeper on 8 JAN 1904 and he resigned for physical reasons on 30 APR 1907.
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Christopher Hunt was appointed keeper on 22 APR 1907 and he 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.