Station Rye Beach, New Hampshire
Also known as Locke's Point
USLSS Station # 7, First District
Coast Guard Station #15
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Location:
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North end of Rye Beach; 42-59' 30"N x 70-45' 20"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1881
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Station Built:
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1874
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Fate:
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Discontinued 1933
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Remarks:
Prior to 1881 there is no record of a conveyance of land to the Government for a life-saving station. The station was also referred to as Locke's Point.
Keepers:
Rufus WN. Philbrick was appointed keeper on 16 October 1874 and resigned probably in September 1882.
George B. Caswell was appointed keeper on 5 September 1882 and resigned on 10 March 1884.
Albert L. Remick was appointed keeper on 10 March 1884 and was still serving in 1915.
CWO (L) George B. Ricker was listed as the CO in 1929.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.