Station Ship Canal, Michigan
Formerly-Station Portage
USLSS Station #13, Tenth District
Coast Guard Station #300
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Location:
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Old Portage Lake Ship Canal, 3/4 mile from north end, on west bank
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Date of Conveyance
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1880
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Station Built:
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1884
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Fate:
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Still in operation
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Remarks:
When built the station was first known as Station Portage.
Keepers:
William Steele was appointed keeper on 9 MAR 1885 and was discharged on 4 OCT 1886.
Albert Ocha was appointed keeper on 4 OCT 1886 resigned 24 SEP 1891.
George A. Smith was appointed keeper on 24 SEP 1891 and resigned on 27 JAN 1900.
Thomas H. McCormick was appointed keeper on 19 FEB 1900 and was still serving in 1915.
CWO(L) Charles A. Tucker 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.