Station Smith Island, Virginia
USLSS Station #11, Fifth District
Coast Guard Station #158
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Location:
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On west side of Smith Island, at south end of Magotha Bay, 1/8 mile west of Cape Charles Light; 37-07' 00"N x 75-53' 40"W in 1915
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Date of Conveyance
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1878
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Station Built:
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1875
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Fate:
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Turned over to the GSA in 1955.
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Keepers:
Thomas J. Fitchet Jr. was appointed on NOV 12, 1875 he served until 1877.
David Hitchens was APR 12, 1879. He died in service on MAY 15, 1881.
George D. Hitchens was appointed on JUN 30, 1881 and left the service in 1915.
Albert W. Dunton was appointed in 1915 and was still serving through 1915.
Remarks:
None
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.