Station Toms River, New Jersey
USLSS Station #13, Fourth District
Coast Guard Station #109
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Location:
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On Island Beach, abreast of Barnegat Bay, 1-7/8 miles east of mouth of Toms River, and 10 1/2 miles north of Barnegat Light; 39-56' 10"N x 74-04' 30"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1898
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Station Built:
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1872
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Fate:
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Turned over to the GSA in 1964
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Keepers:
Samuel Chadwick was appointed keeper in 1856 and left on an unknown date.
William H. Miller was appointed keeper on 13 November 1867 and left in 1875 (?)
Stephen Bills was appointed keeper on 10 March 1876 and left in 1879.
William H. Miller was appointed keeper on 27 August 1879 resigned on 28 November 1893
William E. Rogers was appointed keeper on 28 November 1893 and was dismissed on 7 February 1902.
Henry Ware was appointed keeper on 17 February 1902 and transferred to Station Cedar Creek on 15 JUL 1910.
David B. Bowen was appointed keeper on 1 JUL 1910 and he was still serving in 1915.
CGM (L) L. T. Camburn was officer-in-charge in 1936.
“U.S. Life Saving Station No. 13, Sea Side Park, N.J.
No date/photo number; photographer unknown.
Postcard image.
No official caption/photo number; photographer unknown; dated 1915.
No official caption/photo number; photographer unknown; dated 1917.
"TOMS RIVER"; no date/photo number; photographer unknown; courtesy of Van Field.
"U.S. COAST - GUARDS [sic] TOMS - RIVER - STATION [;] 1930"; no photo number; photographer unknown; courtesy of Van Field.
No official caption/photo number; photographer unknown; dated 1945.
No official caption/photo number; photographer unknown; dated 1945.
No official caption/photo number; photographer unknown; dated 1948.
The Tom’s River crew pose in front of a surfboat.
Same as above with BMC Newt Mathis highlighted.
BMC Newt Mathis, USCG
OIC of Station Tom’s River
Seaside Park Borough Hall
Seaside Park Borough Hall
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.