Station Yaquina Bay, Oregon
Coast Guard Station #323
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Location:
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On Yaquina Bay, 5/8 mile northeast by north from entrance, and 3 1/4 miles south by east of Yaquina Head Light; 44-37' 20"N x 124-03' 40"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1895
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Station Built:
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1895
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Fate:
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Still in operation.
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Remarks
A new site was acquired in 1906 and the old station was turned over to the GSA in 1954.
Keepers:
Oscar S. Wicklund (G) was appointed keeper on 27 December 1895 and transferred to Point Adams on 4 August 1898.
John S. Clark was appointed keeper on 4 August 1898 and transferred to Point Bonita on 17 October 1901.
Otto Wellander was appointed keeper on 17 October 1901 and left on 30 May 1912.
Charles D. Stuart was appointed keeper on 17 June 1912 and was still serving in 1915.
CBM (L) George Kistemaker was officer-in-charge in 1936.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.