Station Assateague Beach, Virginia
USLSS Station #7, Fifth District
Coast Guard Station #150
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Location:
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On Fishing Point, Assateague Anchorage, 2 7/8 miles south by west of Assateague Light; 37-53' 40"N x 75-21' 40"W in 1915
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Date of Conveyance:
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1874
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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 1956
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Remarks:
Turned over to GSA in 1956. Transferred to Fish and Wildlife Service in 1956.
Keepers:
John A. Jones was appointed in 1876. He left the service in 1877.
James T. Tracey was appointed on April 1, 1877. He resigned due to physical reasons on August 26, 1896.
Newell B. Rich was appointed on November 14, 1896. It is unknown when he left the service.
Joseph M. Feddeman was appointed on October 3, 1901 and was still serving in 1915.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.