Station Bonds, New Jersey
USLSS Station #22, Fourth District
Coast Guard Station #118
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Location:
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Near south end of Long Beach, on west side of island, 3 3/8 miles northeast by east of Tuckerton radio tower; 39-32' 00"N x 74-15' 20"W.
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Date of Conveyance:
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1855
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Station Built:
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1849
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Fate:
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??
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Remarks:
A new site was acquired 1886. In 1896 it became necessary to move the buildings from this site due to the encroachment of the sea. In 1899 a site more inland was acquired.
Keepers:
Thomas Bond was appointed in 1849. It is unknown when he left the service.
Lewis Steward was appointed in 1853. It is unknown when he left the service.
Thomas Bond was appointed on OCT 1, 1866 and resigned from service on APR 4, 1883.
John Marshall, Jr. was appointed on MAR 24, 1883 and in SEP 17, 1909 resigned due to physical reasons.
Samuel E. Holdzkorn was appointed on SEP 8. 1909 and left the service in 1915.
Eber Rider (acting) was appointed in 1915 and still serving in 1915.
"BONDS"; no date/photo number; photographer unknown. The surfboat on the carriage is Beebe-McLellan type pulling/sailing surfboat No. 989 that was built in 1910. Photo courtesy of Van Field; information on the station's surfboat was provided by Tim Dring.
"BONDS"; no date/photo number; photographer unknown.
Courtesy of Van Field.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.