Station Cape Henlopen, Delaware
USLSS Station #1, Fifth District
Coast Guard Station #140
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Location:
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On beach, 9 miles north of Indian River Inlet, and 2 1/8 miles south of tip of Cape Henlopen; 38-45' 50"N x 75-04' 50"W in 1915
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Date of Conveyance:
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1875
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Station Built:
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1876
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Fate:
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Discontinued in 1937
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Remarks:
A new site was acquired in 1897.
Keepers:
John A. Clampitt was appointed keeper on 5 APR 1877 and transferred to the Lewes Station on 9 FEB 1884.
Theodore Salmons was appointed keeper 9 FEB 1884 and transferred to Lewes Station on 5 APR 1907.
John S. Lynch was appointed keeper on 4 APR 1907 and transferred to the Lewes Station on 10 SEP 1909.
John S. Wingate [later Warrant Boatswain (L) was appointed keeper on 4 SEP 1909 and was still serving in 1929.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.