Station Chadwick, New Jersey
Coast Guard Station #108
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Location:
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5-1/4 miles south of the head of Barnegat Bay; 39-59' 10"N x 74-04' 00"W; on Island Beach abreast of Mosquito Cove.
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Date of Conveyance:
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1883
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Station Built:
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1849 (?)
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1939
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Remarks:
The original station burned down on 26 April, 1923 and a newer station was built to replace it.
Keepers:
John Maxon was appointed in 1849. It is unknown when he left the service.
William Chadwick a Gold Life Saving Medal Recipient was assigned on 7 October, 1868 and resigned from service on 21 May, 1887.
John W. Petit was appointed on 18 May, 1887 and was discharge on 10 September, 1904.
William A. Osborn was appointed on 22 September, 1904 and was reassigned to Spring Lake Station on 31 August, 1905.
William S. Simpson was appointed on 25 August, 1905 and was still serving in 1915 when the Life-Saving Service merged with the Revenue Cutter Service.
CBM L. G. Brower was in charge in 1929.
Life Saving Station, Chadwick, N.J.
Postcard image, early 20th Century, photographer unknown.
"CHADWICK"; 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.