Station Chicamicomico, North Carolina
USLSS Station #18, Sixth District
Coast Guard Station #179
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Location:
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On beach, 13 5/8 miles south southeast of Bodie Island Light; 35-36' 40"N x 74-27' 50"W in 1915
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Date of Conveyance:
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1873
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Station Built:
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1874
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Fate:
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Discontinued in 1954
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Remarks:
Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, Rodanthe, North Carolina was decommissioned in May 1954 as an active Coast Guard Station. It was deeded to Mrs. Lurania Midgett on December 5, 1967. The buildings were disposed of by the GSA in 1968
Keepers:
Benjamin S. Pugh was appointed on DEC 4, 1874 and left the service in 1877.
Banister L. Midgett Jr. was appointed on SEP 30, 1879. He transferred to New Inlet Station on JAN 27, 1888.
Josiah H. Wescott was appointed on JAN 27, 1888 and transferred to the New Inlet Station on APR 12, 1894.
Banister L. Midgett was again appointed on APR 12, 1894 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.