Station Creed's Hill, North Carolina
USLSS Station #22, Sixth District
Coast Guard Station #184
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Location:
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On beach, abreast of Sandy Bay, and 5 1/2 miles west southwest of Cape Hatteras Light; 35-14' 30"N x 75-35' 15"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1878
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Station Built:
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1878
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1947
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Remarks:
None.
Keepers:
Benjamin B. Dailey (G) was appointed keeper on 31 DEC 1878 and transferred to Station Cape Hatteras on 25 MAY 1883.
David W. Ballance was appointed keeper on 25 MAY 1883 and was discharged on 8 MAY 1884.
Patrick H. Etheridge (G) was appointed keeper on 27 AUG 1884 and was discharged 2 APR 1888. He was awarded a Gold Lifesaving Medal for his 22 DEC 1884 rescue.
Davis L. Gray was appointed keeper on 25 APR 1888 and resigned on 20 MAR 1889.
Homer W. Styron was appointed keeper on 12 AUG 1889 and transferred to Durants Station on 23 SEP 1904.
Eugene H. Peel (G) was appointed keeper on 17 SEP 1904 and left in 1915.
Robert W. Basnett was appointed keeper 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.