Station Forked River, New Jersey
USLSS Station #15, Fourth District
Coast Guard Station #112
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Location:
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Near south end of Island Beach, and 2-1/2 miles north of Barnegat Light; 39-48' 10"N x 74-05' 40"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1900
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Station Built:
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1855
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1948
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Keepers:
John Parker was appointed on NOV 22, 1872 and left the service in 1876.
Henry Chambers was appointed on NOV 1, 1876 and left service in 1879.
Allen R. Allgor was appointed on SEP 15, 1879 and was dismissed from service on MAR 30, 1886.
David L. Yarnell was appointed on APR 21, 1886 and was reassigned to Shark River on DEC 6, 1905.
George M. Blackman was appointed on JAN 10, 1906 and was reassigned to Ocean City on SEP 8, 1911.
Martin McCarthy was appointed on SEP 1, 1911 and was still serving as of 1915.
Remarks:
Station for many years occupied a site on Island Beach for which no conveyance was ever obtained.
Photographs:
FORKED RIVER"; no date/photo number; photographer unknown. Probably 1930s.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.