Station Gull Shoal, North Carolina
Coast Guard Station #180
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Location:
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11 3/4 miles south of New Inlet; 35-29' 50"N x 75-28' 40"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1893
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Station Built:
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1878
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1940.
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Remarks:
Keeper Rasmus S. Midgett was awarded a Gold Lifesaving Medal for his rescue on 18 August 1899 while he was a member of the Gull Shoal Lifesaving Station's crew.
Keepers:
Thomas P. Midgett was appointed on DEC 28, 1878. He was removed from service on JAN 11, 1882.
Israel B. Midgett was appointed on JAN 3, 1882. He was dismissed from service on SEP 11, 1890.
David M. Pugh was appointed on OCT 3, 1890. He transferred to Fort Macon Station on SEP 23, 1904.
Zora G. Burrus was appointed on SEP 17, 1904. He was dismissed from service for physical reasons on APR 22, 1911.
John A. Midgett Jr. was appointed on MAY 3, 1911 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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.