Station Loveladies Island, New Jersey
USLSS Station #18, Fourth District
Coast Guard Station #114
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Location:
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On Long Beach, abreast south end of Barnegat Bay, 2 1/4 miles south of Barnegat Light; 39-43' 50"N x 74-07' 20"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1872
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Station Built:
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1871
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Fate:
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Discontinued in 1922
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Remarks:
None.
Keepers:
Charles Cox was appointed on November 22, 1872 and left the service in 1875.
Christopher J. Grimm was appointed on March 15, 1876 and resigned on June 12, 1897.
James R. Cox was appointed on July 17, 1897 and was still serving in 1915.
Photographs:
No caption/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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.