Station Paul Gamiel Hill, North Carolina
USLSS Station #11, Sixth District
Coast Guard Station #171
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Location:
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5 miles north of Kitty Hawk; 36-08' 00"N x 75-43' 50"W
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Date of Conveyance:
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1878
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Station Built:
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Unknown
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Fate:
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Abandoned in 1949
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Remarks:
It was determined in 1909 that a new site for the relocation of this station should be acquired because of the damage caused by the sea.
Keepers:
William H. O’Neal was appointed on NOV 22, 1878 and was transferred to False Cape Station on MAR 11, 1887.
Avery J. Austin was appointed keeper on 11 MAR 1887 and died on 5 NOV 1902.
Thomas Harris was appointed keeper on 18 NOV 1902 and was still serving in 1915.
BMC (L) G. G. Snow was listed as the OIC in 1929.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.