Station Peck's Beach, New Jersey
Coast Guard Station #127
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Location:
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Midway Pecks Beach, 2 3/4 miles northeast of Corson Inlet and 6 1/8 miles northeast by north of Ludlam Beach Light; 39-14' 50"N x 74-36' 50"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1849
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Station Built:
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1870
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Fate:
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Discontinued in 1922
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Keepers:
John Stiles was first appointed on NOV 22, 1872 and left the service in 1877.
Leaming Godfrey was appointed on AUG 21, 1879. He resigned due to physical reasons on AUG 9, 1900.
Adolphus C. Townsend was appointed on SEP 26, 1900 and was still serving as of 1915.
Photographs:
No caption/date/photo number; photographer unknown.
“Peck’s Beach”; no date/photo number; photographer unknown.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.