Station Wallop's Beach, Virginia
Coast Guard Station #151
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Location:
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On Wallops Island, 4 3/4 miles west southwest of Assateague Light, and 1 3/8 miles southwest of Chincoteague Inlet; 37-52' 00"N x 75-56' 50"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1883
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Station Built:
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1883
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Fate:
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Discontinued in 1947
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Keepers:
John B. Whealton was appointed on MAR 13, 1884 and resigned due to physical reasons on OCT 12, 1911.
George F. Reynolds was appointed on OCT 3, 1911 and was still serving in 1915.
Remarks:
Station was acquired by the Navy Department as a firing range.
Photographs:
"WALLOPS BEACH STATION 19 AUGUST 1937 H.L.T.";
no photo number; photo by "H.L.T."
Courtesy of Van Field.
Station Wallops Beach, no caption/date/photo number.
Photographer unknown.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.