Station Whales Head, North Carolina
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Location:
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7/8 mile north of Currituck Beach Light; 36-23' 20"N x 75-49' 40"W
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Date of Conveyance
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1898
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Station Built:
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1874
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Fate:
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Keepers:
V. B. Etheridge was appointed on JAN 10, 1880 and transferred on AUG 20, 1881.
Andrew Scarborough was appointed on AUG 20, 1881 and was discharged from service on FEB 20, 1891.
Jesse E. Ward was appointed on FEB 12, 1891 and was transferred to Hills Station on OCT 6, 1899.
Hodges M. Gallop was appointed on SEP 29, 1899 and died in service on MAY 7, 1902.
Walter F. Parker was appointed on MAY 27, 1902 and left service in 1915.
Caleb H. Toler was appointed in 1915 and still serving in 1915.
Remarks:
Station established in 1874; no site was acquired until 1898, the station being located on land which was apparently neither leased or owned by the United States.
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 Unpublished manuscript, compiled circa 1977, CG Historian’s Office collection.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.