Yearly Archives: 2016

USCG at Chicamacomico

2018-12-21T17:23:46-05:00November 29th, 2016|Categories: News Release|

Today, November 29, 2016, about 60 USCG men & women (Officers and Chiefs) from Station Elizabeth City attended a team building exercise, called “Eagles and Anchors”, at Chicamacomico Historic Life Saving Station. Providing them the opportunity to get in touch with their history and heritage was our pleasure. USCG at Chicamacomico

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History Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station: Annual Season’s End Festivities

2019-10-21T10:15:09-04:00November 16th, 2016|Categories: News Release|

“Thanks to the generosity of our visitors & neighbors at our “Season Ending Festivities”, we were able to deliver 3 lg fish boxes of food and $311 to our local food pantry.” “For your shopping convenience, the gift shop will be open Tuesday thru Saturday during Dec up to and including Christmas Eve from 10AM to [...]

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Breeches Buoy Drill Update

2016-12-02T16:01:14-05:00August 24th, 2016|Categories: Alerts|

A career ending injury to a Guardsman during the performance of the drill has caused the Coast Guard to reconsider their continued participation.We are pursuing other avenues to re-institute the drill at CLSS.

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Pair Will Perform Sea Shanties and Songs of the Sea at Chicamacomico

2019-11-19T10:31:58-05:00August 1st, 2016|Categories: News Release|

RODANTHE, NC, July 11, 2016 – The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station is excited to announce another summer program beginning this Wednesday, July 13th! JR Shanty Co. will be performing "Sea Shanties and Songs of the Sea" July 13, July 27 and August 10 on the porch of the 1911 building from 2-2:45pm. JR Shanty Co. is an [...]

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Learn About the Origins of the Lifesaving Service from Commander Carl Smith

2019-11-19T10:33:52-05:00August 1st, 2016|Categories: News Release|

RODANTHE, NC, July 1, 2016 – The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station is excited to announce another summer program! Commander Carl Smith, USCG (retired) will give a talk at 2 p.m. each Thursday in July in the 1874 Chicamacomico boathouse on the origins of the Lifesaving Service and its evolution into the modern Coast Guard. He will also [...]

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NOTABLE SHIPWRECKS

2023-03-11T15:08:20-05:00July 21st, 2016|Categories: History|

Notable shipwrecks responded to by the Chicamacomico station from 1897 to 1915 » New York Times Article • 2-24-1897: Samuel W. Wall; Schooner rig; 306 ton; crew 7; 7 saved; beach apparatus used. • 2-17-1898: Samuel W. Tilton; 4 mast; 890 ton; crew 9; 9 saved; boat used. • 4-27-1898: George L. Fessenden; 3 mast; 393 [...]

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US LIFE-SAVING SERVICE

2016-11-02T22:32:05-04:00July 21st, 2016|Categories: History|

In 1874, seven Life-Saving Stations were built in North Carolina. Chicamacomico Station was the first completed and commissioned Life-Saving Station in North Carolina. It is the birthplace of the USCG in North Carolina and we honor Coast Guard members and welcome them with free admission. August 4,1790 the United States Coast Guard was originated when George [...]

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STATIONS AND 1874 STATION HISTORY

2018-12-21T17:23:46-05:00July 21st, 2016|Categories: History|

North Carolina receives its first seven stations On April 20, 1871, Congress voted an appropriation of $200,000 for Life-Saving purposes. Sumner Increase Kimball was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant, and without going through the committee process was confirmed as General Superintendent of Life-Saving Service. Of the twelve Districts formed, the Sixth District was comprised of [...]

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RASMUS S. MIDGETT

2016-11-02T22:32:06-04:00July 21st, 2016|Categories: History|

Erasmus “Rasmus” Scarborough Midgett (1851–1926) was a surfman with the United States Life-Saving Service on Hatteras Island in North Carolina who single-handedly rescued ten men from the sinking barkentine Priscilla. The Priscilla, a 643-ton vessel, was out of Baltimore, Maryland and captained by Benjamin Springsteen, who was joined by his wife and 12-year-old son, Elmer, and [...]

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