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Cleveland East Ledge Light is a historic lighthouse in Falmouth, Massachusetts. It sits on a man-made island in shallow water on the eastern of the two halves of Cleveland Ledge, which is said to have been named for President Grover Cleveland because he owned the nearby Gray Gables estate and used to fish in the area. [2][3][4] It marks the ...
The CG-1432 crash was a United States Coast Guard aviation accident which involved five crewmembers aboard a helicopter responding to a distress call from the Japanese fishing vessel Kaisei Maru #18. On the morning of February 18, 1979, Kaisei Maru #18 sent a distress call. [2] The call indicated that a 47-year-old crewmember was in distress ...
November 22, 2011. The Highland Light (previously known as Cape Cod Light) is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] The current tower was erected in 1857, replacing two earlier towers that had been built in 1797 and 1831. It is the oldest and tallest lighthouse on Cape Cod.
Nauset Light, officially Nauset Beach Light, [2] is a restored lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore near Eastham, Massachusetts, erected in 1923 using the 1877 tower that was moved here from the Chatham Light. [2][3][4] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The tower is a cast-iron plate shell lined with brick and ...
Coast Guard House Historic Inn and Cottages [108] U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848–1915: Arena Cove Life Saving Station: NRHP 90001363: September 13, 1990 Samoa California Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum: U.S. Coast Guard 1915–Present: CG-36515 No N/A N/A The hull is located at Coast Guard Station Humboldt Bay: San Diego California Californian [109]
Chatham Light. Chatham Lighthouse, known as Twin Lights prior to 1923, is a lighthouse in Chatham, Massachusetts, near the "elbow" of Cape Cod. [ 2 ][ 3 ][ 4 ] The original station, close to the shore, was built in 1808 with two wooden towers, which were both replaced in 1841. In 1877, two new towers, made of cast iron rings, replaced those.
The U.S. Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal crew was out in Cape Cod Bay just off of Sandwich on July 9. Staffing shortages across the country in the Coast Guard has caused the station to change ...
The longest-used of the Three Sisters of Nauset. The other two are listed separately (see Three Sisters of Nauset (Twin Lights) below); the three decommissioned lighthouses have since been reunited. 7. Captain James Berry House. Captain James Berry House. September 26, 1986. (#86001837) 37 Main St.