Photo Above: Umpqua River station garden, 1923. >>>Click Photo to Zoom
The Umpqua River Life-Saving Station was quite isolated on the North Spit across the Umpqua River from the small community of Winchester Bay. To help supply themselves with food, the crewmen planted a garden between the station and the boathouse, as shown in this 1923 photo. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard.)
Become a Member
The success of the USLSSHA relies solely on your support and others like you to fulfill our preservation and educational missions.
When you join the USLSSHA, you will be welcomed into a group of dedicated individuals committed to Life-Saving station and artifact preservation and education all over the country. Most importantly, you’ll make a difference and become a part of the Heritage Association’s key to success in these areas to help protect this history for future generations.
Our organizational mission was started in 1995 by caring individuals, maritime historians, authors, museum directors and National Park Service professionals among others to preserve the stations, history, boats, and equipment of the US Life-Saving Service and US Coast Guard. We are the only national organization dedicated to preserving America’s fast-vanishing lifesaving stations and early Coast Guard lifeboat stations.
Membership Levels:
$35 Life-Saver
4 issues of Wreck & Rescue Journal, 4 issues of Life Lines, 10% discount on your stay at the Wesdt Quoddy Coast Guard Station Bed & Breakfast in Lubec, Maine
$40 Life-Saving Family
Same as Life-Saver
$50 Institution
Same as Life-Saver plus 1/8-page ad space in Wreck & Rescue Journal
$100 Station Keeper
Same as Life-Saver plus 1/4 page ad space in Wreck & Rescue Journal and listing in Wreck & Rescue Journal patrons list
$250 Assistant Inspector
Same as Life-Saver plus 1/2 page ad in Wreck & Rescue Journal and listing in Wreck & Rescue Journal patrons list
$500 District Superintendent
Same as Assistant Inspector plus premium thank you gift
$1,000 Sumner Increase Kimball
Same as District Superintendent plus free annual meeting attendance, a book copy of "They Had to Go Out", and a USLSS coffee mug.
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To Join By Mail
Download and fill out our membership form.
Mail this in with your check. Instructions are
provided on the form.
Benefits of Membership:
Just complete our safe and secure online membership form and you’ll be eligible to receive:
Four issues of “Wreck & Rescue” Magazine, the Journal of the U. S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association on a quarterly basis.
Four issues of “Life Lines”, our quarterly newsletter.
A Members Only Discount when attending annual conferences.
Secure Login Access for access to past publications of the Heritage Association as well as a Membership Directory to network with others
Other Benefits Include:
Learn how you can visit beautiful historic maritime buildings in exceptionally scenic locations on our sea coasts and Great Lakes.
Read about the history of heroic rescues in our quarterly journal, “Wreck & Rescue.”
Feel the excitement of seeing the surfboats, lifeboats and equipment used in historic rescues.
Meet the leading authors, historians, and preservation professionals in the field.
Enjoy the fellowship and intellectual stimulation at the annual conference.
Help save the last of America's architecturally significant lifesaving and lifeboat stations, the watercraft and unique artifacts of this period.
The US Life Saving Service Heritage Association is a nationally recognized IRS registered 501(c)3 non profit Corporation incorporated in the State of Massachusetts.
