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Coskata LSS, Nantucket Massachusetts

Thunder Bay Michigan LSS

Surfboat going out

Surfboat coming ashore

W.F. Marshall wrecked on Nantucket Island. MA

Marquette Michigan LSS

Museums and Preservation Groups in
or with Life-Saving and Lifeboat Stations

• Nantucket Life-Saving Museum, MA

• Hull Lifesaving Museum

• Mystic Seaport, CT

• Ocean City Lifesaving Station Museum, MD

• Old Coast Guard Station Museum, VA

• Chicamacomico Lifesaving Museum, NC

• Huron City Museums Point Aux Barques Life Saving Station, Huron, MI

• Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, MI

• Marquette Maritime Museum, MI

• Keweenaw County Historical Society, MI, Eagle Harbor Lighthouse and Museums

• Westport Maritime Museum, WA

• Michigan Maritime Museum

• Indian River Life Saving Station, DE

• Port Orford Lifeboat Station

National Parks with Life-Saving
and Lifeboat Stations

• Cape Cod National Seashore, MA

• Fire Island National Seashore, NY

• Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook Unit, NJ

• Assateague Island National Seashore

• Cape Hattaras National Seashore, NC

• Cape Lookout National Seashore, NC

• Gulf Islands National Seashore

• Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

• Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, MI

• Point Reyes National Seashore, CA

• Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA

Museums and Research Centers
with Significant Collections:

• Calvert Marine Museum, MD

• Cape Cod Maritime Museum

• Cartographic and Architectural Branch National Archives and Records Service

• Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, MD

• Coast Guard Museum Northwest, WA

• Columbia River Maritime Museum, OR

• Door County Maritime Museum, WI

• Great Lakes Maritime Institute, MI

• Independence Seaport Museum, PA

• Inland Seas Maritime Museum, OH

• Maine Maritime Museum

• The Mariners' Museum, VA

• Cape Fear Museum, NC

• North Carolina Maritime Museum

• San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

• Maine Lighthouse Museum, ME

• Smithsonian National Museum of American History

• Texas Seaport Museum

• Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Youth Hostels in Life-Saving
and Lifeboat Stations:

• Truro, MA. Youth Hostel

• Nantucket Island, MA.Youth Hostel

Other Life-Saving Links:

• Treasury Historical Association

• U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office

• U.S. Coast Guard Magazine

• U.S. Coast Guard History

• U.S. Coast Guard Museum

• Coast Guard Channel

• Foundation for Coast Guard History

• Coast Guard Tug Foundation

• Fred's Place: the place to meet old shipmates

• Royal National Lifeboat Institution

• United States Lighthouse Society

Inns and Restaurants in
Life-Saving and Lifeboat Stations:

• The Beachcomber, Cahoon's Hollow, MA

• Black Pelican Restaurant, Kitty Hawk, NC

• Sanderling Inn Resort, Caffey's Inlet, NC

• Coast Guard House Historic Inn, Arena Cove, CA

• Quoddy Head Station

State Parks with Publicly Accessible
Life-Saving and Lifeboat Stations:

• Twin Lights State Historic Site, NJ

• Yaquina Bay State Park, OR

• Umpqua Lighthouse State Park, OR

• Port Orford Heads State Park, OR

Miscellaneous Uses:

• Mayor Andrew Broaddus (Wharfboat), KY

• Port of Bandon, OR

Research Facilities in Life-Saving
and Lifeboat Stations:

• Shoals Marine Laboratory, ME

• Oregon Institute of Marine Biology

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