Complete Index by Volume & Number

Want a copy of an article? Click here for our copy service.

Volume 1, Number 1
· Founding of the U.S. Life-Saving Service Heritage Association by Ralph Shanks
· The Gold Medal Shipwreck by Fred Stonehouse
· The Face in the Rigging by Maria Wagenbrenner
· Stairs of a Thousand Tears: The Port Orford Lifeboat Station by Henry Kunowski

Volume 1, Number 2
· Nantucket Life Saving Museum: Tales of a Maritime Crossroads by Maurice E. Gibbs
· An Incident at a Life-Saving Station by Dennis L. Noble
· Braver Men Never Manned a Lifeboat: A Great Lakes Story by Fred Stonehouse

Volume 1, Number 3
· A Grand Time on the Great Lakes by Ralph Shanks
· A Cape Cod Shipwreck and Rescue by William P. Quinn
· Surfman Versus Keeper by Dewey Livingston

Volume 1, Number 4
· Brave Men of Hull by Robert W. Haley
· African Americans in the U.S. Life-Saving Service by William D. Peterson
· The Keeper's Wife Was a Ship Captain by Ralph Shanks
· How Many People Will a Lifeboat Hold? by Ralph Shanks
· Only Once on Lake Huron by Fred Stonehouse

Volume 2, Number 1
· The Life-Saving Guns of David Lyle by J. Paul Barnett
· Henry J. Cleary, the Showman of the Service by Fred Stonehouse

Volume 2, Number 2
· "One of Nature's Noblemen": Keeper Walter Nelson Chase of Nantucket by Mary Miles with Maurice Gibbs
· Coast Guard Children on Thunder Bay Island by Kay Richardson
· The 26-foot, 8-inch Self-Bailing Self-Righting Self-Bailing, Pulling Lifeboat of the USLSS by William D. Wilkinson
· The Wreck of the Motorship O.E. Parks by Edwin Richardson edited by Jerry Biggs

Volume 2, Number 3
· Surfman Attacked and Robbed on Patrol by John J. Galluzzo
· Rescued From a Wave-Swept Rock edited by Ralph Shanks
· A New Life for an Old Surfboat by Michael Scherfenstein and Fred Gerard
· Adventure on Nantucket and Tuckernuck Islands: The USLSSHA Annual Meeting by Ralph Shanks

Volume 2, Number 4
· A Life-Saving Station Adventure For You: The Popham Beach Bed & Breakfast by Ralph Shanks
· David Atkins, Hero of Cape Cod by Donna Hill
· "Get the 36 Boat Going, Now!" by Fred Stonehouse
· Of Locomotives and Lifeboat Stations by Ralph Shanks
· Book Review: Shipwreck Season

Volume 3, Number 1
· Joshua James and the Great Storm of November 1898 by John J. Galluzzo
· The Anna Sophia by William P. Quinn
· Lake Huron's Ghostly Surfboat by Fred Stonehouse
· The Exciting Coast Guard Years: Depoe Bay, Oregon by Ralph Shanks
· Book Review: Wrecks and Rescues on Long Island

Volume 3, Number 2
· Eight Against Spencer: Individualism in the U.S. Life-Saving Service on Lake Superior by William Peterson
· Bringing Life Back to the Indian River Inlet Life-Saving Station by Charity Shankle
· An Outer Banks Outing by Kathleen B. Wyche
· The Rescue of Chicamacomico by Drew Loizeaux
· Book Reviews: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Along the Massachusetts Coast, Old Coast Guard Stations Volume One: Pope's Island to False Cape

Volume 3, Number 3
· The Storm of the Century by John J. Galluzzo
· An Interview with David Dobbins courtesy of Fred Stonehouse
· The Strange Story of the Bark Elizabeth by Van R. Field
· Found Heroes: The USCG Lifesaving Medals by Capt. W. Russell Webster, USCG
· The Making of Storm Warriors by Tom Garber
· Port Orford Lifeboat Station Listed on the National Register by Ralph Shanks
· Book Review: Holly From Hatteras

Volume 3, Number 4
· No Disappointment at Cape Disappointment: The USLSSHA Annual Meeting by Ralph Shanks
· The Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Maurice Gibbs
· Ida Lewis: Wrecks and Rescues by Donna Hill
· Preservation and Study of U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboat Stations by Dorothy Wilkinson

Volume 4, Number 1
· A Sunday Evening in the Pacific Northwest by Dennis L. Noble
· A Great Lakes Life-Saving Station by William Peterson
· Book Reviews: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Along the Maine and New Hampshire Coast, Hull and Nantasket Beach, Sink or Swim, Rescue From Grampa Woo

Volume 4, Number 2
· Robert M. Small: The Training of a Life-Saving Service Keeper by Fred Stonehouse
· Surfman William Drazel: Louisville Floating Life-Saving Station by John J. Galluzzo
· On Location with Storm Warriors by Tom Garber
· Captain Ted Richardson, 1922-2000 by Ralph Shanks
· Book Reviews: Twelve Men Down: Massachusetts Sea Rescues, Old Coast Guard, Stations Volume Two: North Carolina, Lifeboat Sailors: The U.S. Coast Guard's Small Boat Stations, A Life of Service: William Augustus Newell

Volume 4, Number 3
· Annual Meeting on the Great Lakes by John J. Galluzzo
· William Douglas O'Connor: The Man Who Wrote the Annual Reports by Donna Hill
· End of an Era by Dennis L. Noble
· The Tragedy of Motor Lifeboat No. 36542 by Dewey Livingston
· Point Reyes Coast Guard Station Restores Surfmen's Cemetery by Ralph Shanks
· Book Reviews: The Night the Fitz Went Down, Lighthouse Keepers & Cutters, Haunted Lakes II, Guardians of New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations

Volume 4, Number 4
· USCG Motor Lifeboat Capsizes on Columbia River Bar by CWO Mark Dobney, USCG
· The Great Rum War on Long Island by Van R. Field
· Lest We Forget the Sacrifices They Made, That Others Might Live by John J. Galluzzo
· Museum Spotlight: The Scituate Maritime & Irish Mossing Museum, Massachusetts
· Book Reviews: United States Life-Saving Service in Michigan, Storm Warriors

Volume 5, Number 1
· New Year's Eve, 1953 by Dennis L. Noble
· A Brush With Coast Guard History: At Sea on February 19, 1952 by Bud Cooney
· "Those Guys Got Plenty of Guts, Take it From Me": Hilman J. Persson and the Rescue of the Crew of the Trinidad by John J. Galluzzo
· Museum Spotlight: Coast Guard Museum Northwest, Seattle, Washington
· Book Reviews: The Preservation of Pre-World War Two Coast Guard Architecture in Oregon

Volume 5, Number 2
· Big Shoes to Fill by John J. Galluzzo
· A Cold Brook and a Fall Outing: USLSSHA 2001 by Jerry Biggs
· The Lyle Gun as Musical Instrument by Donald L. Canney
· A Motor Lifeboat in the Desert by Ralph Shanks
· Museum Spotlight: Kittery Point, Maine
· Book Reviews: Fire on the Beach, Lighthouses and Life-Saving Along the Connecticut and Rhode Island Coast, Coming Back Alive, U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935, Prints in the Sand: The U.S. Coast Guard Beach Patrol During World War II

Volume 5, Number 3
· When Harwich Had to Bury Seven Husbands by Theresa Barbo
· The Pendleton Rescue by CAPT W. Russell Webster, USCG
· OBX Odyssey by Jerry Biggs
· Crossing the Pond by Dennis L. Noble
· Museum Spotlight: Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
· Book Reviews: California Light Stations and Other Aids to Navigation, c.1950, Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches, The Keeper of Lime Rock, Captain Red, The Barque of Saviors, Rescue on the Outer Banks, From Highland to Hammerhead

Volume 5, Number 4
· At Death's Door: The 2002 Annual Meeting by John J. Galluzzo
· Lifesaver by Dennis L. Noble
· Powerless: The Wreck of the Robert E. Lee by John J. Galluzzo
· Voices of Preservation: by Wick York
· Museum Spotlight: The Old Coast Guard Station at Virginia Beach, Virginia
· Book Reviews: The Rescue of the Gale Runner: Death, Heroism and the United States Coast Guard, Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf: First Commandant of the Coast Guard, Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833, Atlantic Surfman

Volume 6, Number 1
· Ordeal in the Ice: The 1936 Rescue at Charlevoix, MI by Geoffrey Reynolds
· Time Takes its Toll on Harbor Beach by Wayne Kadar
· No Retreat: The Tale of a Great Lakes Family by Kay Richardson
· Lawrence O. Lawson: An Extraordinary Keeper by Dennis L. Noble
· Another Black Hole Filled: The Francis Metallic Lifeboat by Fred Stonehouse
· Museum Spotlight: Michigan Maritime Museum
· Book Reviews: White Hurricane: A Great Lakes Gale and America's Deadliest Marine Disaster, Storm of the Century: New England's Great Blizzard of 1978

Volume 6, Number 3
· Still Standing: USLSSHA Visits the Life-Saving Stations of New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland by John Galluzzo
· The First Rescue: The Wreck of the Sylvia C. Hall by CDR. John F. Ebersole, USCG (Ret.)
· Asking the Big Question: Why Was There a U.S. Life-Saving Service? Part two by Capt. Robert F. Bennett
· Discretion is the Better Part of Valor by Frederick T. Stonehouse
· Museum Spotlight: Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum
· Echoes from the Surf: A Half-Dressed Surfman
· Book Reviews: Wonderful Flying Machines: A History of U.S. Coast Guard Helicopters; Search and Rescue 2 (computer game); Dangerous Waters: Modern Piracy on the High Seas; Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum.

Volume 6, Number 4
· Walking in Very Large Footsteps: Master Chief Jack Downey Receives the First Joshua James Keeper Award by Petty Officer Lauren Smith, USCG, introduction by Maurice Gibbs
· A Day in the Life of Coast Guard Station Point Allerton by John J. Galluzzo
· Asking the Big Question: Why Was There a United States Life-Saving Service? Part three by Captain Robert F. Bennett, USCG (Ret.)
· "The Hero Coast Guard": A Contemporary Tribute to Joshua James
· Final Flight: The Retirement of the Flying Santa of the Lighthouses by John J. Galluzzo
· Museum Spotlight: Hull Lifesaving Museum
· Echoes From the Surf: Relative to Boating, Hunting, Fishing, Etc., by Lifesaving Crews
· Book Reviews: Rescue at Sea: An International History of Lifesaving, Coastal Rescue Craft and Organizations; Indian River Life-Saving Station: Journey Along the Sands; The Unforgiving Coast: Maritime Disasters of the Pacific Northwest; Character in Action: The U.S. Coast Guard on Leadership; Chesapeake Rumrunners of the Roaring Twenties.

Volume 7 Number 1
· Guest Editorial: Ralph Shanks
· Responding to Shipwrecks: The U.S. Lighthouse and U.S. Life-Saving Services by Ralph Shanks
· Adrift in the Aleutians: The Loss of the Revenue Cutter Tahoma by Steve Lloyd
· The Lifesavers of Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay, Oregon by Dennis L. Noble
· First Steps in Oregon: The Cape Arago Lifesaving Station by David Pinyerd
· Echoes From the Surf: Gasoline Engines for Marine Purposes
· Book Reviews: Out of the Fog: The Sinking of the Andrea Doria; The Colombo Bay; Cobb's Island Virginia: The Last Sentinel; Dead Men Tapping: The End of the Heather Lynne II.

Volume 7, Number 2
· Growing Pains and Politics: White Head Lifesaving Station, 1873-1878 by David Gamage
· Bloodstained Sea: The U.S. Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-1944 by Michael G. Walling
· "Pounding Brass": An Account of Coast Guard Radio Watchstanding During the Early 1950s by Frederick "Bud" Cooney
· Previewing Images of America: New Jersey Coast Guard and Rumrunners by Van Field and John Galluzzo
· Echoes From the Surf: The Seal of the Office of General Superintendent
· Book Reviews: Historic Nantucket Lighthouses: Sankaty Head; Historic Cape Cod Lighthouses: Race Point; Images of America: Point Sur; Heart of the Storm: My Adventures as a Helicopter Rescue Pilot and Commander; The Coast Guard in World War I: An Untold Story; Bloodstained Sea: The U.S. Coast Guard in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1941-1944; Great Lakes Crime: Murder, Mayhem, Booze & Broads.
Emergency Update: Tawas (MI) Station Nearing its End?

Volume 7, Number 3
· USLSSHA Rocks Maine at the 2004 Annual Conference by John J. Galluzzo
· Coast Guard Tape of Harrowing 1980 Rescue off Massachusetts Resurfaces by Captain W. Russell Webster, USCG (Retired)
· "The Worst Days of a Bad Fall": Captain Motley and the Surfmen of Middle Island, Michigan, November 1911 by Eric Hartlep
· Dispatches from Hampton Roads: USLSSHA Attends the 7th Maritime Heritage Conference Photos by John J. Galluzzo
· Christmas Echoes on Nantucket by Maurice Gibbs
· Echoes from the Surf: The Tide is Ebbing
· Book Reviews: Lanterns and Lifeboats, A History of Thunder Bay Island; The Outlaw Sea, A World of Freedom, Chaos and Grime; Guardians of the Eighth Sea, a History of the U.S. Coast Guard on the Great Lakes; All Available Boats: The Evacuation of Manhattan Island on September 11, 2001; Images of America: Ocean City Beach Patrol
· Museum Spotlight: Shore Village Museum

Volume 7, Number 4
· Prey of the Storm: The Steamer Portland and the Gale of 1898 by Deborah Marx
· Fueling the Northeast: Coal Carrying Schooners Bound for New England by Van R. Field
· "A Hard Day on All of Us": Indian River Station and the Wreck of Anna Murray by Bob Trapani, Jr.
· Gold Medals on the Jersey Shore by Margaret T. Buchholz
· Coast Guard Rescuers Recount Trip Into Harm's Way by Lindsay Christians, San Luis Obispo Tribune
· A Rich Family History: Captain Benjamin Rich and the Mass Humane Society by John J. Galluzzo
· Echoes from the Surf: Early Watchman's Clocks
· Book Reviews: Images of America: Maritime South Haven, 1900-1950; Rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard; The Last Run.
· Museum Spotlight: The Battle for Ocean City

Volume 8, Number 1
· The Red Lifeboats by Dr. Dennis L. Noble, Ph.d
· Rescue at Sea: Towards a Humanitarian Ideal by Clayton Evans
· Protecting the Emerald Isle: The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Ireland by Nicholas Leach
· Ships Fear Fire More than Water by Carolyn Matthews
· You're Only as Good as Your Crew by John J. Galluzzo
· Book Reviews: The United States Coast Guard: 1790 to Present, New Jersey Shipwrecks: 350 Years in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, The Greatest Search and Rescue Stories Ever Told, Storm Warriors: Heroes of the Shipwreck Coast (DVD)
· Museum Spotlight: The Lifeboat Collection of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at the Historic Dockyards, Chatham by William D. Wilkinson

Volume 8, Number 2
· Columbia River Gold Rush: The Rescue of the Rosecrans by Frederick Stonehouse
· Caught in the Blizzard: Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do by Michael Tougias
· Portrait of a Dying Breed: The Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge by Ensign Cara Blasko, USCG
· Crossing the Line: The Story of Ocean City's Jack Jernee by Fred Miller
· Echoes From the Surf: Speaking Out on Behalf of Her Neighbors
· Book Reviews: Ocean City: America's Greatest Family Resort; Rogue Wave: The U.S. Coast Guard on and After 9/11; The T.W. Lawson: The Fate of the World's Only Seven-Masted Schooner
· Museum Spotlight: Saving a 38-foot Picket Boat on Long Island