| Narragansett Pier, R.I. Benjamin Macember Keeper |
Block Island [southwest
point] Samuel Allen Keeper Horatio W. Allen Surfman Lowell H. Dickens Surfman Charles E. Allen Surfman Samuel Allen Jn .Surfman Noyse E. Ball Surfman John E. Ball Surfman |
Ditch Plains #7 Samuel T. Stratten Keeper Joshua B. Edwards Surfman Thomas B. Rose Surfman Abram Loper Surfman Charles B. Edwards Surfman Gabriel B. Edwards Surfman Charles A. Lindlow Surfman |
Hither Plain #8 George H. Osborn Keeper Jesse B. Edwards Surfman Jonathan Edwards Surfman Albert B. Edwards Surfman Daniel B. Loper Surfman Madison F. Kin gSurfman Jonathan E. Payne Surfman Albert Halsey Surfman |
| Napeague #9 John B. Laurence Keeper Elijah M. Bennett Surfman George E. Bennett Surfman George C. King Surfman John S. Edwards Surfman Nathaniel Hildreth Surfman Theodore G. Topping Surfman |
Amagansett #10 Charles Y Mulford Keeper Charles H. Miller Surfman William L. Cartwright Surfman Lodowick H. King Surfman Nathaniel S. Hand Surfman Joseph M. Edwards Surfman |
Georgica #11 Jonathan F. Gould Keeper Abram S. Parsons Surfman Lineus C. M. Talmage Surfman Robert Collins Surfman William D. Conklin Surfman David S. Sherrill Surfman Aaron S. Conklin Surfman |
Bridgehampton #12 Samuel J. Hildreth Keeper Baldwin CookKeeper Baldwin Cook Surfman Samuel Howell Surfman Erastus Halsey Surfman John A. Sandford Surfman Samuel L. Cook Surfman Egbert H. Hildreth Surfman Theodore F. Haines Surfman |
| Southampton #13 Charles White Keeper Nelson Bennett Surfman Barney J. Green Surfman Samuel Berry Surfman Elwyn P. White Surfman Sylvanus Bennett Surfman Moses S. Phillips Surfman |
Shinnecock #14 Lewis R. Squires Keeper John H. Jacobs Jn Surfman George R. Bellows Surfman Charles Hand Surfman William ? Conklin Surfman Edward H. Foster Surfman Charles L. Squires Surfman |
Tiana #15 Edward H. Ryder Keeper George W. Howell Surfman Tuthill Carter Surfman John E. Carter Surfman Daniel A Vail Surfman John Quinn Surfman William Culver Surfman |
Quogue #16 Mahlon Phillips Keeper William F. Phillips Surfman Peter R. Hallock Surfman George E. Phillips Surfman Jeremiah H Phillips Surfman John G. Herman Surfman Nathan Havens Surfman |
| Tanners Point [Potunk] Franklin C. Jessup Keeper William Bishop Surfman Nathan C Jessup Surfman William C Raynor Surfman Halsey Rogers Surfman George C Raynor Surfman Mortimer D Howell Surfman |
Moriches #18 James Rowland Keeper Henry D. Terry Surfman John W Culver Surfman Egbert H Terry Surfman Herbert Rowland Surfman Charles H Benjamin Surfman George E Terry Surfman |
Fargo [Forge] River
#19 Sidney Penney Keeper Isaac Gildersleeve Surfman Simms Havens Surfman Josiah Overton Surfman Theodore Gamage Surfman David Thompson Surfman Howard Robinson Surfman Hampton E Penny Surfman |
Smith’s Point #20 Alfred Brown Keeper Benjamin A Brown Surfman Silas Rogers Surfman Charles M Woodruff Surfman Leverett S Brown Surfman Ebenezer Albin Surfman Charles G Booth Surfman |
| Bellport #21 George W Robinson Keeper Joseph H Bell Surfman Timothy K Lane Surfman Daniel Petty Surfman Joseph Hawkins Surfman John W Swezey Surfman William H Tiles Surfman |
Blue Point #22 Daniel A. Newins Keeper Robert L. Bumsted Surfman Robert A. Budde Surfman Charles Hawkins Surfman Daniel W. Newins Surfman Charles Homan Surfman Charles Sattterly Surfman Smith G. Bumsted Surfman |
Lone Hill #23 Edmund Brown Keeper Joseph Haynes Surfman Charles W. Everts Surfman James E. Brown Surfman Charles W. Green Surfman Allen H. Brown Surfman Egbert S. Brown Surfman |
Point of Woods #24 Charles W. Yarrington Keeper George W. Rogers Surfman Epinetus Rogers Surfman William G. Rogers Surfman James Wilson Surfman James Price Surfman William Darling Surfman |
| Fire Island #25 Loeander Thurber Keeper Francis W. Doxsee Surfman George A. Howell Surfman Smith W. Clock Surfman Egbert Benjamin Surfman William E. Pierson Surfman Conklin Weeks Surfman |
Oak Island East #26 Ira Oakley Keeper Henry Oakley Surfman James H. Hewlett Surfman Andrew F. Smith Surfman Smith Oakley Surfman Joel B. Smith Surfman George P. Arnold Surfman Alfred Berry Surfman |
Oak Island West #27 Prior Wicks Keeper William E. Birch Surfman Nelson Pearsall Surfman Silas C. Pearsall Surfman Fleweling Ketcham Surfman Tyrenus Powell Surfman Robert H. Austin Surfman |
Jones Beach [east end]
#28 Augustus C. Wicks Keeper Elisha R. Wicks Surfman Stephen Ketcham Surfman John C. Shragg Surfman Benjamin F. Morris Surfman William E. Birch, Jn. Surfman Timothy Terry Surfman |
| Jones Beach [west end]
#29 Townsend Verity Keeper Smith Verity Surfman George W. Verity Surfman John G. Baldwin Surfman Selah Baldwin Surfman Benjamin B. Rhoades Surfman Obediah Verity Surfman |
Meadow Island #31 Leander Losee Keeper James G. Whaley Surfman Monsel Smith Surfman Alexander Pagett Surfman John N. Mulfiner Surfman Oliver B. Smith Surfman George W. Combs Surfman |
Long Beach(?) #32 Daniel W. Smith Keeper George Raynor Surfman Quincy Raynor Surfman William Herbert Surfman Walter Sterling Surfman Walter Herbert Surfman Daniel Bedell Surfman Alexander R. Rhodes Surfman |
Long Beach (?) #33 Charles Wright Keeper Lowden White Surfman Dzkers White Surfman Charles A. Dulan Surfman Richard Van Wicklon Surfman Alonzo Bailey Surfman John H. Pearsall Surfman |
| Hog Island #34 Joseph Langdon Keeper Townsend A. Langdon Surfman James W. Pearsal lSurfman William Seaman Surfman Daniel B. Abram Surfman Valentine Combs Surfman Henry Hultz Surfman |
Rockaway Beach [East] #35 Daniel Mott Keeper John H. Abrames Surfman Jordan Warner Surfman Charles Pettit Surfman James Hicks Surfman Valentine Smith Surfman Solomon Combs Surfman |
Rockaway Beach [west] #36 Isaac Skidmore Keeper John H. Davis Surfman Nathaniel Carman Surfman Richard Hendrickson Surfman Benjamin Carman Surfman Janeway Bogert Surfman Samuel Carman Surfman |
Sheepshead Bay [east end
Coney Is] #37 Cornelius C. Van Nostrand Keeper |
| Eatons Neck #38 Darius Ruland ,keeper |
| Montauk #6 was located close to Montauk Light
House. Coney Island was located at Manhattan Beach. Eatons Neck
was located on Long Island Sound. Around the year 1890 the Life Saving Stations went by names, with no numbers. Some of the station names were changed as follows: Bridgehampton station was renamed Mecox Station Westhampton station was renamed Potunk station Oak Island station, west end, was renamed Gilgo station Jones Beach station, west end, was renamed Zacks Inlet station Long Beach station, east end, was renamed Point Lookout Hog Island station was renamed Far Rockaway station Rockaway Beach station to the east was renamed Rockaway station Rockaway Beach station to the west was renamed Rockaway Point station During the 1880's Station #31 situated on Meadow Island, south of Freeport, opposite New Inlet (now Jones Beach), was discontinued. During the 1890's the Far Rockaway station was destroyed by a sudden gale while being moved across water to a new site. It was never replaced Also during the late 1890's the Rocky Point station was built northerly of Greenport on Long Island Sound. It was comissioned with equipment and a full crew of surfman and Keeper. Near the turn of the century the Montauk station #6, employed no crew or keeper. The station being in charge of Keeper of Ditch Plain station. If a wreck warrented the use of equipment at Montauk the Ditch Plain crew went to the station and used the equipment.. Coney Island #37 was manned by a crew and keeper up until about 1901 the sea encroaching close to the station., the station was given up as a unit until 1898. A coast Signal Service was set up during the War of 1898. The purpose was for reporting to Washington of the presence of enemy warships along the Atlantic or Gulf shore lines. Three-quarters of the Life Saving Stations along the Atlantic andPacific coasts were commissioned as Coast Guard Signal Stations. The surfmen were the watchdogs and the U.S. Life Service telephone lines, the means of communication to Washington. A total of 233 Coast Signal Stations existed which included Light Houses and Weather Bureau stations.. 139 Life Saving stations were in the Coast Signal Service by a special Act of Congress the stations were kept opened and manned during the months of June and July (inactive period) when the crews were laid off for those two months of the year. |