The U.S. Life-Saving Service
Title | The U.S. Life-Saving Service PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph C. Shanks |
Publisher | Costano Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Coast Guard-History |
ISBN | 9780930268169 |
Subtitled Heroes, Rescues and Architecture of the Early Coast Guard, this very complete record of the people, technology, architecture and exploits of the U.S. Life-Saving Service is a large-format book illustrated with 446 photographs and maps. It is especially strong on the wonderful and regionally varied architecture of the Service's stations, of which there were more than today's mariners or beachcombers can imagine -- 41 on the New Jersey coast, 31 on Lake Michigan, 13 on Cape Cod alone. In the last half of the nineteenth century, when coasting vessels numbered in the tens of thousands, the stations and their beach patrols were a necessity, and the surfmen managed dramatic rescues, many of which are recounted here.
That Others Might Live
Title | That Others Might Live PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis L. Noble |
Publisher | US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
From 1878 to 1915 the U.S. Life-Saving Service was a small federal maritime organization that carried out amazing rescues of those in distress close to shore. Working from small stations scattered along the coastlines of the United States and using only oar-powered boats, none longer than 36 feet, crewmembers came to be known as "storm warriors" as they pulled off rescues that almost defied belief. Considered one of the most valorous organizations ever run by the U.S. government, the service carried out thousands of rescues, and many of its men lost their lives in the effort to save others. Yet since its incorporation into the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915, the feats of this life-saving service have been largely confused with those of its successor or forgotten altogether. Now for the first time in a full-length book, the author presents an operational history of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and places the agency within a national context, shedding light on a little-known aspect of maritime history. The book includes numerous photographs and other illustrations of the people, equipment, and exploits of this service and covers many out-of-the-way stations about which little has been published. Dennis Noble also examines the formation of the service, its organization, and its rescue equipment and explores the lives and routines of early watermen. In a clear and precise style, he describes how rescue efforts were conducted and includes gripping stories of the fate of such schooners as the George Taulane and J. H. Hartzell. These legendary sea rescues that presaged the modern-day Coast Guard were previously addressed only on a local or regional basis.
Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service
Title | Annual Report of the United States Life-Saving Service PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Life-Saving Service |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 180 |
Release | 1877 |
Genre | |
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Fire on the Beach
Title | Fire on the Beach PDF eBook |
Author | David Wright |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 360 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780195154849 |
From the Civil War to the turn of the century, this is the true-life story of the original Coast Guard and one crew of African-American heroes who fought storms and saved lives off America's southeastern coast. 31 halftones.
Annual Report of the United States Life-saving Service for the Years 1880-
Title | Annual Report of the United States Life-saving Service for the Years 1880- PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Life-Saving Service |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 476 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | Lifesaving |
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Wreck Ashore
Title | Wreck Ashore PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Stonehouse |
Publisher | Lake Superior Port Cities |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003-06 |
Genre | Lifesaving |
ISBN | 9780942235586 |
American Coastal Rescue Craft
Title | American Coastal Rescue Craft PDF eBook |
Author | William D. Wilkinson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 232 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Provides detailed history and technical design information on each and every type of small rescue craft ever used by the United States Life-Saving Service and United States Coast Guard.