Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Johnson | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 01.25.2018
This photo shows the Indian River U.S. Life-Saving Station museum which was converted into a Coast Guard station, Jan. 25, 2018 The Life-Saving Service became the Coast Guard when the services merged in 1915 and saw continued use until 1962, when a storm caused damage and prompted the service to build a larger station nearby. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class Seth......
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 12.03.2014
Shown here is the original engine used in the Wright Flyer. The engine was cracked when a sudden gust of wind picked up the flyer, along with Surfmen John T. Daniels, and tossed it along the beach....
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 10.17.2014
Shown here is the Old Coast Guard Station in Virginia Beach. The Life-Saving Service, the predecessor of the modern day Coast Guard, built the station in 1903 to replace an older station....
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Karlton Rebenstorf | U.S. Coast Guard Force Readiness Command | 03.14.2014
Rows of brass “Surfman Checks,” on display at the Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School, commemorate all those who have completed the rigorous training required to attain “surfman” certification for heavy-weather boat operations, March 14, 2014. These plates memorialize the historical practice of surfmen in the U.S. Lifesaving Service exchanging brass “checks” with their......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Karlton Rebenstorf | U.S. Coast Guard Force Readiness Command | 03.13.2014
The “Surfman Check” for the Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School Executive Petty Officer, Chief Petty Officer Richard Bartel, of Milwaukie, Ore., faces outward, indicating his current assignment to NMLBS and the rank and date of his initial qualification as a surfman, March 14, 2014. These plates memorialize the historical practice of surfmen in the U.S. Lifesaving Service......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John D. Miller | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 12.21.2013
Rear Adm. Steven H. Ratti, commander of the 5th Coast Guard District, joins the descendants of George Washington Whitehurst following a ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, in Virginia Beach, Va., to commemorate the 113th anniversary of the rescue of five crew members from the wreck of the schooner Jennie Hall off Virginia Beach during a gale. Whitehurst earned the Silver Lifesaving Medal with......
Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John D. Miller | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 12.21.2013
Rear Adm. Steven H. Ratti, commander of the 5th Coast Guard District, presents a Silver Lifesaving Medal to Claud Whitehurst on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, in Virginia Beach, Va., to commemorate the 113th anniversary of the rescue of five crew members from the wreck of the schooner Jennie Hall off Virginia Beach during a gale. Whitehurst’s grandfather, George Washington Whitehurst, earned the......
