U.S. Revenue Cutter Service / U.S. Life-Saving Service / United States Life-Saving Service / /
Country
United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
M&A / /
Facility
Little Egg Harbor / Spermaceti Cove Life-Saving Station / Sandy Hook Life-Saving Station / Fort Hancock / Spermaceti Cove USLSS Station / Station No. / Monmouth Beach Station / Spermaceti Cove Station / Ordnance dock / Lifeboat Station / Cape May Station / /
IndustryTerm
radar technology / rescue equipment / Web address / enclosed metal lifeboat / /
NaturalFeature
North Beach / Great Lakes / Long Beach Island / East Coast / New Jersey coast / /
Organization
Congress / U.S. LifeSaving Service / U.S. Coast Guard / Community Center / U.S. Army Ordnance Department / Army / Thomas J. Hoffman Park Historian Sandy Hook’s Lifesavers Sandy Hook Gateway National Recreation Area National Park Service U.S. Department / U.S. Department of the Interior / Life-Saving Service / U.S. Treasury Department / /
Person
Sandy Hook / Jack / William A. Newell / Joel R. Woolley / Trevonian H. Patterson / Edmund Price / David A. Lyle / Sandy Hook Lighthouse Keeper Charles / Lyle Gun / Sandy Hook Proving Ground / / /
THE LIFE-SAVING SERVICE FADES INTO HISTORY The PHINNEY wreck was a dramatic rescue, but the large number of shipwrecks had been steadily declining. The age of sail was being replaced by iron hulled steamships. Steamships