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Plum Island Assigned Rescue Craft
Compiled by Timothy R. Dring; Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve (Retired) May 2014
The material was derived from official U.S. Life Saving Service and U.S. Coast Guard records.
1898: 34-ft Merryman type pulling / sailing lifeboat No. 248 Eager (later converted in 1906 to a motor lifeboat and later transferred to Station Milwaukee)
1896: Beebe-McLellan type pulling / sailing surfboat No. 301
1898: 34-ft Merryman type pulling / sailing lifeboat No. 248 Eager (later converted in 1906 to a motor lifeboat and later transferred to Station Milwaukee)
1901: 34-ft Merryman type pulling / sailing lifeboat No. 488 Triumph (later converted in 1906 to a motor lifeboat, and later transferred to Station Kewaunee
1923: Type H motor lifeboat No. 1954
1932: Type S motor surfboat No. 4033/CG25531
1933: Type S pulling surfboat No. 4088/CG25386
1942: 38-ft cabin picket boat No. 4221/CG38425
1943: One-of-a-kind 40-ft steel motor lifeboat No. 5357/CG40300
Read about this lifeboat here.
1942: 38-ft cabin picket boat No. 4221/CG38425
1944: Cabin motorboat CG25815
1940s: Type TR motor lifeboat No. 4835/CG36406 (transferred from another station
1955: 30-ft utility boat-medium CG30388
1958: 40-ft utility boat-large CG40574
1980: Seasonal rescue detachment of 1-41 utility boat-large (CG41376), 1 large motor skiff
We'd love to add to this list! If you have a picture of the boat you served on while on Plum Island, please share it with us!
This station, replaced in 1991 by a seasonal facility located on Washington Island, is operated as a Spring / Summer seasonal rescue detachment from Station Sturgeon Bay Canal.
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