Lifesaving Service

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:organization
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:National_Park
gptkb:satellite
gptkb:charity
gptkb:U._S._Coast_Guard_Auxiliary
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dissolved 1915
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
life jackets
surfboats
signal rockets
gptkbp:founded 1848
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
gptkbp:historical_significance first organized rescue service in the U. S.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lifesaving Service
gptkbp:insignia lifesaving station
gptkbp:key_event gptkb:Hurricane_of_1938
gptkb:Great_Storm_of_1888
gptkb:The_1893_Sea_Islands_Hurricane
gptkb:The_1896_New_England_Hurricane
gptkb:The_1900_Galveston_Hurricane
gptkb:The_1906_San_Francisco_Earthquake
gptkb:The_1913_Great_Lakes_Storm
gptkb:The_1916_Bathing_Beach_Disaster
gptkb:The_1936_Flood_of_the_Ohio_River
gptkb:The_1960_Great_Alaska_Earthquake
gptkb:The_Great_Blizzard_of_1888
The 2012 Hurricane Sandy
The 1894 Atlantic Hurricane
The 1917 New York City Fire
The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
The 1927 Mississippi River Flood
The 1940 New England Hurricane
The 1954 Hurricane Carol
The 1970 Hurricane Celia
The 1985 Mexico City Earthquake
The 1992 Hurricane Andrew
The 2005 Hurricane Katrina
The 2017 Hurricane Harvey
The 2018 Hurricane Florence
The 2020 Hurricane Laura
The 2021 Hurricane Ida
gptkbp:legacy influenced modern maritime rescue operations
gptkbp:motto You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back.
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:Sumner_I._Kimball
gptkbp:operational_area coastal waters
gptkbp:purpose rescue operations
gptkbp:receives_funding_from gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:service_type gptkb:port
gptkbp:successor gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:training lifesaving techniques
gptkbp:type gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:volunteer_opportunities gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3