Pea Island Life-Saving Station

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf life-saving station
gptkbp:commemoratedBy Pea Island Cookhouse Museum
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:disbanded 1947
gptkbp:established 1880
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pea Island Life-Saving Station
gptkbp:location gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkb:Pea_Island
gptkbp:notableFor first life-saving station in the United States to be manned by an all-black crew
Richard Etheridge as first African American commanding officer
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkb:United_States_Life-Saving_Service
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Outer_Banks
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:significantEvent 1896 rescue of the E.S. Newman crew
gptkbp:type maritime rescue station
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Pea_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7