LEWES COAST GUARD STATION CLOSD

LEWES COAST GUARD STATION CLOSED

Friday, March 1, 1968

The Coast Guard officially closed its station in this seashore town but it does not effect the

service the station's personnel has been providing.

Captain M. B. Williams, Chief of Search & Rescue at 3d District New York Headquarters,

said the closing the station is a matter of a change in dormitory space. “We had a small

group in an old large building in Lewes, costly to maintain”.

At Indian river Inlet Station, thirteen miles away, we have a new modern building, easy to

maintain, with space available,

It is not known what to do with the unused Lewes Station , built in the 1930's, at this time said the deputy commander at Cape May Station, Captain Bill C. Bart. 18 of the 19 men

will transfer to Indian River and one to Cape May.

SOURCE: Wilmington Morning News, Wednesday, December 11, 1968

abstract, by Harrison H, 03/31/18