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J e r s e y s h o r e • F A L L / H O L I D A Y 2 0 2 1 74 Coast Guard Station Ship Bottom Station #116 (USLSS Station #20) 8 miles south southwest of Barnegat Light/Ship Bottom Year of Conveyance/Year Built: 1887/1872 Seven gold life-saving medals were awarded to the Ship Bottom crew for their 1903 res- cue of Abiel Abbott survivors. Turned over to the General Services Administration (year unknown). Coast Guard Station Spermaceti Cove Station #98 (USLSS Station #2) 2 1/4 miles south of Sandy Hook Light/ Sandy Hook Year of Conveyance/Year Built: 1849/1849 Station was rebuilt in 1894 with a larger residence area for the crew. Listed as active in 1940 but does not appear on the list of stations in 1945. Fate unknown. Coast Guard Station Spring Lake (Formerly named Station Wreck Pond until June 1, 1883) Station #104 (USLSS Station #8) 1 1/2 miles south of Shark River/ Spring Lake Year of Conveyance/Year Built: unknown/ 1877 Station rebuilt in 1878. Station was discon- tinued in 1834. Abandoned in 1947. Coast Guard Station Squan Beach Station #105 (USLSS Station #9) 1 mile southeast of Squan Beach/ Manasquan Year of Conveyance/Year Built: 1849/1856, 1936 In the 1930s, the station became part of the U.S. Coast Guard and served as the Manasquan Coast Guard Station. Decommissioned in 1996, it was sold July 26, 2000 to Manasquan borough for $1.00. The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 2008. Coast Guard Station Toms River Station #109 (USLSS Station #13) 1 7/8 miles east of the mouth of the Toms River/Seaside Park Year of Conveyance/Year Built: 1898/1872 Turned over to the General Services Administration in 1954. Today, the building is Seaside Park Borough Hall. Coast Guard Station Monmouth Beach Station #100 (USLSS Station #4) 3 1/4 miles south of Navesink Light/ Monmouth Beach Year of Conveyance/Year Built: 1849/1857 Monmouth Beach Life-Saving Station was the second one to be established on the New Jersey Coast. The station was near- ly destroyed by a two-day storm in April 1894. Turned over to the General Services Administration in 1964. Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook Station #97 (USLSS Station #1) North end of Sandy Hook Year of Conveyance/Year Built: 1848/1848 The station was rebuilt in 1891. Keeper and crew were awarded life-saving medals for their actions in rescuing the crew from the yacht Foam during a severe gale on July 27, 1885. Still in operation. Coast Guard Station Seabright Station #99 (USLSS Station #3) Mouth of Shrewsbury River/Seabright Year of Conveyance/Year Built: 1878/1871 At the time this station existed, Seabright (now Sea Bright) was one word. Original building was built dangerously close to the water's edge and had to be repaired in 1888 and rebuilt in 1891. A lookout tower was manned at the site during World War II and was discontinued in 1946. Turned over to the General Services Administration in 1954. Coast Guard Station Shark River Station #103 (USLSS Station #7) 1/2 mile north of Shark River Inlet/Avon by the Sea Year of Conveyance/Year Built: 1885/1871 The station was first built in 1871, rebuilt in 1872, and relocated to a site "near the mouth of the Shark River" in 1885. Station Manasquan Inlet covered the Shark River Station from 2006 through 2021, when it officially closed. Postcard of Coast Guard Station Ship Bottom. Postcard of Coast Guard Station Toms River in Seaside Park. JERSEY SHORE PROFILE COAST GUARD STATIONS, continued from page 73 74 J e r s e y s h o r e • F A L L / H O L I D A Y 2 0 2 1

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