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The United States Coast Guard is now under the Department of Homeland Security. The Station was decommissioned in 1969 by the Coast Guard. The building was empty for ten years and scheduled for demolition, until Virginia Beach locals gained public support and formed the Virginia Beach Maritime Museum in 1979.
Camp Pendleton is a 325-acre (1.32 km 2) state military reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia, named after Confederate Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, who served as Robert E. Lee's chief of artillery during the American Civil War. It lies on the Atlantic coast slightly east of Naval Air Station Oceana.
Coast Guard Beach [33] U.S. Coast Guard 1915–Present: Coast Guard Beach No N/A N/A Operated by: the Town of Truro, Massachusetts: Weehawken New Jersey Hamilton Park [34] U.S. Revenue Cutter Service 1790–1915: Weehawken Dueling Grounds: No N/A N/A Wellfleet Massachusetts The Beachcomber [35] U.S. Life-Saving Service 1848–1915
Coast Guard Station Parramore Beach: Parramore Island: 1874 1940 8 154 [196] Coast Guard Station Pope's Island: Assateague Island: 1878 1965 Yes 9 149 [197] Coast Guard Station Smith Island: Smith Island: 1955 11 158 [198] Coast Guard Station Seatack: Virginia Beach: Unknown 2 6th 162 [199] Coast Guard Station Wachapreague: Wachapreague ...
The Coast Guard announced the step Nov. 27. The agency has been working with town officials to alleviate traffic congestion from a U.S. Secret Service-ordered road closure near Trump's estate.
Also of historical interest, the new Cape Henry Lighthouse was completed in 1881 and is still maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard as an active coastal beacon. The passenger station built in 1902 and served by the original Norfolk Southern Railway was restored late in the 20th century and is used as an educational facility by the Army.
A salvage company was working to pull the truck from the water, Coast Guard officials said. Semi truck falls off bridge in Virginia, Coast Guard says. Search for driver continues
The vessel's manufacturer, Bollinger Shipyards, of Lockport, Louisiana, delivered the ship to the Coast Guard, for her sea trials, in Key West, on July 20, 2023. [1] She was commissioned at Station Portsmouth Harbor in New Castle, New Hampshire on October 19, 2023. Her sponsor was William "Bill" Sparling's widow Caroline Sparling and her first ...