Record #:

3665

Author(s):

Yocum, Thomas

Abstract:

The perilous Atlantic waters have claimed many ships and lives off the Outer Banks from the 1500s onward. Beginning in 1870, the U.S. Life- Saving Service fought the oceans to rescue mariners. In the next thirty years, Outer Bankers earned 56 medals for bravery.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 65 Issue 12, May 1998, p34-37

Subject(s):

Shipwrecks--Outer Banks; Life-saving--Outer Banks; Life-saving stations--Outer Banks