Record #:

4162

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Lying off the coast of North Carolina is a stretch of ocean known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Many ships and sailors have met disaster there. Survivors could count only on people in coastal communities on the Outer Banks for help. It was not until 1870 that the federal government established the United States Life-Saving Service to aid ships in distress. The name was later changed to United States Coast Guard.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 38 Issue 2, Spring 1999, p6-8, il

Subject(s):

Life-saving--Outer Banks; United States. Coast Guard