January 1. The Revenue Cutter Service enforced the law on the high seas. This lighthouse was the first one built in the U. It was destroyed and two keepers were killed in a great gale in April He and his crew were awarded a Gold Lifesaving Medal, the first Coast Guard aviators to earn the prestigious award.
Lucie Inlet to place the new trans-Florida waterway through Lake Okeechobee under one jurisdiction. The Coast Guard assumed the enforcement of the convention's requirements in the interest of safe loading. Although the countries of the world had agreed at the Atlantic City Convention of the International Telecommunication Union in to use kilocycles for international maritime mobile radiotelephone calling and distress, the Coast Guard had continued listening on the old frequency until the public had had sufficient time to change to the new one.
About feet of the port-side hull was gashed when brash ice forced the ship against a foot sheer ice shelf. The gash was two to three feet wide and was six feet above the water line.
The crew made temporary repairs. There were no injuries. The Pacific Star then sank after being scuttled by her crew. There were no casualties.
The seven crewmen were arrested on drug charges. January 2. Kirkham wrecked on Rose and Crown Shoal. The crew of seven was rescued after 15 hours of exposure. The lifesaving crew that rescued them was at sea in an open boat without food for 23 hours. He was born two months premature and weighed 3.
