COMMEMORATING OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

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1 COMMEMORATING THE 100 TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FORMATION OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD PRESENTED BY THE OCEAN CITY MUSEUM SOCIETY And COAST GUARD STATION OCEAN CITY United States Revenue Cutter Service United States Life-Saving Service United States Coast Guard 1915 to the present

2 THE PROGRAM Friday, June 19, 2015 Clarion Resort Fontainebleau Hotel, Grand Ballroom Coastal Highway Ocean City, Maryland 6:00 p.m. Cocktails 6:45 p.m. Greeting The Honorable Richard W. Meehan, Mayor of Ocean City 7:00 p.m. Dinner 8:00 p.m. Address Master Chief Steven W. Cantrell Saturday, June 20, 2015 On the beach at the Ocean City Inlet 10:00 a.m. Re-enactment of 19th century ship rescue operation Indian River Life-Saving Station Museum Demonstration of 21st century rescue operations United States Coast Guard Ocean City Beach Patrol

3 Master Chief Steven W. Cantrell Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Master Chief Steven W. Cantrell assumed the duties of the 12th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard on May 22, As the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Commandant, Master Chief Cantrell advises him on enlisted workforce policies, advocates for military benefits and entitlements, is the senior enlisted mentor, and acts as the sounding board for select enlisted administrative actions. Master Chief Cantrell also devotes time traveling throughout the Coast Guard, observing training and communicating with Coast Guardsmen and their families. At the time of his selection as the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Master Chief Cantrell was the Atlantic Area Command Master Chief in Portsmouth, VA. Previous assignments include Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard. Master Chief Cantrell s other shore assignments include: Command Master Chief of the Eighth Coast Guard District, New Orleans, LA; Officer in Charge, Station Panama City Beach, FL; Command Master Chief of the First Coast Guard District, Boston, MA; Officer in Charge, Station Wrightsville Beach, NC; Officer in Charge, Station Alexandria Bay, NY; Officer in Charge, Station Harbor Beach, MI; and Operations Petty Officer, Station Barnegat Light, NJ. Master Chief Cantrell s afloat assignments include: Officer in Charge, Coast Guard Cutters RIDLEY and POINT WELLS, Montauk, NY; Executive Petty Officer, Coast Guard Cutter POINT CAMDEN, Santa Barbara, CA; Coast Guard Cutter CONFIDENCE, Port Canaveral, FL; Coast Guard Cutter PATOKA, Greenville, MS; and Coast Guard Cutter RAMBLER, Charleston, SC. Master Chief Cantrell's awards include the Legion of Merit, two Meritorious Service Medals, one Coast Guard Commendation Medal with an operational distinguishing device, seven Coast Guard Achievement Medals with an operational distinguishing device, and numerous other personal and service awards. He has earned a permanent Cutterman insignia, Coxswain insignia, Boat Forces Operations insignia, Command Afloat and Ashore devices, and a Command Master Chief (Gold Badge) insignia. Master Chief Cantrell assumed the duties of the 12 th Silver Ancient Mariner on May 5, Master Chief Cantrell holds both a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Master of Science Degree in Business Administration. He is also a graduate of Class 45 of the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy, the National Defense University s Keystone Command Senior Enlisted Course, and numerous other service-related schools.

4 A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE AND U.S. COAST GUARD IN WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND 1875: Green Run Inlet Life-Saving Station commissioned. Located approximately 20 miles south of Ocean City. Discontinued in The building no longer exists. Green Run Inlet Life-Saving Station 1878: Ocean City Life-Saving Station commissioned. Located on the northwest corner of the Boardwalk and Caroline Street. First Ocean City Life-Saving Station built in 1878

5 1884: North Beach Life-Saving Station commissioned. Located approximately 10 miles south of Ocean City. The building no longer exists. North Beach Coast Guard Station circa : The original Ocean City station was moved west and a new building erected. Decommissioned in The building subsequently served as the headquarters for the Beach Patrol and later as a youth crisis intervention center. Relocated to the southern end of the Boardwalk in 1978 and dedicated as a museum on December 25. Ocean City Coast Guard Station circa 1920

6 1897: Isle of Wight Life-Saving Station commissioned. Located on the beach between present day 85 th Street and 86 th Street. De-commissioned in The building later housed an athletic club, a social club (the Dunes Club ) and finally a restaurant (the Carriage House ) before it was badly damaged in the storm of March 6 8, 1962, after which the building was torn down and burned for scrap. Isle of Wight Life-Saving Station circa : Coast Guard tower erected at the Inlet in Ocean City. Coast Guard tower at the Inlet circa 1940

7 1939: Land on the west side of Philadelphia Avenue between South Division Street and Worcester Street in Ocean City purchased for the purpose of erecting a new Coast Guard station. 1964: Dedication ceremony for new Coast Guard station in Ocean City held on June 16. New Coast Guard station on Philadelphia Avenue circa 1965

8 A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ORGANIZERS AND PARTICIPANTS OCEAN CITY MUSEUM SOCIETY Board of Directors Nancy Howard President Hunter Bunk Mann Vice President Melanie Merryweather Secretary Gordon Katz Treasurer Hal Adkins Janet Cherrix Amanda Cropper Al Harrison John Lynch Joseph E. Moore Louis S. Parsons, III Tom Perry J. D. Quillin, III Robert Rothermel Margaret Steimer Newt Weaver Tom Wimbrow COAST GUARD STATION OCEAN CITY BMCM Timaree Anne Sparks, Officer in Charge BM2 Kyle Wood INDIAN RIVER LIFE-SAVING STATION MUSEUM Laura Scharle, Interpretive Manager, Delaware Seashore State Park James Hall, Chief of Cultural Resources OCEAN CITY BEACH PATROL Edward Kovacs, Lieutenant OCEAN CITY LIFE-SAVING STATION MUSEUM Sandra D. Hurley Curator Diane Knuckles Assistant Curator TOWN OF OCEAN CITY Woody Vickers, Public Works Construction Manager Jamie Ellis, Carpenter All images provided by The Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum. Visit us at the southern end of the Boardwalk or on our website at