Our country and its resources; . orty-six lighthouse tenders carrysupplies to and from the various de-pots, supply lighthouses which can- not otherwise be reached with food,coal, fuel oil and supplies, put downand take up buoys, attend beaconand fog signals, and in general keepthe aids to navigation where theybelong and performing their the year these forty-six ves-sels steamed a total of 469,000 nau-tical miles. The fifty-three light vessel sta-tions are kept supplied with shipsfrom the total tleet of GO light ves-sels. Thirty-five f these are steam-ers. •; are sailing vess
Our country and its resources; . orty-six lighthouse tenders carrysupplies to and from the various de-pots, supply lighthouses which can- not otherwise be reached with food,coal, fuel oil and supplies, put downand take up buoys, attend beaconand fog signals, and in general keepthe aids to navigation where theybelong and performing their the year these forty-six ves-sels steamed a total of 469,000 nau-tical miles. The fifty-three light vessel sta-tions are kept supplied with shipsfrom the total tleet of GO light ves-sels. Thirty-five f these are steam-ers. •; are sailing vessels. The service is one of warning andof aid to navigation, yet its crewshave always co-operated witli theLife Saving Service I now incorpor-ated in the Coast Guard) or takenthe initiative where necessary in thesaving of life and property. It ismerely incidental but none the lessworthy of note that during the yearon 1 occasions, services were ren-dered in the saving of life or prop-erty by employees of the CAPE HATTERAS LIGHT STATION CAPE CHARLES LIGHT STATION. VA. MINOTS LEDGE LIGHT STATION, MASS. POINT REYES LIGHT STATION, PROTECTORS OF THE FAIRWAYS OF COMMERCE
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