Smith Island, Virginia

Written By Patty Gregorio
Photograph collection of Richard Tittermary LCDR, USCG

Photograph collection of Richard Tittermary LCDR, USCG

The Smith Island
Life-Saving Station was commissioned in 1875. 

This photograph shows not only the station, but also the Smith Island Light House. The wreck of the ship Massaoit, abreast of the station, can be seen in this 1914 photograph.

The station responded to twenty-four major shipwrecks.

Patty Gregorio
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