Fort Point Life-Saving Station - San Francisco CA
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Don.Morfe
N 37° 48.366 W 122° 27.978
10S E 546980 N 4184435
Activated in 1890, this U.S. Life-Saving Station was built to aid endangered seafarers in the days when San Francisco was one of the world’s busiest ports.
Waymark Code: WM15TMJ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2022
Views: 1
From the text on the historical marker at the station:
Braving Wind and Waves-Fort Point Life-Saving Station
Activated in 1890, this U.S. Life-Saving Station was built to aid endangered seafarers in the days when San Francisco was one of the world’s busiest ports. “Surfmen” braved wind and waves to rescue victims from distressed sailing ships and steamships off the central California coast and in the bay’s treacherous waters. Nearly a dozen shipwrecks still lie buried along the Presidio shore.
Finding a Safer Haven
In 1990, the U.S. Coast Guard (the successor of the U.S. Life Saving Service) moved the operations across the Golden Gate to the calmer Horseshoe Bay at Fort Baker, where its tradition of lifesaving continues. Nonprofit organizations now use the former boathouse (to your right) and the former commandant’s quarters (to your left).
The steamship S.S. Ohioan ran aground near the Cliff House in 1936. Note the rescue gear at far left, rigged to bring the crew and cargo ashore.
Name of the Lifeboat or station: Fort Point Life-Saving Station
Adress:
On the Grounds of Crissy Field-Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Marine Drive
San Francisco, CA United States
94129
Number of the Lifeboat: Not listed
Callsign Marifoon: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
Necessary:
Upload with your visit at leat one (1) photo on which the owner of this waymark can see that you have been there. That is easy done by a photo of de surroundings on which also the lifeboat or lifestation is present.
Upload samen met "visit" minstens (1) foto waarop de eigenaar van dit waymark kan zien dat je er geweest bent. Dit kan eenvoudig met een foto van de omgeving waarop ook de reddingsboot of het reddingsstation staat afgebeeld.