Cape Hatteras Life Boat Station North Carolina NC Postcard

The 1917 station washed away by sea encroachment in the 1950s. The current Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet is located on the southern end of Hatteras Island, North Carolina, within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The unit's building was constructed in 1962 situated on 6 acres of National Park Service land. The building contains unaccompanied personnel berthing for 6 members, temporary berthing for 7 duty watchstanders, a galley/dining room, a communications center, and a recreation room. Station Hatteras Inlet maintains administrative and operational control of the subordinate unit Station Ocracoke (small) located on Ocracoke Island.

As a multi-mission unit, Station Hatteras Inlet conducts search and rescue, boating safety, law enforcement, and marine environmental protection operations. There is a boat crew available 24 hours a day that responds to more than 150 calls for assistance annually. The station's Area of Responsibility (AOR) includes more than 2350 square nautical miles of the Atlantic Ocean, one third of the Pamlico Sound, and half of Ocracoke Island. This area includes Diamond Shoals, also known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic". To cover this area and respond to calls for assistance in any type of weather, the unit is equipped with a 44-ft Motor Life Boat, a 41-ft Utility Boat, and a 21-ft Rigid Hull Inflatable. Station Hatteras Inlet is scheduled to receive one of the new 47-ft Motor Life Boats in the near future to replace the much older 44-ft Motor Life Boat.

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