Coast Guard Aviation Station Ten Pound Island

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Coast Guard Aviation Station Ten Pound Island
Part of 1st District
Gloucester, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°36′37″N70°39′36″W / 42.61028°N 70.66000°W / 42.61028; -70.66000
TypeCoast Guard Station
Site information
OwnerUnited States Coast Guard
Open to
the public
Yes
Conditionno remains
Site history
In use1925–1935
Demolishedafter 1938

Coast Guard Aviation Station Ten Pound Island was a United States Coast Guard air station located in Gloucester, Massachusetts. [1] It was established in 1925, initially to use seaplanes to spot rumrunners during Prohibition. In its first four years of operation, aircraft and personnel from the air station rendered assistance to stranded mariners and other persons on 212 occasions. Aircraft operated from the facility included the Vought UO-1 and UO-4, OL-5, and Grumman JF-2. As larger aircraft such as the General Aviation PJ-1 were developed, the facility became obsolete. It was replaced by Coast Guard Air Station Salem in 1935. As of 2008 there were no remains of the air station on the island, though the Ten Pound Island Light remains active. [2]

Coast Guard Station Gloucester is currently on the former air station site.

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References

  1. "Air Station Ten Pound Island, Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard. 3 October 2012. Archived from the original on 14 December 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  2. "Ten Pound Island Coast Guard Air Station, Ten Pound Island, MA". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields . Retrieved 12 July 2020.