CG Station Appledore Island (1920)

Three members of the Coast Guard assigned to Station Appledore Island, New Hampshire were drowned when their 30 foot motor sailing launch was struck by a squall and sank. They were Reginald C. Chesterton and Leo E. Foss, both of Jonesport and Sherman Parker, of Cape Elizabeth.

Name Rating Duty Station Date
Parker, S. M. Surfman STA Appledore Is, NH 5/3/1920
Chesterton, R. E. Surfman STA Appledore Is, NH 5/3/1920

Source: Reading Times, Reading, Pennsylvania

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