Backstory: Moving the Montauk Coast Guard Station at Sea

Towing the Coast Guard station, March, 1955
Dan’s Papers

The Montauk Coast Guard Station, a big four-square three-story clapboard building, sits on the shore of Star Island facing out to the boats in Montauk Harbor. It hasn’t always been there, however. Originally, 100 years ago, it was built 10 miles from Star Island, on the ocean beach at Napeague halfway between Montauk and…