Port Aransas in Nueces County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
U.S. Coast Guard on Mustang Island
Photographed By Steve Henderson, August 5, 2011
1. U.S. Coast Guard on Mustang Island Marker
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U.S. Coast Guard on Mustang Island. . The Aransas Pass has significantly influenced the economic development of the region. The natural waterway also has included treacherous navigational hazards. In 1878, the US Government addressed this situation when it established the first Aransas Life Saving Station on Mustang Island, at Cotter and Station Streets, the Station served the regional waters for several decades, but was destroyed by wind and storm surge flooding during the 1919 hurricane. The Coast Guard on Mustang Island served out of an interim facility until 1925 when the second life saving station opened. Erosion of the second station's concrete foundation, combined with an increasing workload, resulted in the structure's replacement in 1976., In January 1915, President Woodrow Wilson signed a Congressional Act combining the Colonial Era Revenue Cutter Service and the Life Saving Service (Est. 1878) into the U.S. Coast Guard. In times of war, the Coast Guard joined the Nation's Military. During world war two, the primary lifesaving mission at Mustang Island grew to encompass the Ports, waterways, coastal security mission that required the Coast Guard to watch for enemy naval activity. Roving Coast Guardsmen and canine patrols monitored against incursion my enemy agents and saboteurs., In the early 21st Century, the war on terrorism altered the primary Life Saving Orientation of the Coast Guard once again. The new mission structure required the Coast Guard to board vessels entering through the Aransas Pass to examine documentation and inspect cargoes, from the Port of Corpus Christi, U.S. Military Sealift Command vessels carrying armored vehicles and other materials to theaters of war were escorted by armed Coast Guard crafts. As a result, The Coast Guard on Mustang Island continued to safeguard lives and provide security.
The Aransas Pass has significantly influenced the economic development of the region. The natural waterway also has included treacherous navigational hazards. In 1878, the US Government addressed this situation when it established the first Aransas Life Saving Station on Mustang Island, at Cotter and Station Streets, the Station served the regional waters for several decades, but was destroyed by wind and storm surge flooding during the 1919 hurricane.
The Coast Guard on Mustang Island served out of an interim facility until 1925 when the second life saving station opened. Erosion of the second station's concrete foundation, combined with an increasing workload, resulted in the structure's replacement in 1976.
In January 1915, President Woodrow Wilson signed a Congressional Act combining the Colonial Era Revenue Cutter Service and the Life Saving Service (Est. 1878) into the U.S. Coast Guard. In times of war, the Coast Guard joined the Nation's Military. During WW II, the primary lifesaving mission at Mustang Island grew to encompass the Ports, waterways, coastal security mission that required the Coast Guard to watch for enemy naval activity. Roving Coast Guardsmen and canine patrols monitored against incursion my enemy agents and saboteurs.
In the early 21st Century, the war on terrorism altered the primary Life
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Saving Orientation of the Coast Guard once again. The new mission structure required the Coast Guard to board vessels entering through the Aransas Pass to examine documentation and inspect cargoes, from the Port of Corpus Christi, U.S. Military Sealift Command vessels carrying armored vehicles and other materials to theaters of war were escorted by armed Coast Guard crafts. As a result, The Coast Guard on Mustang Island continued to safeguard lives and provide security.
Erected 2008 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 15257.)
Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 27° 50.461′ N, 97° 3.754′ W. Marker was in Port Aransas, Texas, in Nueces County. Marker was at the intersection of Port Street and West Cotter Street, on the right on Port Street. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Port Aransas TX 78373, United States of America. Touch for directions.
More about this marker. Located near the Harbor in Port Aransas. Coordinates are approximate.
Photographed By James Hulse, August 31, 2021
3. The U.S. Coast Guard on Mustang Island Marker is missing
The pole in the photo is a standard Texas Historical Marker pole which has been sheared off at the attachment point.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 1, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 8, 2011, by Steve Henderson of Marble Falls, Texas. This page has been viewed 750 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on August 8, 2011, by Steve Henderson of Marble Falls, Texas. 3. submitted on September 6, 2021, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
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