The Wind At Your Back: Hull Lifesaving Museum
The Hull Lifesaving Museum's Maritime Apprentice Program (MAP) provides intensive year-round training for at-risk youth that prepares them for entry-level opportunities in the vibrant Marine Trades Industry in the Port of Boston, Massachusetts.
While the museum helps preserve New England's maritime culture, the apprentice program truly carries forward the region’s lifesaving tradition.
It's a service to others that we are proud to sponsor.
2018 Lifesavers Recognition Day Awards Ceremony, Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum
On Tuesday, September 11 at the Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, Egan Maritime gathered with Members and the Nantucket Cottage Hospital to present 2018's Lifesavers Recognition Day awards. Nantucket’s history is filled with tales of heroic lifesaving efforts by everyday citizens and those who went above and beyond the call of duty. Honoring that tradition, the following modern-day lifesavers were recognized:
Jeff Turner and Doug Lindley
Turner and Lindley co-piloted Jeff’s plane during a Nor’easter to bring an island resident to Boston for two organ transplants. Upon arrival at Logan Airport in Boston, Jeff facilitated an Uber ride for the transplant recipient to Mass General, and asked the driver to get the man to the hospital safely and as soon as possible after giving him a cash tip. Turner and Lindley went above and beyond the call of duty to ensure this man was in time for his double organ transplant when all modes of travel to and from the island had been cancelled due to foul weather.
Andrew Trott-Kielawa and Connor Ventling
Trott-Kielawa and Ventling were just getting their Strong Wings campers off Russell’s Way Beach when they heard cries of help from the shore. Two young women caught
beyond the surf line were struggling to fight the current, and would not have returned to shore without assistance. Responding quickly, they left their camp crew on the beach with a counselor-in-training, grabbed their lifesaving equipment, and went out to successfully rescue the two girls. They did this heroically and methodically, and were met by relieved parents and their proud and cheering campers when they returned to the beach.
The awards ceremony was opened by Egan Maritime Executive Director, Pauline Proch, with greetings from President and CEO of Nantucket Cottage Hospital, Margot Harmann, MD, PhD. The Honoree presentations were by Jessica Guff, Trustee of Egan Maritime and the Chair of the Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum, and Citations from the state of Massachusetts were presented by Thomas M. Dixon, Legislative Liaison for Nantucket, Office of Rep. Dylan Fernandes.
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Pemberton Point & Lifesaver Joshua James
Pemberton Point is a peninsular in Hull, Mass, located at the tip of Nantasket Peninsula in the Boston Harbor. Hull Live Saving Museum: Joshua James was an American sea captain and a U.S. Lifesaving Station keeper credited with saving over 500 lives from the age of 15 when he first until his death at the age of 75 while on duty with the United States Life-Saving Service.
Coast Guard Community
USCG Rear Admiral Linda Fagan came to the Hull Lifesaving Museum on Nov. 12, 2015 to officially proclaim Hull a Coast Guard City. Only twenty communities in the country have been similarly recognized for their special connection to and support of the United States Coast Guard.
Great Shipwrecks of the American Revolution - Part I
New England Folklorist John Horrigan speaks at the Hull Lifesaving Museum in Hull, MA about Great Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary War. Part 1 of 6
A Windy Day IN HULL, MA. NOV 2008
A BRISK WALK AROUND HULL,MASS 8 MILES FROM BOSTON INCLUDED FORT REVERE, BOSTON, BOSTON HARBOR ISLANDS, EXTREME HIGH TIDES, AND BEAUTIFUL HULL
Flying Santa visits Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal, Dec. 15, 2012
The tradition of the Flying Santa visiting New England lighthouses reaches back to 1929, when a Maine pilot named Bill Wincapaw started dropping presents from his plane for lighthouse keepers and their families as a way of expressing gratitude for their selfless work. Today, the nonprofit Friends of Flying Santa continues the tradition, flying to lighthouses and Coast Guard stations as way to say thank you to the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard and their supportive families. In this clip, Santa visits Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal in Sandwich, Massachusetts.
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Chicamacomico Life Saving Station
This life saving station was home to the Mighty Midgetts of Chicamacomico and the famous Mirlo Rescue. Tour the original station and watch a demonstration of a land to sea rescue the way it was done before there were power boats and helicopters. Shipwrecks and heroes.
Flying Santa visits Coast Guard Station Gloucester, Dec. 15, 2012
The tradition of the Flying Santa visiting New England lighthouses reaches back to 1929, when a Maine pilot named Bill Wincapaw started dropping presents from his plane for lighthouse keepers and their families as a way of expressing gratitude for their selfless work. Today, the nonprofit Friends of Flying Santa continues the tradition, flying to lighthouses and Coast Guard stations as way to say thank you to the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard and their supportive families. In this clip, Santa visits Coast Guard Station Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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The Lady in Black
Every year Hull Performing Arts and the Hull Lifesaving Museum bring the stories of Edward Rowe Snow to life with Harbor Haunts. This is the tale of Boston Harbor's most famous ghost recreated in a chilling performance by Jennifer Love.
Head of the Weir River 10-31-09
Head of the Weir Rowing Race on Halloween Day 2009
Nana Belts One Out
Nana wows the crowd at the Moakley Courthouse in Boston at the Irish Network St. Patrick's Day event.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site - TRT 2014 - Aeschlim
This is a summary of some of the highlights of the Salem Maritime National Historic Site in Salem, MA by a Teacher Ranger Teacher for a graduate course at Colorado University Denver. 7/6/2014
Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic
The lifeboats of the RMS Titanic played a crucial role in the disaster of 14–15 April 1912. One of the ship's legacies was that she had too few lifeboats to evacuate all those on board. The 20 lifeboats that she did carry could only take 1,178 people, even though there were about 2,223 on board. Titanic had a maximum capacity of 3,300 passengers.
All 20 lifeboats were used, loading between 12:40–2:10 a.m., although Collapsible Boat A floated off deck partially submerged, and Collapsible Boat B floated away upside down minutes before the ship upended and sank.
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Flying Santa at Scituate Lighthouse, Dec. 15, 2012
The tradition of the Flying Santa visiting New England lighthouses reaches back to 1929, when a Maine pilot named Bill Wincapaw started dropping presents from his plane for lighthouse keepers and their families as a way of expressing gratitude for their selfless work. Today, the nonprofit Friends of Flying Santa continues the tradition, flying to lighthouses and Coast Guard stations as way to say thank you to the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard and their supportive families. The program also sometimes honors civilian organizations. In this clip, Santa visits Scituate Lighthouse in Massachusetts as the guests of the Scituate Historical Society.
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Weymouth, MA Fire Department Engine 5 responding
Weymouth Fire Department Engine 5 responding. I am sorry but I do not know what call type it is.
Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum is a 20th-century cabinet of curiosities. The Museum consists of the diverse collections of Joseph Skinner (1867-1946), a local manufacturer and philanthropist. Skinner was interested in both local history and the artifacts of other cultures and he accumulated an eclectic mix of objects from western Massachusetts and around the world.
Historic Fire Boat Turned Into Artwork
A historic fire boat on the Hudson River has been turned into floating art, CBS2's Cindy Hsu reports.
Cuttyhunk Island
Cuttyhunk Island is the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. A small outpost for the harvesting of sassafras was occupied for a few weeks in 1602, arguably making it the first English settlement in New England. Cuttyhunk is located between Buzzards Bay to the north and Vineyard Sound to the south. Penikese Island and Nashawena Island are located to the north and east respectively.
The island has a land area of 580 acres, and a population of 52 persons as of the 2000 census. It is the fourth largest in area of the Elizabeth Islands and home to the village of Cuttyhunk. It lies entirely within the town of Gosnold.
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Remembering Lt. Commander Joseph Langdell, Commander Alexander Vraciu, Billy Casper, Stewart Stern
The Last Officer From The Arizona
PACIFIC WAR HEROES, A GENIUS WITH THE PUTTER, AND THE FAMOUS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JUVENILE DELINQUENT MOVIE
Lt. Commander Joseph Langdell was the last surviving officer from the USS Arizona, the American battleship that was destroyed by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The attack marked the entry of the United States into World War II. Two and a half years later Commander Alexander Vraciu became one of the top American aces of the war, for his actions at the Battle of the Philippine Sea. That battle established American air superiority for the remainder of the war. Billy Casper was one of the world’s top golfers in the 1960’s and 1970’s, overshadowed by his more colorful rivals, Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. Stewart Stern wrote the screenplay to one of the iconic movies of the 1950’s, Rebel Without A Cause.
Graduating from Boston University in 1938 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Mr. Langdell joined the Boston firm of Elliott Davis and Company, Certified Public Accountants as a Junior Accountant.
The clouds of war loomed ahead. At 26, he joined the V-7 Naval Reserve program, which offered a Commission to college graduates. After a 30-day cruise aboard the USS NEW YORK, as an apprentice seaman, he was appointed a Midshipmen at the US Naval Reserve's Midshipmen's School, Tower Hall, Northwestern University, Chicago. He was among the first one thousand officers of some 20,000 who were commissioned at Northwestern before the program ended in 1945.
Commissioned Ensign D-V(G), US Naval Reserve, on 14 March 1941, he was ordered to the USS ARIZONA, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In August of the same year, he was assigned Temporary Duty with the Fleet Camera Party. He was billeted on Ford Island, about 100 yards from Battleship Row.
On 7 December 1941, Mr. Langdell was suddenly awakened in Bachelor Officers Quarters by the sounds of the Japanese surprise attack. Rushing outside, he witnessed the ARIZONA sink in just nine minutes. 1,177 sailors and Marines lost their lives aboard the ship; 335 survived.
Ensign Langdell remained in Pearl Harbor until June of 1942, when he was ordered to the destroyer USS FRAIZER (DD 607), then under construction in San Francisco. During his brief time in San Francisco, Mr. Langdell married Elizabeth Hamilton McGauhy, whom he had met as a Midshipmen in Chicago.
Commissioned 30 July 1942, FRAIZER headed across the Pacific to Noumea, New Caledonia, and then north to Guadalcanal, where she escorted damaged ships away from the battle of Iron Bottom Bay. While blockading Japanese held Point Sirius, at Kiska, Alaska, the FRAIZER sank the Japanese submarine I-31. That happened 13 June 1943, when the FRAIZER had been in service almost a year.
Lieutenant Langdell reported to the Naval Amphibious Training Command in September 1943. This move took him from ocean to ocean, as the Training Command was headquartered at Solomon Island, Maryland. Once there, he discovered he was a Prospective Commanding Officer of a Landing Ship Tank (LST).
Following hernia surgery, Mr. Langdell was assigned to the First Naval District, Boston, for duty in the District Communications Office.
The Christmas season of '44 brought new orders: report to the Commander, Seventh Fleet for duty with the Advance Bases Division, which was building up for the invasion of Japan. Lt. Langdell then reported to the Commander, Phillipine Sea Frontier in Manila, where he organized recreation activities with the Welfare and Recreation Division until the War ended.
In October 1945 Mr. Langdell was commissioned a Lieutenant Commander, United States Naval Reserve.