During the two years I was stationed there we had a few visitors although it was it was not a common occurrence. One of the more memorable ones was when a friend from the station at Boothbay Harbor came out to visit. This was somewhat undercover because as I mentioned earlier I was supposed to [...]
On this day we had all been noticing that the weather had been slowly deteriorating. We hadn’t thought much about this as the weather constantly changed and this was just another boring day. Again I don’t know why but for some reason I went over to see the assistant keeper for something, possibly just to [...]
During the second winter I was there a storm was predicted to be a little worse than normal. By this time my wife and I were used to the storms on the island and didn’t concern ourselves with it and didn’t feel that it would effect our routine to any great extent. This might have [...]
Throughout my site I complain about the Chief Petty Officer in Boothbay Harbor. He really did destroy what could have been a wonderful experience. Actually it was basically a good experience even with his being there but there was no need of giving anyone papers saying they were in charge and then telling them every [...]
Life on the Cuckold’s was pretty much a routine of standing watches and cleaning and painting any non-movable items on the island. Because I measured the island with a tape measure I calculate it to be roughly 520 feet in circumference at the high water mark. The personnel stationed on the island got
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