| Kathleen Moore | |
|---|---|
 Served as a lighthouse keeper for well over half a century | |
| Born | 1805 |
| Place of birth | New Orleans |
| Service/branch | United States Lighthouse Service |
Kathleen Moore (1812—1899),[1] also known as Catherine Moore, Kathleen A. Moore, Kathleen Andre Moore, Kate Moore, and Catherine A. Moore, was a lighthouse keeper. She was employed by the United States Lighthouse Service, which was a precursor agency to the United States Coast Guard.[2][3][4]
Moore served at the Black Rock Harbor Light on Fayerweather Island in Long Island Sound for well over half a century, beginning when she helped her father as a twelve year old. She is credited with saving 21 lives.[1][2]
According to Moore: "Sometimes there were more than two hundred sailing vessels at night, and some nights there were as many as three or four wrecks."[1] Her duties included keeping the light lit during stormy weather, and nursing shipwrecked sailors back to health.[1] She retired in 1878.[1]
Coast Guard cutter named for her[]
In 2010, the Coast Guard decided that all the new Sentinel class cutters would be named after Coast Guard personnel who had been recognized for their heroism. Accordingly, Moore was one of those to be honored.[3]
The tenth cutter in the class will be named the USCGC Kathleen Moore. Built at Bollinger Shipyards, she will be homeported in Key West, Florida.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Witkowski, Mary. "Kate Moore, Keeper of the Fayerweather Lighthouse", Connecticut Explored, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring 2009).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Connie Braesch (2010-11-05). "Coast Guard Heroes: Kathleen Moore". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoastguard.dodlive.mil%2F2010%2F11%2Fcoast-guard-heroes-margaret-norvell%2F&date=2013-01-03. Retrieved 2013-01-03. "Moore first stood the watch at the age of 12, when her father began tending the light in 1817 after a shipboard injury prevented him from going to sea. As Moore grew older, and her father’s health worsened, she took on most of the duties herself, although she was not officially appointed as head keeper until 1871."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Stephanie Young (2010-10-27). "Coast Guard Heroes". United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcoastguard.dodlive.mil%2F2010%2F10%2Fcoast-guard-heroes%2F&date=2013-01-03. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ↑ "Who are some of the heroes of the Coast Guard?". USCG. 2012-12-03. http://www.uscg.mil/history/faqs/vip.asp. Retrieved 2013-01-10. "Kathleen "Kate" Moore served as the keeper of the Black Rock Light. Her father began tending the light in 1817 and Ms. Moore began assisting him when she was twelve."
- ↑ Rhonda Carpenter (2012-11-05). "Coast Guard Commissions Third Fast Response Cutter, William Flores". Defense Media Network. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.defensemedianetwork.com%2Fstories%2Fcoast-guard-commissions-third-fast-response-cutter-william-flores%2F&date=2013-01-04. "The first six FRCs for District 7 will be homeported in Miami; the next six in Key West; and the remaining six in Puerto Rico."
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