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United States Coast Guard Features

Did you know that the U.S. Coast Guard has been keeping our nation’s lighthouses shining bright for 81 years – longer than any other entity in American history?

In fact, the Coast Guard is still making lighthouse history in the 21st century. This proud organization’s vigilance and devotion to duty is not only safeguarding the mariner but also ensuring our system of aids to navigation remains the finest, most advanced in the world. Maine Lights Today wishes to spotlight these hardworking guardians of the lights along the Maine coast and share with you their dedication to keeping our lighthouses gleaming into the future.


 

Keepers of the Lights

Still Tending the Lights

By Bob Trapani, Jr. January 10, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard lighthouse technicians are not considered lighthouse keepers, though they keep a good light. They do not reside at a lighthouse yet they retrace the keeper’s every step. It is said …

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Little River Light and USCG lighthouse technicians

U.S. Lighthouse Service Pennant

By Bob Trapani, Jr. January 2, 2022

An eye-catching pennant once flew proudly aboard Lighthouse Service vessels, and later at the best kept light station in each district during the era of the United States Lighthouse Service. This …

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West Quoddy Head Light

West Quoddy Head Light’s Crystalline Treasure

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 30, 2020

The stately appearance of a lighthouse is something to behold. Such majesty is magnified even further when a sentinel is still wearing its “crown” of crystalline in the form of a Fresnel lens. The …

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LED beacon

LEDs are the New Wave of Beacons for Lighthouses

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 29, 2020

Climb to the top of a Maine lighthouse and one is bound to be astounded by the breathtaking beauty of the surrounding seascape. However, as time marches on and a wave of change rolls in with the tide, …

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Bass Harbor Head Light Station

Coastguardsman Recalls Storms at Bass Harbor Head Light

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 29, 2020

The picturesque Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, located along the southwestern side of Mount Desert Island in the village of Bass Harbor, exudes a feeling of serenity – presiding over a seascape of pure …

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Libby Island

Outgrowth of the Lighthouse Keeper: USCG Aids to Navigation Teams

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 17, 2020

Lighthouses and their keepers are inseparable - and always will be as long as they continue to stand, shine bright and bellow out their audible warnings into the future to come. For no matter how many …

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USCG...Keepers of the Lights

Keepers of the Lights

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 16, 2020

Though lighthouses are no longer staffed by resident keepers in this day and age of automation, there are still dedicated professionals watching over them. When a mariner or landlubber sees a …

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Keepers of the Lights

Watching Over the Lights

By Bob Trapani, Jr. August 11, 2020

We just celebrated the 231st anniversary of our nation’s Lighthouse Service on August 7th – and what a storied history it is. The rich traditions and legacies that have come to embody “keeping a good …

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U.S. Coast Guard - Keepers of the Lights

Dedication and Tradition Still Shine Bright at the Lights

By Bob Trapani, Jr. July 10, 2020

Thirty years have passed since the last lighthouse keeper stood watch at a Maine lighthouse. When Coast Guard keeper Bradley Culp “turned out the light” for the final time at Goat Island Lighthouse in …

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