- Date
- 2020-02-07
- Kind
- Vessel commissioning
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- maritime-historymilitary-servicelifesaving
- Within
- Beaver Island archipelago
Summary
The U.S. Coast Guard accepted the fast response cutter Edgar Culbertson on February 7, 2020. The vessel honors Boatswain’s Mate First Class Edgar Culbertson, a Coast Guard hero who died during a Great Lakes rescue attempt. Beaver Island forum participants took notice because they associated the namesake with the Charlevoix-area Cross Fisheries family.
Evidence limits
The Coast Guard source establishes the cutter and its acceptance. The local family connection comes from a forum participant and is retained as a qualified association rather than a settled genealogical fact.
Sources
- The Coast Guard reported accepting the 37th Sentinel-class fast response cutter, Edgar Culbertson, in Key West on February 7, 2020, and identified the namesake as an enlisted Coast Guard hero.
- A local discussion connected the cutter’s namesake to a Great Lakes rescue and to the Cross Fisheries family in Charlevoix. The rescue connection is consistent with Coast Guard and maritime reporting; the family connection is preserved as a forum-reported local association, not independently verified here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 15 · t014993
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Coast Guard accepts the Edgar Culbertson, honoring a Great Lakes rescue hero, 2020”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-cutter-edgar-culbertson-2020/, accessed [date], citing U.S. Coast Guard, “Coast Guard accepts 37th fast response cutter,” February 7, 2020. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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