Beaver Island ArchiveA primary-source archive & encyclopedia45°40′N 85°33′W · Lake Michigan
Colour scheme
Search

Event

A new 40-foot utility boat arrives for the Beaver Island Coast Guard station, 1957

Also 1957 Beaver Island Coast Guard utility boat

Draft — sources verified, prose evolving

Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
TypeEvent
Date1957-05
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Locator map: Beaver Island highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at Beaver IslandLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Date
1957-05
Kind
Transportation
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
maritimeemergency-managementtransportationpublic-servicecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The May 1957 Beaver Beacon reported the arrival of a new 40-foot utility-type Coast Guard boat for the Beaver Island Station. It was trucked from Curtis Bay, Maryland, to Grand Haven and sailed from there to the Island; the same notice named Orin Daniels and Leonard Cislo as new station personnel.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper arrival and assignment notice. It does not identify the boat, establish its hull history or mission, or provide a complete crew or equipment record.

Sources

  1. Reports that a new 40-foot utility-type boat for the Beaver Island Station was trucked from Curtis Bay, Maryland, to Grand Haven and sailed from there to the Island; it also names Orin Daniels and Leonard Cislo as newly assigned Coast Guardsmen. It does not provide the boat’s name, hull record, mission assignment, crew roster, or Coast Guard equipment file. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1957-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the reported utility-boat arrival; it does not expand the vessel or station record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1957-05_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “A new 40-foot utility boat arrives for the Beaver Island Coast Guard station, 1957”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-coast-guard-utility-boat-1957/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1957, “NEW COASTGUARD BOAT.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

Last revised 2026-08-03. Fill in [date] with the date you read it — this page is static and cannot know that.

BibTeX for “A new 40-foot utility boat arrives for the Beaver Island Coast Guard station, 1957”RIS for “A new 40-foot utility boat arrives for the Beaver Island Coast Guard station, 1957”