United States Coast Guard Station Point Allerton is a

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station located in Hull, Massachusetts. The station is a sub-unit of Sector Boston. It traces its roots back to the U.S. Lifesaving Station and the Massachusetts Humane Society. Its assets include the Motor Life Boat (MLB), the Coast Guard's primary heavy-weather boat used for search and rescue as well as law enforcement and homeland security, and Response Boat – Small (RB-S), a high-speed boat, for a variety of missions, including

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and law enforcement duties.

Gale of 1898

Portland Gale was an intense storm causing many vessels in the area at anchor, and transiting in and out of Boston to be in distress. Point Allerton responded to many of these distressed vessels and thus saved many lives under the lead of Joshua James (1826–1902), Hull's most famous lifesaver, who became the first Keeper of the Pt. Allerton U.S. Life Saving Station, when it opened in 1889. Joshua James is honored every year at his grave-site on May 23, Joshua James Day, by th
Hull Life-Saving Museum
and the Point Allerton Station. His house built in 1850 still stands in Hull, Massachusetts and is marked as having been his home.
(accessed January 13, 2008) The Point Allerton station also still stands, but is no longer in use. The Point Allerton station now houses the Hull Life-Saving Museum. In 2003, the Coast Guard created the Joshua James Award to honor the Coast Guard personnel with the most seniority in rescue work and the highest record of achievement. USCGC James (WMSL-754), the fifth

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, was named in honor of his life and dedication to saving lives.

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Gale of 1898

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