1934:	USCG vessels respond to the fire aboard the liner Morro Castle.  This disaster led to a Senate investigation and subsequent changes in maritime safety regulations.
1953:	When the Panamanian SS Eugenia grounded as a result of the heavy weather generated off Cape Cod by Hurricane CAROL, the Cape Cod Life-boat Station removed 13 by breeches buoy and 4 by the DUKW, an amphibious type of surface craft.