1909:	Race Point, MA-The sloop Keewaydin IV’s mast was carried away and the sloop anchored 2 miles SW of station, but dragged ashore.  Station crew was on the beach when she struck and the keeper rowed out surf and threw a heaving line on board.  One of the 2 men was rescued by this means.  The other jumped overboard and was pulled ashore by the keeper.  The sloop drifted up on the beach and became a total wreck.
1913:	USRC Seneca, a derelict destroyer, inaugurated the service’s participation in the International Ice Patrol.
1941:	"Agreement relating to the defense of Greenland" signed with Danish minister to United States Included Greenland in the US system of cooperative hemispheric defense.