| 1942: | HMS Culver (ex-CGC Mendota) torpedoed with 13 survivors. |
| 1948: | Mrs. Fannie M. Salter, keeper of the Turkey Point Lighthouse in upper Chesapeake Bay since 1925 and the last woman keeper of a lighthouse in the United States, retired from active service. This ended nearly 150 years during which women were employed as keepers of United States lighthouses. |