| 1893: | "This was the first instance in the history of the United States Light-House Establishment in which a light-ship has foundered at her moorings," reported the Lighthouse Board, when Lightship Number 37 was lost in rough seas at her station at Five Fathom Bank off the entrance to Delaware Bay. |
| 1979: | The keel of the first of the new 270-foot class medium enduring cutters, the CGC Bear, is laid. |
| 1993: | The CGC Yocona hosted the Russian icebreaker Aisberg for the first ever joint Russian-US search and rescue exercise. The exercise was based out of Kodiak and involved three aircraft from Air Station Kodiak, two Russian aircraft, the Aisberg, and the cutters Chase and Ironwood. |