Wreck & Rescue Magazine

The United States Life-Saving Service Heritage Association has proudly published Wreck & Rescue Journal since 1996, showcasing the talent and historical acumen of the country's greatest Coast Guard historians, not to mention those search and rescue historians working north of the border in Canada as well as overseas. Stories focus on the life and death struggles of shipwrecks, current preservation issues, historic lifesaving technology and historical parallels to the modern United States Coast Guard. In 2008, the association published its first "best of" Wreck & Rescue Journal book, They Had to Go Out.

Past issues of Wreck & Rescue are available as either originals or photocopies. We will process all orders with originals to the extent of available stock. Copies of previous issues are available for order in our on-line store. Click here for a complete index of Wreck & Rescue.


Life Lines Newsletter

Life Lines is the preservation newsletter of the United States Life-Saving Service Heritage Association, focusing on brief items of interest from around the country and the world, highlighting the efforts of local people and organizations working to save Life-Saving Service and early Coast Guard architecture, artifacts and history. In the past, Life Lines has been mailed separately from Wreck & Rescue Journal, but will now be included in the newer, expanded magazine. View a few of our past Life Lines Newsletters to see what they are all about here.


USLSS Boat Registers

Other publications include the station boat registers of 1888 and 1902 which may be purchased through our online store. These list the complete inventory of boats at each station during the years mentioned from the annual inspections of the stations.

USLSS Annual Reports

The United States Life-Saving Service, like all federal government institutions, was required to record annual reports for consumption by the public. But, due to the nature of their work, the reports read more like adventure novels than government reports. The reports have been digitized and are available for reading on the internet. Please click here to view these reports on-line under our educational and resource section.