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First Name:
Ole
Last Name:
Rasmussen
Type: Lightship Personnel, Light Keeper
Collection / Donor:
Born:
1881
Died:
1934
Place(s)
Place:
Title / Position:
1st Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Year Started:
1929
Year Departed:
1931
Begin Salary:
1320
End Salary:
1380
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1931
Year Departed:
1932
Begin Salary:
1320
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Transferred
Year Started:
1932
Year Departed:
1933
Begin Salary:
1260
Place:
Title / Position:
2nd Assistant Lighthouse Keeper
Cause of Termination:
Died
Year Started:
1933
Year Departed:
1934
Begin Salary:
1320
Vessels
Associated Vessel:
Title / Position:
Third Officer
Year Started:
1925
Year Ended:
1925
Begin Salary:
1740
Associated Vessel:
Title / Position:
Second Officer
Year Started:
1925
Year Ended:
1926
Begin Salary:
1740
Associated Vessel:
Title / Position:
Third Officer
Year Started:
1926
Year Ended:
1926
Begin Salary:
1740
Associated Vessel:
Title / Position:
Second Officer
Year Started:
1926
Year Ended:
1928
Begin Salary:
1800
End Salary:
1920
Associated Vessel:
Title / Position:
Second Officer
Year Started:
1928
Year Ended:
1929
Begin Salary:
1860
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Entered Date:
Nov 09, 2018
On September 18, 1934, Second Assistant Keeper Ole Rasmussen rowed two men who had completed repair work on the island’s radiobeacon station out to meet the Neah Bay mail boat. While returning to the island, heavy swells capsized the small boat, and Rasmussen was struck in the head by the craft. After much effort, Rasmussen’s floating body was recovered, but attempts to revive him failed.