AH-WR-1766

USCGC Jackson

Patrol Boat · United States · Lost 1944 · The Outer Banks

The Coast Guard cutter Jackson capsized in the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane; twenty of forty-one aboard survived.

Artistic recreation based on recorded historical documents. See the documented evidence.

Interpretive Reconstruction, drawn to convey the vessel's era, type and general form. See the documented evidence.

The Vessel and Her Loss

USCGC Jackson was built at Camden, New Jersey, in 1926 and commissioned on March 14, 1927. After Prohibition enforcement off the East Coast, she served on the Great Lakes in rescue, fisheries patrol and maritime law enforcement. Under Navy operational control during World War II, she escorted convoys and conducted antisubmarine patrols. On September 14, 1944, Jackson and Bedloe were assisting the torpedoed George Ade when hurricane seas overwhelmed the cutters. Jackson capsized and sank; twenty of the forty-one aboard survived. NOAA documents her divided wreck southeast of Nags Head.

Vessel

Built: 1926
Builder: American Brown Boveri Electric Company
Yard: Camden, New Jersey
Material: Not established
Length: 125 ft
Beam: 23.5 ft
Tonnage: 232 gross tons (NOAA)
Propulsion: Not established
Owners: United States Coast Guard; wartime operational control of United States Navy

Loss

Date: September 14, 1944
Cause: Storm
Location: Southeast of Nags Head, North Carolina
Water: Atlantic Ocean
Voyage: Not established
Cargo: Not established
Aboard: 41
Lives lost: 21
Master: Not established

The Wreck Today

Depth: 77 ft
Condition: Bow and stern separated by a 20-foot gap. Port bow rises above sand, starboard bow lies in sand; stern upright, with debris surrounding the hull.
Orientation: Not established
Discovered: Not established
Protection: Not established

Position

Coordinates: Not established
Accuracy: Position not established
Nearest: Nags Head, North Carolina
Region: The Outer Banks

Evidence

Overall confidence: Well documented (90/100)

Numerical wreck coordinates and propulsion or construction details not stated here are not established in the reviewed source; whole-hull imagery is interpretive.

NOAA — Monitor National Marine Sanctuary
1926 construction, 1927 commissioning, builder, dimensions, Coast Guard and Navy-controlled service; September 14 hurricane capsize and completed sinking; 41 aboard, 20 survivors, 21 deaths distinct from initial raft occupants; rescue, 77-foot depth, separated bow and stern, multibeam survey.