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Oak Island has the 'look' of a LSS, but it was built in 1992.(This building was damaged by fire a few years back. Anybody been there since?)
YES!! I've been there several times, and had a grand tour last spring of the newly constructed facility both inside and out.

Oak Island Coast Guard station & lighthouse...
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Front entrance...
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Back entrance...
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Two photos taken inside the operations room...
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Front entrance w/ USLHE bell...
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And inside the lighthouse looking up at the ladder system...
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This is the USCGC Blackberry - home base is the Oak Island CG Station...
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Judy