Anthony Petit
Deceased Person
– 1946
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Who was Anthony Petit?
Anthony Petit was an American lighthouse keeper. In 1945 he was assigned to the Scotch Cap Light in Alaska as the head of a five-man crew. All of the men were killed on April 1, 1946 when a massive tsunami, created by an earthquake, struck the station, destroying it.
The United States Coast Guard has named a USCG coastal buoy tender based in Ketchikan, Alaska in his honor.
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