A 1992 storm destroyed most of the club's structures on Pea Island.
Portions of Kitty Hawk and Pea Island were also flooded.
Etheridge served as the keeper at Pea Island for twenty years.
Pea Island continued to be manned by an all-black crew through the Second World War.
It is situated off the south-western coast of Davids' Island, immediately adjacent to Pea Island.
Three years later the club sold Little Pea Island to CBS, which renamed it "Columbia".
Pea Island is grass-covered and located southeastward of Davids Island.
Like Pea Island after the inlet separating it from Hatteras Island closed, the two joined areas have maintained their historical names.
Pea Island had thus become a part of Hatteras Island.
Up until 1940 it was known as Little Pea Island.