Frank Drew (lighthouse keeper)

Frank Albert Drew (1864–1931) was a lighthouse keeper. He was Assistant Keeper Pilot Island Light from 1899 to 1903, First Assistant Keeper, Green Island Light-Station from 1903 to 1909, and Keeper of Green Island Light-Station from 1904 to 1929.

The United States Coast Guard coastal buoy tender Frank Drew (WLM-557) based in Portsmouth, Virginia is named for him.


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