Kay Hartzell

Kay Lynn Hartzell (6 September 1948 — 26 February 2016) was a former United States Coast Guard lieutenant who is notable for being the first female commanding officer of an isolated U.S. military base, when she assumed command of the Coast Guard LORAN/Omega station at the Island of Lampedusa, Italy, in 1979. Hartzell retired in 1993 at the rank of Commander.

She was survived by her wife, Lane McClelland, mother and her brother.