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Album name: | mitko / US - California and Hawaii |
Current status (active, not active, museum etc): | Decommissioned Jul 18, 1960; donated Oct 1, 1963 to Northwest Seaport, Seattle WA for use as floating museum, marked RELIEF; currently being restored; one of 3 oldest surviving lightships and the oldest on the West Coast; retains original steam propulsion |
Construction details (year of built, shape etc): | 1904, LENGTH: 129'0" (loa); BEAM: 28'6"; DRAFT: 12'6"; TONNAGE: 668 displ |
Any other comments: | 1942-1945: during WWII withdrawn from station and based at San Francisco as examination vessel; armed with an Army 3-pounder. Classed as "YN" - net tender during the period |
Coordinates (in any format): | 1905-1930: Blunts Reef (CA) 1930-1942: San Francisco (CA) 1942-1945: Examination Vessel, WWII 1945-1951: San Francisco (CA) 1951-1960: Relief (West Coast) |
Displayed: | 350 times |
Date added: | Apr 07, 2012 |
Keywords: | California / Lightship / Pacific ocean / Historic |
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