File information |
Album name: | mitko / Northwest coast of US |
Current status (active, not active, museum etc): | Decommissioned 1960 |
Construction details (year of built, shape etc): | 1904 (New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ). Lengthened from 34 m to 39 m in 1929, beam 9m. One of the oldest U.S.lightships and the only one with its original steam engines. |
Coordinates (in any format): | Served for 46 years at California stations, 21 years (1930-51) as the San Francisco. Transferred to the Pacific Northwest in 1951, its last station was Swiftsure Banks. Since 1969 at the Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center in Seattle. |
Displayed: | 119 times |
Date added: | Jun 07, 2015 |
DateTime Original: | 2007:05:29 14:02:17 |
Keywords: | Washington / United States / Seattle / Pacific ocean / Lightship |
Download Picture: | For registered users only |