Northwest coast of US - Seattle / N-W Seaport / Lightship no 83 SWIFTSURE (LV83/WAL 508)

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Seattle / N-W Seaport / Lightship no 83 SWIFTSURE (LV83/WAL 508)
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Album name:	Hans de Graaf / Northwest coast of US
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Current status:	Museum
Construction details:	1904/05 (New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, NJ), deactivated 1960. 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:	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.
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Date added:	Nov 28, 2014
DateTime Original:	2014:11:28 12:33:13
Keywords:	Washington / United States / Seattle / Pacific ocean / Lightship
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