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Huron was built by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Company in Morris Heights, New York.Her keel was laid in 1918 and completed at a cost of $147,428. At 96.5 feet (29.4 m) long, 24 feet (7.3 m) in the beam, drawing 9.5 feet (2.9 m), and weighing 312 tons, Ship #103 was powered by a single compound reciprocating steam engine, driven by two coal-fired Scotch boilers.
Lightship LV-103: 1921: 1970: Relief (1921 – 1923) Grays Reef (1924 – 1926) Relief (1927 – 1928) Grays Reef (1929) Relief (1929 – 1933) North Manitou Shoal (1934 – 1935) Relief (1935) Lake Huron (1936 – 1970) Now a museum in Port Huron, Michigan. [50] Lightship LV-105: 1922: 1944: Diamond Shoal (1922 – 1942) Examination vessel ...
Lake Huron; Acadian: 2,305 246.5 43 1908 unknown Thunder Bay, Michigan: 30,000 Lightship # 61 aka "Corsica Shoals" 160 87'2" 21'6" 1893 none Forced from Corsica Shoals to Point Edward Canada-reportedly contributed to loss of "Matthew Andrews" {See article United States lightship Huron (LV-103)} refloated Matthew Andrews: 7,014 532 56 1907 unknown
United States lightship Huron (LV-103) L. Lightship No. 114; ... United States lightship (WLV-613) O. United States lightship Overfalls (LV-118) P. Pollock Rip Lightship;
3 Lightship No. 61 "Corsica Shoals" on Lake Huron. 1 comment. 4 This is not a STUB class anymore. It should rate at least a START Class.
The Choctaw was a semi-whaleback ship (one of three built) that sank on Lake Huron in 1915 following a collision with the Canadian package freighter Wahcondah. After several unsuccessful searches, she was discovered in 2017, along with the wooden steamer Ohio .
In 1907, the Lighthouse Board recommended that the shoal north of North Manitou Island be marked with a lightship. [4] In 1910, Lightship No. 56 was stationed at the site, and continued there until 1927, when it was replaced by Lightship No. 89.
The Port Huron Museum is a series of five museums located in Port Huron, Michigan, United States. It includes the Cutter Bramble, the Carnegie Center , Huron Lightship , Thomas Edison Depot Museum , and Fort Gratiot Lighthouse . [ 1 ]