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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.
This article lists lightvessels around the world. Most surviving light vessels reside in the United Kingdom and the United States.Some of the lightvessels mentioned in the lists have been renamed more than once, while others have been re-stationed or captured in war.
Lightship No. 103, "Huron" Michigan 20 December 1989: 71: Lightship No. 83, "Swiftsure" Washington 11 April 1989: 72: Lightship No. 101, "Portsmouth" Virginia 5 May 1989: 73: Lightship No. 112, "Nantucket" Massachusetts 20 December 1989: was in Connecticut and New York; now owned by the United States Lightship Museum 74: Lightship No. 116 ...
Port Huron Michigan Huron Lightship Museum U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789–1939: Lightship Huron LV103: Yes 76001974: December 20, 1989 Shelldrake Michigan Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum: U.S. Lighthouse Service 1789–1939: Whitefish Point: NRHP 73000947: February 28, 1973 Whitefish Point Lighthouse and Whitefish Point Coast Guard Station are co ...
United States lightship Huron (LV-103) L. Lightship No. 114; United States lightship LV-117; N. United States lightship Nantucket (LV-58) United States lightship ...
The first US lightship was put in place off of Willoughby Spit in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, in 1820. [1] Lightships remained in service in the United States until March 29, 1985, when the last ship, the Nantucket I , was decommissioned. [ 2 ]
The lightship Huron (LV-103) is one of many that have plied the waters of the Great Lakes. [10] [16] In 1832 the first Lightship on the Great Lakes—the Lois McLain—was placed at Waugoshance Shoal. [17] After 1940, the Huron was the last lightship on the Great Lakes. She was decommissioned in 1970 and grounded at Port Huron, Michigan as a ...
United States lightship Huron (LV-103) This page was last edited on 18 September 2016, at 23:07 (UTC). Text ...