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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.
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 ]
Today LV-101 is dry docked and lettered as Portsmouth, having never served there. The lightship Huron (LV-103) is one of many that have plied the waters of the Great Lakes. [11] [17] In 1832 the first Lightship on the Great Lakes—the Lois McLain—was placed at Waugoshance Shoal. [18] After 1940, the Huron was the last lightship on the Great ...
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
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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] The museum was founded in 1967. [1]
The Price was found on November 10, 1913 with her bow above water, and her stern dipping below. Because of her disposition, the ship's length could not be measured to make a positive identification of the vessel: the wreck was initially assumed to be the Regina. The vessel was eventually identified as the Price before she sank on November 17.