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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.
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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 ]
This is a list of lightships of the United States, listing lightships operated by the United States government. The first US lightship was put in place off of Willoughby Spit in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, in 1820. [1]
United States lightship LV-82 Buffalo: 180 105 21 1912 none Point Abino, Ontario, Canada: 25,000 6 {Lightship salvaged} Ships stranded Ship Gross Tons Length Beam Built Cargo Approx Location Damage Notes Lake Superior; Fred G. Hartwell: 6,223 504 58 1908 unknown Point Iroquois, Michigan: 30,000 rebuilt Huronic: 3,330 321 43 1902 passengers
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 Lakes. She was decommissioned in 1970 and grounded at Port Huron, Michigan as a ...
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