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Hellenic Navy lighthouse tender HS Karavogiannos, A-479. THV Galatea, a lighthouse tender operated by Trinity House. A lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to lighthouses or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail, and transportation. The work is often carried out by ships which also act as buoy ...
Lighthouse tenders were named for trees and shrubs. Arbutus is a genus of flowering plants in the heather family. The Arbutus launched in 1879 was the second vessel of that name to serve as a lighthouse tender. [17] [18] A subsequent USLHT Arbutus was launched in 1933. [19]
USLHT Cedar was a lighthouse tender in commission in the fleet of the United States Lighthouse Service in 1917 and from 1919 to 1939, and – as USCGC Cedar (WAGL-207) – in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard from 1939 to 1950.
The United States Coast Guard Cutter Fir (WAGL/WLM 212) was the last lighthouse tender built specifically for the United States Lighthouse Service to resupply lighthouses and lightships, and to service buoys. Fir was built by the Moore Drydock Company in Oakland, California in 1939. On 22 March 1939, the U.S. Lighthouse Tender Fir was launched ...
In 1935 the ship's complement was 7 officers and 22 men. [22] United States buoy tenders are traditionally named for trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. Lilac is named for the Lilac, a flowering shrub. She was the second lighthouse tender named Lilac, the first having been launched in 1891 and decommissioned in 1924. [19]
This change did impact the ship's work in that District Inspectors and Engineers were replaced by a single District Supervisor. All ships did any work they were assigned. On 11 April 1917 President Wilson issued Executive Order 2588 [18] transferring a number of lighthouse tenders to support the American effort in World War I.
The ship's complement in 1909 was 5 officers and 16 men. [16] By 1917 her crew had grown to 5 officers and 19 men. [12] United States buoy tenders are traditionally named for trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. Lilac is named for the Lilac, a flowering shrub. She was the first lighthouse tender named Lilac, but not the last.
The United States Lighthouse Tender Marigold was a lighthouse tender which served on the Great Lakes. She was launched in 1890 and delivered to the depot in Detroit early in 1891. The tender spent an unremarkable career in service, never needing a major retrofit and being drydocked only for a few minor repairs.