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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 ...
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;
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
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 ...
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In 1910, Lightship No. 56 was stationed at the site, and continued there until 1927, when it was replaced by Lightship No. 89. In 1934, Lightship No. 103 was transferred to the location, and stayed until the permanent structure was built the next year.
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