USLHT Elm was a motorized derrick barge which was used to build and maintain aids to navigation. She was classed as a lighthouse tender and operated by...
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replace the wooden USLHT Pine. She was built by Defoe Boat and Motor Works of Bay City, Michigan. The contract price was $77,177. Elm was 72.33 feet (22...
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GRT, 948 NRT and 927 tons under deck. The hull planking was American rock elm from the garboard to the light water line, and then teak from there to the...
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She is the third Coast Guard vessel of this name, after USLHT Maple, launched in 1893, and USLHT/USCGC Maple (WAGL-234), launched in 1939. After her launch...
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the Sampson Board's court of inquiry meeting aboard the lighthouse tender USLHT Mangrove in Havana Harbor, ca. March 1898. From left are Captain French...
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USLHT Armeria aground. She flies the United States flag upside down as a distress signal....
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