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Black Hulls

Ocean Going

173′ Magnolia Class Model: No Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Picture USLHT/USCGC Magnolia WAGL 231 1904 – 1945 Rammed and sunk by SS Marguerite Lehand CGAA USLHT/USCGC Ivy 1904 – 1940 190′ Manzanita Class Model: No Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Picture USLHT/USCGC Anemone WAGL 202 1908 – 1946 USLHT/USCGC Cypress WAGL 211 …

Inland

80′ Althea Class Lighthouse Tender Bay and sound tenders built for shallow near shore waters Lighthouse Tender Model: No Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures USLHT/USCGC Althea WAGL 223 1930 – 1962 CGAA USLHT/USCGC Poincianna WAGL 266 1930 – 1962 121′ Linden Class Bay and sound tenders built for shallow near shore waters Lighthouse …

River

103′ Goldenrod Class Lighthouse Tender (<1967) Buoy Tender, River (>1967) Model: No Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures USLHT/USCGC Goldenrod WAGL 213 1938 – 1973 USLHT/USCGC Poplar WAGL 241 1939 – 1973 Donated to National Science Foundation 114′ Dogwood Class Designed to replace the paddle wheelers on the Mississippi Lighthouse Tender (<1967) Buoy Tender, …

Inland Construction

100′ Smilax Class Lighthouse Tender (<1967) Buoy Tender, Inland Construction (>1967) Model: No Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures USCGC Rambler WAGL/WLIC 298 1943 – 1980 USCGC Primrose WAGL/WLIC 316 1944 – 2001 USCGC Smilax WAGL/WLIC 315 1944 – Active Currently reigning Queen of the Fleet CGH CGH 75′ Anvil Class Lighthouse Tender (<1967) …

ATON Boats

Model: BUSL: Yes Classification Service Comments Pictures 64′ Aids to Navigation Boat (ANB) 63′ Aids to Navigation Boat {ANB} 38′ Aids to Navigation Boat {ANB} 34′ Buoy Utility (BU) 46′ Buoy Utility Stern Loading (BUSL)

Tugs

96′ Winnisimmet Class Harbor Cutter (1915-1925) Harbor Cutter/Harbor Tug (1925-1939) Model: No Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures USRC/USCGC Winnisimmet WYT 84 1903 – 1945 Former Revenue Cutter CGH USRC/USCGC Wissahickon 1904 – 1935 88′ Navy Harbor Tug Model: No Designation Name Service Comments Picture USCGC Chattahoochee 1920 – 1921 USCGC Chautauqua 1919 – …

Lightships

Lightships were used to mark the entrances to major US ports or to mark dangers to navigation The first US lightship location was Willoughby Spit in 1820 The last station to be discontinued was Nantucket Shoals The last US lightship left station in 1983 Over the years 4 lightships were lost to storms and one …