USCGC Lilac
The USCGC Lilac (WAGL/WLM-227) is a former Coast Guard lighthouse tender located in New York City. The Lilac is America's only surviving steam-powered lighthouse tender. It was built in 1933 at the Pusey & Jones Shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware.[3] In the 1950s she assisted several ships that collided. Decommissioned in 1972, she was donated to the Harry Lundeburg Seamanship School of Seafarers International Union.[3] She was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 2005.[2] She is a museum ship, docked at Pier 25, near North Moore Street in Manhattan. In 2016, she appeared in two episodes of the Netflix series, Daredevil.
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Name | USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227) |
Ordered | 13 April 1931 |
Builder | Pusey & Jones Company |
Cost | $334,900 |
Launched | 26 May 1933 |
Commissioned | 1933 |
Decommissioned | 3 February 1972 |
Status | Museum ship |
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Type | Lighthouse tender |
Displacement | 799 tons |
Length | 173 ft 4 in (52.83 m) |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
Draft | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
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Speed | 11 knots maximum |
Range | 1,734 nm @ 10.0 knots |
Complement | 38 |
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Location | Pier 25, New York, New York |
Coordinates | 40°43′58″N 74°0′46″W |
Built | 1933 |
Architect | Pusey & Jones Shipyard |
Architectural style | Lighthouse tender |
NRHP reference No. | 04001441[2] |
Added to NRHP | January 7, 2005 |
References
- "Lilac, 1933" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Brouwer, Norman. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lilac" (PDF). July 2004. National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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