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USCGC Woodbine



Call sign (1915):
George - Vice - Rush - Tare

Woodbine served both the U.S. Lighthouse Service, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard

Lighthouse Tender:

  • Built in 1914 by F. A. Verdon, West New Brighton, New York
  • Commissioned USLHT Woodbine 1 March 1914
  • Transferred to the Navy during World War I
  • Struck from the Navy Register 1 July 1919 and returned to the Lighthouse Service
  • Decommissioned 16 April 1933
  • Sold 20 October 1933
  • Registered in 1934 to Nick Paxos of Philadelphia, PA as the freighter Woodbine
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 107 t.
    1915 - 71 t.
    1934 - 73 t.
  • Length 95' 1"
    1915 - 85'
    1934 - 89.2'
  • Beam 16'
    1934 - 15.6'
  • Draft 7'
    1918 - 5' 2"
    1934 - 7'
  • Complement: Six
    1934 - Five
  • Speed 9 kts.
  • Armament: One 1-pounder
  • Propulsion: One 125bhp Corless kerosene engine, one shaft
    Engine replaced in 1925 by one 135hp triple expansion steam engine.
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    Woodbine 108k c. 1916
    Edgemoor Depot, DE
    Photo from U.S. Lighthouse Society website    		 John Spivey
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    Coast Guard history entry located on the USCG Historian's Office website
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