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USLHT Myrtle



Call sign (1920):
George - Vice - Love - Tare

Myrtle served both the U.S. Lighthouse Service and U.S. Navy

Lighthouse Tender:

  • Built in 1872 by Birely, Hillmand and Streaker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Commissioned USLHT Myrtle in 1872
  • Transferred to the Navy 11 April 1917
  • Returned to the Department of Commerce 1 July 1919
  • Decommissioned in 1922
  • Sold 14 December 1922
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 542 t.
    1920 - 348 t.
  • Length 140'
    1920 - 130'
  • Beam 25' 8"
    1920 - 25'
  • Draft 11' 3"
    1920 - 11'
  • Complement: 19 (1907)
    1920 - 20
  • Speed 9 kts.
  • Propulsion: One coal-fired boiler, one 162bhp Inverted cylinder locomotive crank steam engine, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Myrtle 94k c. 1916
    San Juan Depot, Puerto Rico
    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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