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USLHS Shubrick
ex-USRC Shubrick
ex-USS Shubrick
ex-USRC Shubrick
ex-USLHS Shubrick


Shubrick served the U. S. Lighthouse Service, U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and the U.S. Navy
Lighthouse Tender:

  • The first Shubrick was built in 1857 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania
  • Commissioned USLHS Shubrick 25 November 1857
  • Transferred to the Revenue Cutter Service 23 August 1861
  • Commissioned USRC Shubrick 15 October 1861
  • Acquired by the Navy 15 February 1865
  • Returned to the Revenue Cutter Service
  • Returned to the Lighthouse Board 24 December 1866
  • Decommissioned in January 1886
  • Sold 20 March 1886 at Astoria OR
  • Her new owner ran her aground and stripped her of usable material and then burnt her hull to recover all of her copper and metal fittings.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 350 t.
  • Length 140' 8"
  • Beam 22' 6"
  • Draft 9'
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Armament: One 24-pounder Dahlgren gun on a swivel carriage and one 12-pounder
  • Propulsion: One boiler, one 284bhp single-expansion "harp and steeple" steam engine, two 19' diameter paddle wheels.
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    Shubrick 559k The first steam powered Lighthouse Tender. The side wheel steamer Shubrick, first Lighthouse tender on the West Coast. This unique vessel was constructed in 1857 and served as supply ship, buoy tender and Revenue Cutter for 29 years. The 140 foot long ship was named for the first Chairman of the Lighthouse Board, Commodore W. B. Shubrick, USN
    National Park Service photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Shubrick 625k The U.S. Revenue Steamer Shubrick anchored in the Sacramento, near Rio Vista, CA
    Photo from The Illustrated London News, 29 March 1862
    Subrick 45k U.S. Lighthouse Service photo John Spivey
    Photo added 1 August 2021
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