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USLHS Mistletoe
ex-USS Mistletoe
ex-USLHS Mistletoe



Call sign (1919):
George - Vice - Love - Watch
Lighthouse Tender:

  • The second Mistletoe was built by Robinson Hoffman and Company, Chester, Pennsylvania
  • Commissioned USLHS Mistletoe in 1872
  • Acquired by the Navy 11 April
  • Returned to the Department of Commerce 1 July 1919
  • Sold 27 April 1922
  • Caught fire 5 May 1924 , burned to the water line and sunk off Far Rockaway, NY.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 476 t.
    1919 - 352 t.
    1922 - 455 t.
  • Length 137'
    1881 - 153'
  • Length between perpendiculars 153'
  • Beam 25' 5"
    1917 - 26'
  • Draft 7'
    1917 - 6' 9"
    1919 - 9'
  • Complement 1907 - 17
    1917 - 20
  • Propulsion: Two coal-fired boilers, one 190ihp steam engine, side paddle wheels
    1919 - 370ihp.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Mistletoe 100k Joe Radigan
    Mistletoe 93k c. 1899
    New York
    Photo from Mel's Place    		 Robert Hurst
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