YEAR BUILT: 1864
BUILT AT: Philadelphia (FA)
BUILDER: Vaughn & Fisher
APPROPRIATION: $150,000
(Approp. 1864 for "construction & repair of light boats")
CONTRACT PRICE: $24, 000 ($48, 000 for LV 29&34)
SISTER VESSELS: None
DESIGN: Wood -- oak, yellow pine & locust; copper & iron fastened; 2 masts, no day marks
LENGTH: 101" 0' (loa), BEAM: 23' 6", DRAFT: 106", TONNAGE: 232 gross
PROPULSION: Sai1
ILLUMINATING APPARATUS: 2 lanterns, each with 8 oil lamps w/reflector:
FOG SIGNAL: Hand operated bell
CONSTRUCTION NOTES - MODIFICATIONS - EQUIPMENT CHANGES &IMPROVEMENTS: LV
29-
1878: Extensive hull repairs-
1881: "Thorough" repairs following damage due to August hurricane &
grounding-
1885: New suit of sails fitted, awnings replaced-
1887: "Badly worm eaten", stem replaced, replanked and coppered below
water,
new mainmast, new water tanks, hawsepipes replaced-
1895: Major overhaul-
1897/98: Repairs, refitted, mainmast replaced-
1900: Hauled for salvage or repairs, "as she has not been out of the water
for
over 5 years"-
1902: Hauled for major structural repairs to stem, keel, and planking
STATION ASSIGNMENTS: LV 29
1865- 1871: Frying Pan Shoal (NC)
1871-1875: Martins Industry (SC)
1875-1877: Frying Pan Shoal (NC)
1877-1880: Relief (SC)
1880-1887: Martins Industry (SC)
1887-1888: Relief (SC)
1888-1892: Frying Pan Shoal (NC)
1893-1906: Relief (SC)
1906-1911: Martins Industry (SC)
1911-1915: Relief (SC)
HISTORICAL NOTES: LV 29-
1865: Dec 20, placed on Frying Pan Shoal (NC)-
1866: Jan, broke adrift in gale-
1866: Sep 28, broke adrift, found Oct 10 off Tybee (GA), refitted and
returned
to station Nov 15-
1871: Driven from station in heavy weather, taken in for repairs-
1871: Sep 1, placed on Martins Industry (SC) from which LV 34 had gone
adrift-
1875: Jun 21, placed on Frying Pan Shoal (NC)-
1877: Dec 14, reverted to Relief-
1880: Apr 26, placed on Martins Industry (SC)-
1881: Aug 27, blown off station in hurricane; aground at Tybee Island
(GA);
taken in for repair of extensive damage; back on station Feb 1, 1882-
1887: Jul 23, reverted to Relief (SC) -in need of extensive repairs-
1888: Nov 27, placed on Frying Pan Shoal (NC), withdrawn Dec 1, 1892 &
repaired-
1893: Jan 1, reverted to Relief (SC) -"in poor condition"-
1903: Mar 23, parted moorings and went aground in Charleston Harbor-
1906: Feb 7, placed on Martins Industry (SC)-
1911: Dec 16, reverted to Relief status, kept at Charleston (SC)
More notes:
RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1915 AGE: 52
SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION: Surveyed, condemned and sold
to the highest bidder at
Charleston (SC), Sep 15, 1915 - $1667.67
COMMANDING OFFICERS: LV 29
1892-1893: Antoni Neilson, Asst Keeper
1893-1894: Antoni Neilson, Mate
1894-1896: Carl F Kellin, Master
1896-1900: Andrew Anderson, Master
?-1913: Edgar M. Cahoon, Mate
1914-1915: B.W. Diggs, Mate
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Frying Pan Shoal Lightship Station History