YEAR BUILT: 1877
BUILT AT: Brooklyn (NY)
BUILDER: J.D. Leary
(Approp. 1876 Jul 31, "lightship with steam fog signal for an outside
station")
APPROPRIATION: $50,000
CONTRACT PRICE: $40,796
SISTER VESSELS: None
DESIGN: Wood- white oak & locust; copper & galv. iron fastened; 2 masts with daymarks on both; small stack ahead of mainmast; 2 aux. steam boilers & steam pump
LENGTH: 1217" (loa); BEAM: 26'6"; DRAFT: l0'6"; TONNAGE: 410 gross
PROPULSION: Sail- schooner rig; fore and main carried on spencer masts
ILLUMINATING APPARATUS: 2 lanterns, each with 8 oil lamps
FOG SIGNAL: "Siren operated by hot-air engine"; hand operated bell
CONSTRUCTION NOTES - MODIFICATIONS - EQUIPMENT CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS: LV 42
HISTORICAL NOTES: LV 42
-1877: Dec 1, placed on Pollock Rip (MA)
-1880: Dec 26, parted chain and adrift
-1881: In collision once during year; colliding vessel sank near station
-1882: Broke adrift once during year
-1884: In collision twice during the year
-1885: In collision twice during the year
-1886: Dec 26, broke adrift in gale; taken to New Bedford for repair;
returned
to station Mar 1887
-1887: Apr 2, broke adrift in gale and blown 60 miles to sea, returned to
station
under sail Apr 15
More notes: LV 42
-1892: Nov 1, placed on Great Round Shoal; with LV 47 being simultaneously
transferred to Pollock Rip
-1893/94: Remained on station continuously during both years
-1895: Jul 1, fog signal discontinued due to boiler failure, bell used
until
vessel brought in for repairs Oct 1
-1896:Dec 16, broke adrift and assisted back to station by Azalea
-1900:Jun 15, fire damage due to explosion of vaporizer lamp used to start
kerosene fog signal engines
-1900: Aug 28-Oct 21, relieved for extensive rearrangement of interior
spaces
-1901: Sep 2-Oct 7, relieved for repairs to fog signal machinery
-1903: Remained on station during entire year
-1904: Nov 6-29, relieved for repairs at New Bedford
-1913: Placed on Hen and Chickens station
RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1931; AGE: 54
SUBSEQUENT
DISPOSITION: Sold 1932; burned at Apple Island, Boston Harbor as part
of July 4 celebration in 1940
COMMANDING OFFICERS: LV 42
1883-1890: James Jorgensen, Asst
Keeper
1891-1893: James Jorgensen, Keeper
1893-?: Joseph Allen Jr, Master
?-1914: Joshua Richardson, Master
?-1914: John J Gary, Mate
1914-1919: John J Cary, Master
1914-1918: E F Kelley, Mate
1918: Daniel H Nickerson, Mate
1918-1919: William R Chase, Mate
1919-1921: Arthur F Wade, Mate
1919-1922: Josiah P Hatch, Master
1921-1927: John Kinney, Mate
1927: Edgar F Eldrege Mate
1927-1931: Frank P Bellevue, Mate
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