HISTORICAL NOTES; LV 76 / WAL 504
-1904: May 26, delivered by contractor to Staten Island Depot (NY); tested
during special trip delivering rations to various light stations in Long Island
Sound, then equipped and supplied for voyage to San Francisco
-1905: Feb 14, cleared NY for San Francisco in company with LV 83. Robert Quinton
was Master of LV 76; B M Trott, Senior Master, LV 83. Each Master "was furnished
instructions, credentials and means for prosecution of his voyage to the Pacific
Coast" via Cape Horn. (Date of arrival San Francisco not found)
-1905: After layover at San Francisco, steamed to Astoria (OR)
-1905: Jul 17-Nov 2 1906, relieved Umatilla Reef LV 67, then remained at Astoria
-1906: Dec 10-16, steamed to San Francisco
-1907: Jan 2-Feb 11, relieved San Francisco LV '70; Jan 12, struck by barkentine
causing much damage; returned to San Francisco for extensive repairs to hull
and machinery; Mar? -Apr 26, again relieved LV 70; Mar 22ã25 dragged off
station in severe storm; Apr 26, returned to San Francisco for repair
-1907: Jul 13, left for Astoria (OR) to relieved Umatilla Reef
-1922: Jan 23, while relieving San Francisco, parted chain in gale and went
adrift; dropped harbor anchor; tender SEQUOIA recovered moorings and lightship
regained station Jan 27

RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1960; AGE: 56

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