YEAR BUILT: 1875

BUILT AT: Wilmington (DE)

BUILDER: Blythe, Jackson & Sharp Co.

APPROPRIATION: $50,000
(Used approp. for Winter Quarter Shoal lightship)

CONTRACT PRICE: $39,200

SISTER VESSELS: None

DESIGN: Wood -white oak; copper & iron fastened; 2 masts with daymarks; smokestack ahead of mainmast; 2 aux. steam boilers and steam pump

LENGTH: 114'S" (loa); BEAM: 27'; DRAFT: 14'; TONNAGE: 349 ("old measure")

PROPULSION: Sail-schooner rig, fore and main carried on spencer masts

ILLUMINATING APPARATUS: 2 lanterns, each with 8 oil lamps

FOG SIGNAL: 12" steam whistle, hand operated 1000 lb bell

CONSTRUCTION NOTES - MODIFICATIONS - EQUIPMENT CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS: LV 40-
1876: Supplied with new S,700 lb mushroom anchor-
1878: Overhauled and resalted-
1880: Jul 17-Sep 26, extensive repairs-
1882: Jul, repairs following storm damage-
1883: Aug 2, boilers replaced; spencer masts replaced - $4556.22-
1889: Sep, hurricane damage repaired-
1891: Apr, repairs to fog signal machinery-
1893: Jul 6-Sep 13, hauled & recoppered; extensive refit-
1897: Jun, refitted & resupplied-
1899: Jul 15-Aug 21, "general overhaul", boilers replaced-
1901: Oct4-Nov 16, found in poor condition, leaking and in need of rebuil.d


STATION ASSIGNMENTS: LV 40
1875-1877: Pollock Rip (MA)
1877-1904: Five Fathom Bank (NJ)

HISTORICAL NOTES: LV 40-
1875: Sep, placed on Pollock Rip (MA), withdrawn 1877; overhauled for transfer-
1877: Jun, transferred to 4th District; placed on Five Fathom Bank (NJ)-
1880: Dec 26, boarding seas flooded forecastle and cabin, stove in boats and
parted chain; worked in to Delaware Breakwater Jan 2, 1881-
1889: Mar 16, broke adrift; again on Apr 7; and again Sep 10, in hurricane-
1891: Apr, fog signal machinery failed; replaced by C&GS schooner DRIFT and a
whistle buoy; brought in for repairs-
1894: Sep 1, station position moved 1 5/8 mi SSE 1/2 E-
1897: Jun 5-29, replaced by whistle buoy while being repaired-
1901: Vessel in poor condition, $90,000 appropriation requested for replacement-
1903: Appropriation approved and bids advertised for steam propelled vessel-
1904: Dec 4, withdrawn and condemned Dec 12

RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1904; AGE: 29

SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION: Oct 10, 1905 - Sold at public auction, Edgemoor Lighthouse Depot (DE)

COMMANDING OFFICERS: LV 40

1897-1898: Frederick H. Sparling, Master
1898-1904: Horatiow S. Pierson, Master

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