1821-1867
Location & historical notes: Maryland, in the section of the Potomac River referred to as "narrows of the Potomac," about 44 miles upriver from the Chesapeake Bay. Moored on the southerly side of the channel off the mouth of the Tobacco River and about 2 3/4 miles upriver from the present highway bridge for Route 301.
Lightships assigned:
1821- ?: "LL"
Sorry no information Available.
? -1859: "EE "
Tonnage: 72; wood hull
Station: ? -1859: Upper Cedar Point (MD)
1859-1861: "SS"
Tonnage: 70; wood hull
Stations: 1827-1859: Nine Foot Shoal (NC)
1859-1861: Upper Cedar Point (MD)
Note: Removed, sunk or destroyed by Confederate forces 1861
1861-1864: station vacant
1864-1867: LV-21
YEAR BUILT: 1863
BUILT AT: New Bedford (MA)
BUILDER: Stephen Andrews
APPROPRIATION: None
Treasury Dept authorized vessels for Upper & Lower Cedar Point (141)) & Cross
Rip
CONTRACT PRICE: $47,500 (for 3 vessels)
SISTER VESSELS: None
DESIGN: Wood - white oak; copper & iron fastened; bowsprit; 2 masts
LENGTH: 78' (lbp), BEAM: 21'6", DRAFT: 10', TONNAGE: 150 gross
PROPULSION: Sail- schooner rig
ILLUMINATING APPARATUS: 2 lanterns each with 8 lard oil
lamps
FOG SIGNAL: Hand operated bell and horn
CONSTRUCTION NOTES - MODIFICATIONS - EQUIPMENT CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS: LV 21-
1867: Hauled at Norfolk (VA); sheathing
repaired; painted red-
1868: Nov-Jan 1869, found leaking and rotten, recaulked, deck planking replaced-
1875: Examined and "hull is quite rotten"
STATION ASSIGNMENTS: LV 21
1864-1867: Upper Cedar Point (MD)
1867-1868: Willoughby Spit (VA)
1869-1871: Relief (VA)
1871-1872: Wreck of Weehawken (SC)
1872-1880: Tybee Island Knoll (GA)
(1869-1871: While in Relief status, performed temporary duty marking Wolf Trap,
Jan 8-Feb 24 1869; Windmill Point Shoal, Mar 8-Sepi 1869 during lighthouse
construction; York Spit, Sep 1869)
(1880 Tybee Island Knoll station discontinued)
(Prior to 1867 when No. 21 was assigned, official records identify this vessel
as "Upper Cedar Point Light Vessel")
HISTORICAL NOTES: LV 21-
1864: Sep, placed on Upper Cedar Point
(MD)-
1867: Jul 20, withdrawn; station discontinued on activation of Upper Cedar Point
Lighthouse-
1867: Aug 17, placed on Willoughby Spit (VA)-
1867: Dec 6, in collision with steamer, bowsprit broken off-
1868: Jan 21, parted chain due to defective shackle, returned to station Jan 24-
1868: Nov 4, withdrawn and replaced by LV 23; LV 21 assigned Relief duty-
1869: Jan 8ãFeb 24, "temporarily" occupied Wolf Trap (VA)-
1869: Mar 8-Sep 1, "temporarily" occupied Windmill Point (VA) during lighthouse
construction-
1869: Sep, temporarily occupied York Spit (VA)-
1871: Jun, transferred to 6th District, placed on Wreck of Weehawken (SC)-
1872: Jul 15, withdrawn upon completion of range beacons for Charleston Harbor-
1872: Sep 16, placed on Tybee Island Knoll (GA)-
1879: Vessel is "old, un seaworthy, and not worth repairing"-
1880 : Jan, withdrawn, station discontinued, "other aids being substituted in
her stead''
More notes:
RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1880 AGE: 17
SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION: 1880 Jan 7, sold at public auction $200; net $173.70
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