1908-1934: LV-91 / WAL-515
YEAR BUILT: 1908
BUILT AT: Quincy (MA)
BUILDER: Fore River Shipbuilding Co
APPROPRIATION: ?
CONTRACT PRICE: $107,213
SISTER VESSELS: LV 90,92,93 (Same general plan as LV 84ă88)
DESIGN: Steam screw; steel hull, wood deckhouses; 2 steel
masts, wood spencer on main only; smokestack amidships
LENGTH: 135'5" (loa); BEAM: 29'0"; DRAFT: 12'7"; TONNAGE: 685 displ, 478 gross
PROPULSION: Steam - one compound reciprocating engine, 16" and 31" bores x 24" stroke, 400 IHP; 2 Scotch boilers l0'6" dia x 114" long, 110 psi; propeller 80" dia, design max speed 10 knots
ILLUMINATING APPARATUS: Cluster of 3 oil lens lanterns raised to each masthead; focal plane 50 feet above water
FOG SIGNAL: 12" steam chime whistle; hand operated bell
CONSTRUCTION NOTES - MODIFICATIONS - EQUIPMENT CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS: LV 91-
1908: Submarine bell signal installed-
1915: Illuminating apparatus converted to acetylene operation-
1919: Equipped with radio-
1924: 375mm electric lens lanterns installed at both mastheads-
1927: Equipped with radiobeacon-
1932: Fog signal changed to steam diaphragm horn (17" Leslie typhon)-
1934: Fog signal changed to air diaphone-
1945: Pitted with detection radar-
Radio and visual call sign NNGV (1940-1961)
STATION ASSIGNMENTS: LV 91/WAL 515
1908: Relief (4th district)
1908-1934: Winter Quarter Shoal (VA)
1934-1942: Relief (5th district)
1942-1945: WWII duty, see note
1945-1961: Relief (5th district)
(1908: assigned to Relief duty briefly
before being place on Winter Quarter)
(During WWII, 1942-1943, assigned to CG Hq, stationed at Curtis Bay (MD) and
used for training;
1943-1945 assigned to 7th district Hq, stationed at Key West (FL) and used as examination vessel; armed with two 20mm's on bridge wings and one 3" gun mounted aft)
HISTORICAL NOTES: LV 91 / WAL 515-
1908: Assigned Relief duty prior to being placed on Winter Quarter-
1915: Jun 12, during severe coastal storm, parted mooring losing anchor and
90 fathoms chain, remained on station using harbor anchor-
1920: Feb 5, parted chain, returned to Portsmouth VA for new moorings and coal;
resumed station Feb 9-
1922: Jan 8, parted chain in heavy gale; seas breaking completely over the ship,
unable to make headway; carried 135 mi south of station; returned to station
Feb 1; tender waiting at station with replacement chain and anchor-
1927: Mar 2, in severely northerly storm, parted chain and headed offshore under
power until weather moderated; returned to station Mar 4-
1930: Jun, radiobeacon sequenced with Five Fathom and Overfalls lightships
RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1961; AGE: 53
SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION: Decommissioned Nov 30, 1961; sold Mar 11, 1963
COMMANDING OFFICERS: LV 91 / WAL 515
1908-1915: James S Mason, Master
1908-1913: Anelius Anderson, Mate
1913: Charles Pertner, Mate
1913-1922: Thomas Simmons, Mate
1915-1919: John Hanson, Master
1913-1917: William Harvey, Mate
1917: Valin G Best, Mate (temp)
1917-1920: William H Harvey, Mate
1920: Elijah Brasure, Mate
1922- 1929: Thomas Simmons, Master
1929-?: Robert A Dixon, Master
1934-1942: LV-107 / WAL-529
YEAR BUILT: 1923
BUILT AT: Bath (ME)
APPROPRIATION: '?
BUILDER: Bath Iron Works
CONTRACT PRICE: $200,000
SISTER VESSELS: LV 106,108,109,110,111
DESIGN: Steam screw; steel hull, steel pilot house and deck houses, 2 masts with
lantern galleries; smokestack amidships
LENGTH: 132'4" (loa); BEAM: 30'0"; DRAFT: 14'7"; TONNAGE: 775 displ
PROPULSION: Steam - compound reciprocating engine, 400 IHP; 2 oil fired Scotch marine boilers, 120 psi; 4 bladed propeller; max speed 9 knots
ILLUMINATING APPARATUS: 375mm electric lens lantern at each masthead
FOG SIGNAL: 12" steam chime whistle, submarine bell, hand operated bell
CONSTRUCTiON NOTES - MODIFICATIONS -
EQUIPMENT CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS: LV 107-
Delivered Feb 2, 1924-
Equipped with radio and radiobeacon when built-
1933: Fog signal changed to steam diaphragm horn (Leslie 17" Typhon)-
194?: Repowered with GM 400HP diesel, 4'9"dI.a propeller, max speed 7.5 knots-
1955: Fitted with TRSCăl radar, duplex 375mm lens lantern on foremast-
1959: USCG lists vessel with F2T air diaphone; other characteristics as above-
Radio and visual call sign NMGV (1940-1965)
STATION ASSIGNMENTS: LV 107/ WAL 529
1924-1933: Cape Lookout Shoals (NC)
1934-1942: Winter Quarter Shoal (VA)
1942-1945: Examination Vessel, WWII
1945-1960: Winter Quarter Shoal (VA)
1960-1965: Delaware (DE)
1965-1968: Relief Third District (based at Cape May NJ)
(Cape Lookout station discontinued 1933)
(1942-1945 during WWII, withdrawn from Winter Quarter, assigned to 5th District
stationed at Portsmouth (VA) and used as examination vessel; no armament)
HISTORICAL NOTES: LV 107 / WAL 529-
1927: Mar 2, parted chain and off station in severe NW storm; regained station
next day when weather moderated-
1928: Sep 18, in hurricane force winds, parted chain and unable to make headway
under power; steamed inshore and anchored until weather improved; regained
station Sep 20-
1930: Sep 12, during hurricane, plating buckled on starboard bow; deck
stanchions bent; dragged 1 1/2 mi north of station-
1936: Sep 17/18, in track of hurricane, barometer 28.80, dragged off station;
ship's side near starboard cargo port stove in by heavy seas; radio disabled due
to water damage; generators and storage batteries broke loose from mountings;
motor boat demolished by boarding seas; regained station Sep 19
More notes:
RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1968; AGE: 45
SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION: Decommissioned Apr 15, 1968; transferred to Hampton (VA) Nov 21, 1968 as museum. Hulk said to have been seen at Hampton 1980. Reported in 1984 to be at North American Metals, shipbreakers yard at Bordentown NJ and remained there as of 1988.
COMMANDING OFFICERS: LV 107 / WAL 529
1924-1925: Arthur M Hudson, Master
1925-?: Charles F Tull, Mate
1929-?: Barnette, Master
1938-?: Samuel F Dowdy, Mate
?-1946: WO J.B. Reynolds, CO
1946-1949: WO P.R. Tittermary, CO
1949-1949: WO H.T. Peele, CO
1949-1951: WO W.E. Dinterman, CO
1951-1954: CWO J.W. Berry, CO
1954-1958 CWO E.W. Thomas, CO
1958-1959: CWO Dewey H. Scarborough, Jr., CO
1959-1962: CWO M N Joynes, CO
1962-1964: CWO William L. Taylor, CO
1964-1965: WO Louis R. Stowe, CO
1965-1966: WO James O. Deardoff, CO
1966-1967: WO Paul Drumgoole, CO
1967-1968: WO Gary Day, CO
1945-1960: LV-107 / WAL-529
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