USCGC Fir

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The United States Coast Guard Cutter Fir was the last lighthouse tender built specifically for the United States Lighthouse Service to resupply lighthouses and lightships, and to service buoys. Fir was built by the Moore Drydock Company in Oakland, California in 1939. On 22 March 1939, the U.S. Lighthouse Tender Fir was launched. She was steam driven with twin screws, 175 feet (53 m) in length, had a beam of 32 feet (9.8 m), drew 11 feet 3 inches (3.43 m) of water, and displaced 885 tons. Fir was fitted with a reinforced bow and stern, and an ice-belt at her water-line for icebreaking. She was built with classic lines and her spaces were lavishly appointed with mahogany, teak, and brass. The crew did intricate ropework throughout the ship. The cost to build Fir was approximately US$390,000. Fir's homeport was Seattle, Washington for all but one of her fifty one years of service when she was temporarily assigned to Long Beach, California when USCGC Walnut was decommissioned on 1 July 1982.

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  • Hughes Mining Barge ⓘ
    submarine
  • SS Ohioan ⓘ
    1914 cargo ship
  • USAT General Frank M. Coxe ⓘ
    American army transport ship
  • USCGC Fir ⓘ
    Lighthouse tender
  • USS Benevolence ⓘ
    Haven class hospital ship
  • USS Boston ⓘ
    one of the U.S. Navy's first four steel ships
  • USS Potomac ⓘ
    United States presidential yacht
  • USS Quapaw ⓘ
    1943 Abnaki-class tug
  • Relief ⓘ
    lightvessel
1991-10-01T00:00:00Z
1991-10-01T00:00:00Z
ship decommissioning
1939-01-07T00:00:00Z
1939-01-07T00:00:00Z
keel laying
1939-05-18T00:00:00Z
1939-05-18T00:00:00Z
ship launching
1846-07-09T00:00:00Z
1846-07-09T00:00:00Z
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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    eventarmed conflict1846Battle of Yerba BuenaUnited States, battleWikidata
    linkpageNational Register of Historic Places listed place page@Wikidata
    linkpageNational Register of Historic Places page@Wikidata
    objectwatercraftHughes Mining BargesubmarineWikidata
    objectwatercraftSS Ohioancargo shipWikidata
    objectwatercraftUSAT General Frank M. CoxeshipWikidata
    objectwatercraftUSCGC Firlighthouse tender, buoy tenderWikidata
    objectwatercraftUSS Benevolencehospital shipWikidata
    objectwatercraftUSS BostonshipWikidata
    objectwatercraftUSS Potomacpreserved watercraft, shipWikidata
    objectwatercraftUSS Quapawtug, Abnaki-class tugWikidata
    objectwatercraft1950Reliefpreserved watercraft, lightvesselWikidata
    organisationfactory1870Hunters Point Naval Shipyardshipyard, shipbuildingWikidata
    organisationshipbuilding1849Union Iron Worksshipbuilding, businessWikidata
    organisationshipbuilding1907Western Pipe and Steel Companyshipbuilding, business, manufacturerWikidata
    organisationshipbuilding companyGeneral Engineering & Dry Dock Companyshipbuilding, shipbuilding companyWikidata
    organisationshipbuilding company1905Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporationshipbuilding, shipbuilding companyWikidata
    organisationshipbuilding company1906Moore Dry Dock Companyshipbuilding, shipbuilding companyWikidata
    organisationshipbuilding company1942Marinshipshipbuilding, shipbuilding companyWikidata
    siteartillery batteryBattery Chamberlinartillery batteryWikidata
    siteartillery batteryBattery Yatesartillery batteryWikidata
    sitebunkerDevil’s Bunkerplace, bunkerWikidata
    sitefortFort MasonfortWikidata
    sitefortFort Miley Military ReservationUnited States Army Coast Artillery Corps, fort, parkWikidata
    sitefortFort Winfield Scotthuman settlement, fortWikidata
    sitefort1848Fort PointNational Park Service, fort, National Historic SiteWikidata
    sitefort1863Fort McDowellartillery fortWikidata
    sitefort1908Fort Barryfort, United States ArmyWikidata
    sitefort1930Fort Cronkhitefort, National Park Service, parkWikidata
    sitemuseumSF-88military museum, missile launch siteWikidata
    sitemuseumUSS Hornetpreserved watercraft, museum ship, aircraft carrier, United States NavyWikidata
    sitemuseumUSS Pampanitopreserved watercraft, attack submarine, military museum, United States NavyWikidata
    sitemuseumWWII Pacific War Memorial Hallmilitary museumWikidata
    sitemuseum1944Red Oak Victorypreserved watercraft, military museum, cargo ship, Boulder Victory-class cargo shipWikidata
    sitemuseum1998USS Hornet Museummilitary museumWikidata
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