United States Lighthouse Service, also known as the Bureau of Lighthouses, was the agency of the United States Government and the general lighthouse authority...
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predecessors, the United States Lighthouse Service (1910–1939) and the United States Lighthouse Board (1852–1910). Before the Lighthouse Board was established...
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structure was designed by lighthouse engineer Ralph Russell Tinkham and was completed in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service for $75,000, including...
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The United States Lighthouse Board was the second agency of the U.S. federal government, under the Department of Treasury, responsible for the construction...
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Guard. In the United States, lighthouses are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, into which the United States Lighthouse Service was merged in...
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near the lighthouse itself. "Stag light" was an unofficial term given to some isolated lighthouses in the United States Lighthouse Service. It meant...
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61833°W / 40.61722; -69.61833 LV-117 was a lightvessel of the United States Lighthouse Service. Launched in 1931, she operated as the Nantucket lightship...
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The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by an act of Congress (1 Stat. 175) on 4 August 1790 as the Revenue-Marine upon the recommendation...
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Cutter Service in 1915 to create the United States Coast Guard United States Lighthouse Service Merged into the United States Coast Guard in 1939 United States...
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the most photographed lighthouses in the United States. Built by the United States Lighthouse Service in 1910, the lighthouse and some adjacent buildings...
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which also act as buoy tenders. In the United States, these ships originally served as part of the Lighthouse Service and now are part of the Coast Guard...
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United States lightship Buffalo (LV-82) was a lightship built in 1911 for the United States Lighthouse Service and stationed off Point Abino, Ontario,...
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into the Coast Guard in 1939, as were all vessels in the United States Lighthouse Service. Service in the US Coast Guard meant a pay cut for the sailors...
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the government: by the Lighthouse Establishment from 1820 to 1852, the Lighthouse Board from 1852 to 1910, the Lighthouse Service from 1910 to 1939, and...
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be a military service and a branch of the armed forces of the United States at all times." In 1939 the United States Lighthouse Service was merged into...
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when the United States Lighthouse Service became a part of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939. USC&GS was replaced by NOAAS when the United States Coast and...
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United States, the first lightship was stationed on the shoals, in lieu of a proposal to improve Bald Point Lighthouse. The Bald Point lighthouse, and...
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rebuilt as a showboat. The Willow was commissioned into the U.S. Lighthouse Service on October 7, 1927. Captain Thomas B. Good prepared her original design...
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(PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2012. "Inventory of Historic Lighthouses - Carquinez Strait". National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-02-18...
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Cedar (section United States)
Panamanian coastal trading vessel in service from 1955 to 1958 USLHT Cedar, a United States Lighthouse Service lighthouse tender in commission in 1917 and...
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USCGC Mayflower, more than one United States Coast Guard ship USLHT Mayflower (1897), a lighthouse tender in the United States Lighthouse Service USS Mayflower, more...
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Corporation in Duluth, Minnesota, United States. Sundew's preliminary design was completed by the United States Lighthouse Service and the final design was produced...
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the United States Life-Saving Service (?–1915) Pennant of the United States Lighthouse Service (?–1939) Flag of the Commissioner of Lighthouses (?–1939)...
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The United States has eight federal uniformed services that commission officers as defined by Title 10 and subsequently structured and organized by Titles...
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The United States Life-Saving Service was a United States government agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives...
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Kaʻula (section Lighthouse)
in 1778. A lighthouse was completed on the island in 1932 by the United States Lighthouse Service, which became part of the United States Coast Guard...
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1926 to 1951 as Overfalls. In 1939 when the United States Lighthouse Service was absorbed into the United States Coast Guard she was reclassified WAL-524...
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Minnesota. Blackthorn's preliminary design was completed by the United States Lighthouse Service and the final design was produced by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding...
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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces...
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Guard Lightships & Those of the U.S. Lighthouse Service. United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 2012-10-05. United States Coast Guard, Aids to Navigation, (Washington...
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