USLHT Dahlia
The United States Lighthouse Tender Dahlia was a lighthouse tender serving on the Great Lakes.
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| Name: | USLHT Dahlia |
| Namesake: | Dahlia |
| Builder: | Neafie & Levy |
| Launched: | 1874 |
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| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Type: | Lighthouse tender |
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| Length: | 129 ft 5 in (39.45 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steeple compound engine, 1 screw |
| Armament: | None |
The first Great Lakes tender to be specifically built for that purpose, she was built in 1874 by Neafie & Levy[1] and placed into commission at Detroit, Michigan. The ship was refitted in 1881, and again in 1891.
On 5 November 1907 while docked at Milwaukee she was struck by Christopher receiving $450 in damage.[3] On 5 May 1909 she was sold to E. W. Seymour, of Chicago, and rebuilt as passenger and freight carrier, and rechristened Flora M. Hill on 12 May 1910,[1] under which name she served as a ferry between Chicago and Green Bay. The ship became stuck in heavy ice on 11 March 1912, while attempting to enter Chicago Harbor; after her passengers were unloaded, she was allowed to sink to the bottom, where her remains were seen as a shipping hazard and dynamited.
References
- "Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Collection". www.greatlakesships.org. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- "University of Detroit Mercy - Fr. Edward J. Dowling, S.J. Marine Historical Collection". www.dalnet.lib.mi.us. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1908". Harvard University. Retrieved 24 September 2019.