United States lightship Buffalo (LV-82)

United States lightship Buffalo (LV-82) was a lightship built in 1911 for the United States Lighthouse Service and stationed off Point Abino, Ontario, Canada to help guide vessels heading for the harbor at Buffalo, New York. During the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, LV-82 stayed at its assigned station and was sunk with the loss of all six crew members.[3]

United States lightship Buffalo (LV-82)
History
United States
Name: Buffalo LV-82
Owner: United States Lighthouse Service
Builder: Racine-Truscott-Shell Lake Boat Company (Muskegon, Michigan)
Cost: $42,910[1]
Launched: 1911
Commissioned: 1912
Out of service: 1936
Renamed:

Relief LV-82 (1916-1925)

Eleven Foot LV-82 (1926-1936)
Fate: Burned by vandals and then scrapped in the 1940s
General characteristics
Tonnage: 187 [2]
Length: 95.2 ft (29.0 m)
Beam: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Height: 10 ft (3.0 m)
Draft: 7.2 ft (2.2 m)
Installed power:

14 ft (4.3 m) diameter 120 psi boiler

90 HP steam engine
Propulsion: 5 ft (1.5 m) Cast iron propeller with a 7.2 ft (2.2 m) pitch
Complement: Six

On May 13, 1914 the wreckage of LV-82 was located two miles from its assigned location in 63 feet of water. Following two failed salvage attempts, LV-82 was raised from the bottom using pontoons and sent to be refurbished.[3]She served as a Relief ship from 1916 to 1925, and was stationed as the Eleven Foot Shoals Lightship from 1925 up to her decommissioning.

Lightship Buffalo (LV-82) after it was raised in 1915

The Buffalo was in service until 1936 when she was decommissioned. After decommissioning, papers were signed by President Roosevelt to have her moved to a VFW post in Massachusetts. However, this never happened as she was burnt at the dock by vandals, and was considered a total loss, so she was scrapped.

References
  1. "Buffalo Lightship LV-82". Lightship Sailors Association. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  2. Murphy, Patrick (1975). "The Loss of Lightship 82". Telescope Magazine (January–February): 16–21. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. "Point Abino Lighthouse". Lighthousefriends.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.


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