MuseumShip Blog

On 22 October 1929, Lightship Chesapeake (LV-116) was launched at Charleston Drydock & Machine Company, in Charleston, SC.
Museum ship at Historic Ships in Baltimore, MD

16 January 1944, today 74 years ago USCGC Acacia (WLB-406) was laid down at Zenith Dredge in Duluth Minnesota

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January 7 2005, 13 years ago today, USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227) was added to the National Register of HIstoric Places

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January 6 1971, 47 years ago today, Lightship Chesapeake (LV-116) was decommissioned

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22 December 1920, today 97 years ago Lightship Huron (LV-103) was commissioned

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20 December 1989, today 28 years ago Lightship Huron LV-103 became a National Historic Landmark

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20 December 1944, today 73 years ago USCGC Mackinaw WAGB-83 was commissioned with Cmdr Edwin J. Roland in command

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19 December 1950, today 67 years ago Lightship Columbia (WLV-604) was commissioned and was stationed 5.3 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River beginning in April 1951

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