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1939: Lighthouse Tenders That Became Coast Guard Cutters

Ocean Going

173' Magnolia Class

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USLHT/USCGC Magnolia WAGL 231 1904 - 1945 Rammed and sunk by SS Marguerite Lehand CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Ivy     1904 - 1940    

190' Manzanita Class

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USLHT/USCGC Anemone WAGL 202 1908 - 1946    
USLHT/USCGC Cypress WAGL 211 1908 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Hibiscus WAGL 218 1908 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Manzanita WAGL 223 1908 - 1946    
USLHT/USCGC Kukui WAGL 225 1908 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Orchid WAGL 240 1908 - 1945 To the Philippines  
USLHT/USCGC Sequoia WAGL 243 1908 - 1946 To the Philippines  
USLHT/USCGC Tulip WAGL 249 1908 - 1945    

160' Oak Class

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USLHT/USCGC Hawthorn WAGL 215 1921 - 1964   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Oak WAGL 239 1921 - 1964 To the Smithsonian CGH

172' Speedwell Class (Ex Army Speedwell Class Mine Planter)

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USLHT/USCGC Acacia
(ex USAMP General John F. Story		 WAGL 200 1927 - 1942 Sunk by U-Boat
The only buoy tender lost to enemy action		 CGH
USLHT/USCGC Ilex
(ex USAMP General Edmund Kirby)		 WAGL 222 1922 - 1946    
USLHT/USCGC Lotus
(ex USAMP Colonel Albert Todd)		 WAGL 229 1924 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Lupine
(ex USAMP Gen. W. P. Randolph)		 WAGL 230 1927 - 1947    
USLHT/USCGC Speedwell
(ex USAMP Col. John V. White)		 WAGL 245 1923 - 1947    
USLHT/USCGC Spruce
(ex USAMP General Garland N. Whistler)		 WAGL 246 1923 - 1946    

173' Violet Class

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USLHT/USCGC Lilac WAGL/WLM 227 1933 - 1972 Donated to Harry Lundberg Seafarers International Union School  
USLHT/USCGC Mistletoe WAGL/WLM 237 1939 - 1968    
USLHT/USCGC Violet WAGL/WLM 250 1930 - 1962   CGAA

175' Hollyhock Class

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USLHT/USCGC Hollyhock WAGL 220 1937 - 1982 Sunk as reef off Florida CGH
USLHT/USCGC Walnut WAGL 252 1939 - 1982 To Honduras CGH
USLHT/USCGC Fir WAGL 212 1940 - 1991 Designed by LHS - Delivered to CG
Entire career in the Pacific Northwest
Queen of the Fleet 1988 to 1991
To Liberty Marine Maritime Museum in Sacramento, CA		 CGH

Misc One-of-a-Kind Ocean Going Tenders

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Picture
             
USLHT/USCGC Amaranth 166' WAGL 201 1892 - 1945    
USLHT/USCGC Arbutus 174' WAGL 203 1933 - 1967   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Aspen 125' WAGL 204 1906 - 1948   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Azalea (Lilac) 173' WAGL 227 1933 - 1972    
USLHT/USCGC Beech 101' WAGL 205 1928 - 1963   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Birch 72' WAGL 256 1939 - 1963    
USLHT/USCGC Camellia 116' WAGL 206 1911 - 1947   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Cedar 200' WAGL 207 1917 - 1950 Largest tender ever built for the LHS (1,970 tons) CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Cherry 86' WAGL 258 1932 - 1964   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Cottonwood 151' WAGL 209 1939 - 1946    
USLHT/USCGC Heather 178' WAGL   1903 - 1940 To the Army  
USLHT/USCGC Hemlock 174' WAGL 217 1934 - 1958    
USLHT/USCGC Hyacinth 160'     1903 - 1945   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Hydrangia 164'
(former Mayflower)
(former USS Suwanee)		 WAGL 236 1897 - 1945   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Juniper 177' WAGL 224 1940 - 1975 Last vessel designed by USLHS  
USLHT/USCGC Kickapoo 157' WAGL 56 1919 - 1945    
USLHT/USCGC Mayflower 164'
(ex USS Suwanee)
(later CGC Hydrangia)		 WAGL 236 1897 - 1945    
USLHT/USCGC Mangrove 164' WAGL 232 1897 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Rose 127' WAGL 242 1916 - 1947   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Shrub 107'
(ex USS F. Mansfield)		 WAGL 244 1920 - 1947    

Inland

80' Althea Class Tenders

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USLHT/USCGC Althea WAGL 223 1930 - 1962   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Poincianna WAGL 266 1930 - 1962    

121' Linden Class Tenders

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USLHT/USCGC Columbine WAGL 208 1931 - 1965    
USLHT/USCGC Linden WAGL 228 1931 - 1969    
USLHT/USCGC Wistaria WAGL 254 1933 - 1966    

103' Goldenrod Class Tenders

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USLHT/USCGC Goldenrod WAGL 213 1938 - 1973    
USLHT/USCGC Poplar WAGL 241 1939 - 1973 Donated to National Science Foundation  

122' Maple Class Tenders

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USLHT/USCGC Maple WAGL/WLI 234 1939 - 1973    
USLHT/USCGC Narcissus WAGL/WLI 238 1939 - 1971 To Guyana CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Zinnia WAGL/WLI 255 1939 - 1972 To USAF  

91' Jasmine Class Tenders

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USLHT/USCGC Jasmine WAGLI 261 1935 - 1965    
USLHT/USCGC Blue Bonnet WAGLI 257 1939 - 1965    

Misc One-of-a-Kind Inland Tenders

Designation Name Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
             
USLHT/USCGC Alder WAGL 216 1924 - 1948    
USLHT/USCGC Aster WAGL 259 1922 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Crocus     1905 - 1946   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Dahlia WAGL 288 1933 - 1964    
USLHT/USCGC Elm WAGL 260/72260 1938 - 1969    
USLHT/USCGC Greenbriar WAGL 214 1924 - 1947   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Hickory WAGL 219 1933 - 1967    
USLHT/USCGC Larkspur WAGL 226 1903 - 1946   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Locust CG 72013D 1931 - 1954    
USLHT/USCGC Marigold WAGL 235 1891 - 1945    
USLHT/USCGC Minniapolis
(ex USA Minniapolis)
(later Azalia)		 WAGL 262 1940 - 1942    
USLHT/USCGC Myrtle WAGL 263 1932 - 1963    
USLHT/USCGC Palmetto WAGL 265 1917 - 1958   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Rhododendron WAGL 267 1935 - 1958   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Sunflower WAGL 247 1907 - 1946   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Tamarack WAGL 248 1934 - 1970    
USLHT/USCGC Wakerobin WAGL 251 1937 - 1948 Last sternwheeler built for USLHS, To US Army Corps of Engineers  
USLHT/USCGC Willow WAGL 253 1927 - 1945 To Army COE CGH

Lightships

Designation Name Class Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
               
  LV A       1820 - 1852 Early lightships were controlled by the Lighthouse Estgablishment.
A list of these vessels can be found at this Link.
They are Lightships A through ZZ		 Yes
               
USLHT LV-1   LV 1 1852 - 1939 In 1852 the Lighthouse Service was established
replacing the Lighthouse Establishment
The Service began numbering lightships from LV-1
A complete list of these vessels can be found at this Link		 Yes