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1789 - 1939: Lighthouse Tenders

Sunrise Class (Unknown Rig)

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT Sunrise 1867 - 1875    
USLHT Sunset 1867 - 1875    
USLHT Susan 1867 - 1875    

135' Verbena Class (Unknown Rig)

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT Alanthus 1870 - 1882    
USLHT Verbena 1870 - 1911    

45' Lyra Class (Unknown Rig)

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT Lyra 1872 - 1875    
USLHT Arcturus 1872 - 1875    
USLHT Orion 1872 - 1875    
USLHT Polaris 1872 - 1875    

156' Holly Class Sidewheeler

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT Holly 1881 - 1931    
USLHT Jessamine 1881 - 1921    

155' Lilac Class (Unknown Rig)

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT Lilac 1892 - 1927   Yes
USLHT Columbine 1892 - 1924    

69' Snowdrop Class (Unknown Rig)

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT Snowdrop 1897 - 1922    
USLHT Water Lily 1895 - 1929    

173' Magnolia Class

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

190' Manzanita Class

Designation Name Service Comments Picture
         
USLHT/USCGC Anemone 1908 - 1946    
USLHT/USCGC Cypress 1908 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Hibiscus 1908 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Manzanita 1908 - 1946    
USLHT/USCGC Kukui 1908 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Orchid 1908 - 1945 To the Philippines  
USLHT/USCGC Sequoia 1908 - 1946 To the Philippines  
USLHT/USCGC Tulip 1908 - 1945    

160' Oak Class

Designation Name Service Comments Picture
         
USLHT/USCGC Hawthorn 1921 - 1964   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Oak 1921 - 1964 To the Smithsonian CGH

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

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

173' Violet Class

Designation Name Service Comments Picture
         
USLHT/USCGC Lilac 1933 - 1972 Donated to Harry Lundberg Seafarers International Union School  
USLHT/USCGC Mistletoe 1939 - 1968    
USLHT/USCGC Violet 1930 - 1962   CGAA

175' Hollyhock Class

Designation Name Service Comments Picture
         
USLHT/USCGC Hollyhock 1937 - 1982 Sunk as reef off Florida CGH
USLHT/USCGC Walnut 1939 - 1982 To Honduras CGH
USLHT/USCGC Fir 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

80' Althea Class Tenders

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT/USCGC Althea 1930 - 1962   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Poincianna 1930 - 1962    

121' Linden Class Tenders

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT/USCGC Columbine 1931 - 1965    
USLHT/USCGC Linden 1931 - 1969    
USLHT/USCGC Wistaria 1933 - 1966    

103' Goldenrod Class Tenders

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT/USCGC Goldenrod 1938 - 1973    
USLHT/USCGC Poplar 1939 - 1973 Donated to National Science Foundation  

122' Maple Class Tenders

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT/USCGC Narcissus 1939 - 1971 To Guyana CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Zinnia 1939 - 1972 To USAF  
USLHT/USCGC Maple 1939 - 1973    

91' Jasmine Class Tenders

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
         
USLHT/USCGC Jasmine 1935 - 1965    
USLHT/USCGC Blue Bonnet 1939 - 1965    

Misc One-of-a-Kind Tenders

Designation Name Rig Service Comments Pictures
           
USLHT Active   1856 - 1866    
USLHT Aguacate   1901 - 1901    
USLHT Alert Schooner 1855 - 1862    
USLHT Arbutus 125'   1871 - 1875    
USLHT Arbutus 153'   1879 - 1924    
USLHT Armeria 201'   1890 - 1914    
USLHT Arum 25'   1893 - 1908    
USLHT Aster 179'   1908 -1908 Never built  
USLHT Atlantic   1873 - ????    
USLHT Azalea 154'   1891 - 1933    
USLHT Bache 81'   1869 - 1869    
USLHT Belle 88'   1863 - 1874    
USLHT Birch 40'   1917 - 1930    
USLHT Bluebelle 25'   1889 - 1910    
USLHT Bluebelle 42'   1922 - 1936    
USLHT Bowen 77'   1853 - 1872    
USLHT Bramble   1897 - 1905    
USLHT Buttercup 25'   1922 - 1936    
USLHT Cactus 140' Sidewheeler 1865 - 1909    
USLHT Challenge
(later Lamplighter)		 Schooner 1856 - 1857    
USLHT Chaos Schooner 1865 - 1866    
USLHT Chase   1861 - 1866    
USLHT Clover   1907 - 1911    
USLHT Clover 126' Schooner 1889 - 1890    
USLHT Coeur de Leon 100'
(former Van Santwoort)		   1860 - 1866    
USLHT Colonel Hodgson 115'   1922 - 1925    
USLHT Corinne 42'   1868 - 1879    
USLHT Cosmos 75'   1919 - 1936    
USLHT Crocus 35'   1894 - 1978    
USLHT Dahlia 141'   1874 - 1909 First LHT built specifically for the Lakes  
USLHT Daisy 54'   1895 - 1938    
USLHT Daisy 91'   1873 - 1885    
USLHT Dandelion 132'   1872 - 1878    
USLHT Dandelion 140'   1917 - 1926    
USLHT Delaware
(later Wave)		 Schooner 1856 - 1879    
USLHT Drift 80'   1984 - 1918    
USLHT Dupont   1862 - 1870 Siezed CSA vessel  
USLHT Eliza 53'   1853 - 1857    
USLHT Elizabeth   1854 - 1855    
USLHT Elm 101'   1919 - 1932    
USLHT Essayons 42'   1855 - 1859    
USLHT Fairy   1854 - 1854 Lost in storm  
USLHT Fern 160'
(later Gopher) 		  1872 - 1905    
USLHT Firefly 75'
(later Jasper)		   1852 - 1857    
USLHT Forgetmenot 41'   1910 - 1933    
USLHT Franklin Pierce   1853 - 1891 Sank  
USLHT Gardenia 117'   1888 - 1919    
USLHT General George Gibson   1922 - 1927    
USLHT General Hodgson   1925 - 1926    
USLHT General Ludington   1925 - 1927    
USLHT General Poe   1870 - 1871    
USLHT General Putnam   1965 - 1891    
USLHT George Steers 63'   1854 - 1861    
USLHT Geranium 128'   1865 - 1909    
USLHT Goldenrod 150'   1888 - 1924    
USLHT Gopher (160'
former Fern)		   1905 - 1919 To the Navy  
USLHT Governor Aiken   1855 - 1858    
USLHT Grace Darling 77'
(later Rose)		   1883 - 1892    
USLHT Granite   1860 - 1865    
USLHT Haze   1867 - 1905    
USLHT Hazel   1893 - 1901    
USLHT Helen   1858 - 1863 Burned by CSA  
USLHT Heliotrope 134'   1865 - 1881    
USLHT Heroine   1853 - 1855    
USLHT Howell Cobb   1857 - 1861 Siezed by CSA  
USLHT Iris 83'   1865 - 1892    
USLHT Iris 153'   1899 - 1934 Saw duty with the Army and Navy in WWII  
USLHT Ivy 60'   1870 - 1875    
USLHT Ivy 100'   1881 - 1888 Crushed in collision  
USLHT J. N. Seymour 120'
(aka Seymour)
(ex USS I. N. Seymour)
(later Tulip)		   1867 - 1869    
USLHT Jasper 75'
(former Firefly)		   1857 - 1861 Siezed by CSA  
USLHT John Rodgers 160'   1883 - 1921    
USLHT Joseph Henry 180' Side Paddlwheeler 1880 - 1904    
USLHT Juniper 95'   1903 - 1932    
USLHT Lamplighter Steamer 1874 - 1874    
USLHT Lamplighter
(former Challenge)		 Schooner 1857 - 1862    
USLHT Larch 63'   1926 - 1935    
USLHT Laurel   1891 - 1898    
USLHT Laurel 104'   1915 - 1930    
USLHT Laurel 134'   1976 - 1909    
USLHT Leal   1894 - 1907    
USLHT Lehua 38'   1922 - 1936    
USLHT Lenox   1856 - 1857    
USLHT Lilac   1903 - 1904 Name may have been changed - no records  
USLHT Lily 178'   1875 - 1911 Sank in Missouri River
Hull silted and formed Lily Island		  
USLHT Lookout   1853 - 1858    
USLHT Lotus   1907 - 1923    
USLHT Lotus 40'   1880 - 1899    
USLHT Madrono 32'   1896 - 1907    
USLHT Madrono 180'   1885 - 1927    
USLHT Maggie 95'   1868 - 1879    
USLHT Magnolia 97'   1871 - 1882    
USLHT Manzanita 152'   1880 - 1905 Sank  
USLHT Maple 164'   1893 - 1933    
USLHT Marguerite 35'   1910 - 1923    
USLHT Marie   1875 - 1875    
USLHT Martha   1962 - 1964 Captured by the Confederacy  
USLHT Martha Washington   1867 - 1869    
USLHT Mary   1870 - 1887    
USLHT Mary Ann   1809 - 1809    
USLHT Mignonette
(former Narragansett)		   1871 - 1887 Sank in 1877
Raised and returned to service
Sank in 1887		  
USLHT Minnie   1871 - 1875    
USLHT Minot   1858 - 1960    
USLHT Mistletoe 137'   1872 - 1921    
USLHT Myrtle 140'   1872 - 1922    
USLHT Narragansett
(later Mignonette)		   1862 - 1871    
USLHT Nettle 58'   1879 - 1911    
USLHT North Wind   1855 - 1861 Siezed by CSA  
USLHT Oleander 188'   1903 - 1928    
USLHT Pansy
(later Mayfair) 152'		   1878 - 1933 To private owner as Mayfair To USCG as Mayfair  
USLHT Pharos   1854 - 1907 Last sailing tender in service  
USLHT Pharos   1872 - 1873    
USLHT Pine   1918 - 1939   CGAA
USLHT Pink   1878 - 1881    
USLHT Pink   1898 - 1923    
USLHT Poinsettia 50'   1917 - 1928 Destroyed by fire  
USLHT Poppy   1923 - 1938    
USLHT Primrose 43'   1922 - 1936    
USLHT Putnam 120'   1865 - 1891    
USLHT Pyxie 89'
(ex USAMP General A.B. Ayers)		 Army Mine Planter 1922 - 1923    
USLHT Ranger   1857 - 1865    
USLHT Rose 64'   1870 - 1878    
USLHT Rose 92'
(former Grace Darling)		   1892 - 1899    
USLHT Sharpie 40'   1885 - 1907    
USLHT Shubrick 140'   1857 - 1886 First steam LHT and first on West Coast  
USLHT Skylark (later Watchful)   1856 - 1857    
USLHT Spray Schooner 1853 - 1879    
USLHT Sumac 168'   1903 - 1937    
USLHT Sunbeam   1852 - 1870    
USLHT Sundew 110'
(ex USAMP Captain Edwin C. Long)		 Army Mine Planter 1922 - 1939    
USLHT Thistle 59'   1927 - 1935    
USLHT Thistle 60'   1890 - 1912    
USLHT Tulip 120'
(ex USS Isaac N. Seymour)
(former J.N. Seymour
(aka Seymour))		   1869 - 1881 To the Philippines  
USLHT Two Myrtles (later Clover)   1908 - 1935    
USLHT Van Santvoort 100'
(later Coeur de Leon)		   1857 - 1960    
USLHT Vigilant   1856 - 1866    
USLHT Violet 107'   1871 - 1910    
USLHT Warrington 260'
(aka Henry Warrington)		   1871 - 1910    
USLHT Watchful
(former Skylark)		   1857 - 1967    
USLHT Wave 65'   1853 - 1861    
USLHT William R. King   1858 - 1863    
USLHT Wistaria Steamship 1882 - 1911 To Public Health Service
Sank at Key West, Artficial Island (Christmas Island)		  
USLHT Woodbine 95'   1914 - 1933    
USLHT Yerba Buena 42'   1907 - 1933    
USLHT Zinia 161'
(later USS Adario)		 YNT 1888 - 1924    
USLHT/USCGC Amaranth 166'   1892 - 1945    
USLHT/USCGC Arbutus 174'   1933 - 1967   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Aspen 125'   1906 - 1948   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Azalea (Lilac) 173'   1933 - 1972    
USLHT/USCGC Beech 101'   1928 - 1963   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Birch 72'   1939 - 1963    
USLHT/USCGC Camellia 116'   1911 - 1947   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Cedar 200'   1917 - 1950 Largest tender ever built for the LHS (1,970 tons) CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Cherry 86'   1932 - 1964   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Cottonwood 151'   1939 - 1946    
USLHT/USCGC Heather 178'   1903 - 1940 To the Army  
USLHT/USCGC Hemlock 174'   1934 - 1958    
USLHT/USCGC Hyacinth 160'   1903 - 1945   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Hydrangia 164'
(former Mayflower)
(former USS Suwanee)		   1897 - 1945   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Juniper 177'   1940 - 1975 Last vessel designed by USLHS  
USLHT/USCGC Kickapoo 157'   1919 - 1945    
USLHT/USCGC Mayflower 164'
(ex USS Suwanee)
(later CGC Hydrangia)		   1897 - 1945    
USLHT/USCGC Mangrove 164'   1897 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Rose 127'   1916 - 1947   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Shrub 107'
(ex USS F. Mansfield)		   1920 - 1947    
USLHT/USCGC Alder   1924 - 1948    
USLHT/USCGC Aster   1922 - 1946   CGH
USLHT/USCGC Crocus   1905 - 1946   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Dahlia   1933 - 1964    
USLHT/USCGC Elm   1938 - 1969    
USLHT/USCGC Greenbriar   1924 - 1947   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Hickory   1933 - 1967    
USLHT/USCGC Larkspur   1903 - 1946   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Locust   1931 - 1954    
USLHT/USCGC Marigold   1891 - 1945    
USLHT/USCGC Minniapolis
(ex USA Minniapolis)
(later Azalia)		   1940 - 1942    
USLHT/USCGC Myrtle   1932 - 1963   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Palmetto   1917 - 1958   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Rhododendron   1935 - 1958    
USLHT/USCGC Sunflower   1907 - 1946   CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Tamarack   1934 - 1970    
USLHT/USCGC Wakerobin   1937 - 1948 Last sternwheeler built for USLHS
To US Army Corps of Engineers		 CGAA
USLHT/USCGC Willow   1927 - 1945 To Army COE CGAA

Lightships (Light Vessels (LV))

Designation Name Class Classification Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
               
  LV A       1820 - 1852 Early lightships were controlled by the Lighthouse Establishment.
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