St. Johns LS passing by, the CO of the Relief Rumel Ch Bosn is shown with his back to camera
YEAR BUILT: 1908
BUILT AT: Quincy (MA)
BUILDER: Fore River Shipbuilding Co
APPROPRIATION: ?
CONTRACT PRICE: $107,213
SISTER VESSELS: LV 90,91,93 (Built to same general plan as for LV 84-88)
DESIGN: Steam screw; steel hull; 2 steel masts, wood spencer on main only; wood deckhouses; smokestack amidships
LENGTH: 135'5" (loa); BEAM: 29'0"; DRAFT: 12'7"; TONNAGE: 685 displ; 478 gross
PROPULSION: Steam - one compound reciprocating engine, 16" and 31" bores x 24" stroke, 400 IEP; 2 Scotch boilers 10'6" dia x 114" long, 110 psi; propeller 8'0" dia; design max speed 10 knots
ILLUMINATING APPARATUS: Cluster of 3 oil lens lanterns raised to each masthead; focal plane 50' above water
FOG SIGNAL: 12" steam chime whistle; hand operated bell
CONSTRUCTION NOTES - MODIFICATIONS - EQUIPMENT CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS: LV 92-
1909: Submarine bell signal installed-
1921: Equipped with radio-
1924: Equipped with radiobeacon-
1929: Illuminating apparatus changed to 375mm, 13,OOOcp electric lens lanterns-
193?: Almy water-tube boilers replaced original boilers-
1933: Fog signal changed to steam diaphragm horn (17" Leslie typhon)-
1935: Fog signal synchronized with radiobeacon-
1945: Fitted with detection radar-
1951: Retained original steam power plant until decommissioned-
Radio and visual call sign NNGW (1940-1951)
STATION ASSIGNMENTS: LV 92 / WAL 516
1909-1951: Relief (West Coast)
(1942-1945: during WWII assigned to 13th district, stationed at Seattle (WA) and continued in service as Relief lightship; no armament provided)
HISTORICAL NOTES: LV 92 / WAL 516-
1908: Having been assigned duty on the West Coast, LV 92, in company with LV 88, LV 93 and 3 lighthouse tenders SEQUOIA, MANZANITA, and KUKUI departed from New York in convoy and made the voyage to San Francisco in 124 days-
1914: Jan 2, while relieving Umatilla Reef, parted chain during SE storm losing anchor and 95 fathoms chain; proceeded to Astoria. The assigned vessel LV 67 was enroute at the time and took station Jan 5
RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1951; AGE: 43
SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION: Decommissioned Jun 28, 1951; sold Dec 7, 1954; hulk reported to have been seen at Tacoma (WA) in 1956
COMMANDING OFFICERS: LV 92 / WAL 516
1913-?: W J Kenney, Master
1937-?: Ludwig Larson, Master
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