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Name | USLHT Dahlia |
Namesake | Dahlia |
Builder | Neafie & Levy |
Launched | 1874 |
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General characteristics [1] [2] | |
Type | Lighthouse tender |
Tonnage |
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Length | 129 ft 5 in (39.45 m) |
Beam | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) |
Propulsion | Steeple compound engine, 1 screw |
Armament | None |
The United States Lighthouse Tender Dahlia was a lighthouse tender serving on the Great Lakes.
The first Great Lakes tender to be specifically built for that purpose, she was built in 1874 by Neafie & Levy [1] and placed into commission at Detroit, Michigan. The ship was refitted in 1881, and again in 1891.
On 5 November 1907 while docked at Milwaukee she was struck by Christopher receiving $450 in damage. [3] On 5 May 1909 she was sold to E. W. Seymour, of Chicago, and rebuilt as passenger and freight carrier, and rechristened Flora M. Hill on 12 May 1910, [1] under which name she served as a ferry between Chicago and Green Bay. The ship became stuck in heavy ice on 11 March 1912, while attempting to enter Chicago Harbor; after her passengers were unloaded, she was allowed to sink to the bottom, where her remains were seen as a shipping hazard and dynamited.
41°54′28″N 87°35′6″W / 41.90778°N 87.58500°W