Since I had quite a bit of downtime before the next ship, I decided to get some drone shots of the Huron lightship.
The Huron was the first operating lightship on the Great Lakes. She was launched in 1920 and served on the Great Lakes until she was retired in 1970.
She was built by the Consolidated Shipbuilding Company in Morris Heights, New York. Her keel was laid in 1918 and construction was complete by 1920.
She was powered by a single compound reciprocating steam engine powered by two Scotch boilers. She had 175 horsepower.
She was commissioned in 1921 as Lightship Number 103 and operated in Southern Lake Huron near Port Huron and the mouth of the St. Clair River.
In 1935, she was repainted with the "Huron" on her sides. She operated about 6 miles north of the Blue Water Bridge.
She had one lantern and a steam whistle fog horn.
In 1949, she was repowered with diesel engines at the Defoe Shipyard in Bay City.
In 1970, she was retired in Detroit.
She was transferred to the City of Port Huron in June 1971. She currently serves as a museum and is a National Historic Landmark.
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