USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227)

The USCGC Lilac (WAGL/WLM-227) is a former Coast Guard lighthouse tender located in New York City. The Lilac is America's only surviving steam-powered lighthouse tender. It was built in 1933 at the Pusey & Jones Shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware.[3] In the 1950s she assisted several ships that collided. Decommissioned in 1972, she was donated to the Harry Lundeburg Seamanship School of Seafarers International Union.[3] She was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 2005.[2] She is a museum ship, docked at Pier 25, near North Moore Street in Manhattan.

Lilac docked at Pier 25 in Manhattan, April 2017.
History
United States
Name: USCGC Lilac (WAGL-227)
Ordered: 13 April 1931
Builder: Pusey & Jones Company
Cost: $334,900
Launched: 26 May 1933
Commissioned: 1933
Decommissioned: 3 February 1972
Status: Museum ship
General characteristics [1]
Type: Lighthouse tender
Displacement: 799 tons
Length: 173 ft 4 in (52.83 m)
Beam: 34 ft (10 m)
Draft: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
  • Twin screws
  • 1,000 shp (750 kW)
Speed: 11 knots maximum
Range: 1,734 nm @ 10.0 knots
Complement: 38
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • SPN-11 radar
  • UNQ-1 sonar (1961)
Armament:
USCGC Lilac
USCGC Lilac
USCGC Lilac
USCGC Lilac
LocationPier 25, New York, New York
Coordinates40°43′58″N 74°0′46″W
Built1933
ArchitectPusey & Jones Shipyard
Architectural styleLighthouse tender
NRHP reference No.04001441[2]
Added to NRHPJanuary 7, 2005

References
  1. "Lilac, 1933" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. Brouwer, Norman. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lilac" (PDF). July 2004. National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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