National Register of Historic Places

LILAC, United States Lighthouse Tender

New York, New York County, New York
Listed
January 7, 2005
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
04001441

About this property

USCGC Lilac (WAGL/WLM-227) is a former Coast Guard buoy tender which is now a museum ship located in New York City. Lilac is America's only surviving steam-powered buoy tender, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Lilac was built in 1933 at the Pusey and Jones Shipyard in Wilmington, Delaware for the United States Lighthouse Service. She spent her entire working career in Delaware Bay, the Delaware River, and surrounding waters. She became part of the United States Coast Guard when the Lighthouse Service was abolished in 1939. Her primary missions with both agencies included maintaining lighthouses, buoys, and other aids to navigation, and search and rescue. She was decommissioned in 1972, the last steam-engine propelled ship in the Coast Guard fleet. She passed through several private owners after her government service, until 2004 when she came into the possession of the Lilac Preservation Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the historic ship.

Location

New York, New York County, New York
40.73278, -74.01229

Categories

MARITIME HISTORYENGINEERING
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was LILAC, United States Lighthouse Tender listed on the National Register?

LILAC, United States Lighthouse Tender was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 7, 2005.

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LILAC, United States Lighthouse Tender is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for LILAC, United States Lighthouse Tender is recorded as the industrial era.

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