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Photo Credit:
US Lighthouse Service
Photo Date:
1915
Type of Vessel:
Year Built:
1915
Year Retired:
1934
Tender Vessel Type:
Steam Tender
Year Start:
1915
Year End:
1934
Existing:
No
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Remarks
The Fern was a bay and sound tender built for service in the northwest. She entered commissioned service in 1915 and was assigned to the 16th Lighthouse District out of Ketchikan, Alaska.
She was decommissioned and sold in 1934. She apparently was used as a fishing trawler as late as 1981.
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Entered Date:
Dec 05, 2021
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