U.S.C.G.C. Ida Lewis
WLM-551
1997
(Rhenania Junior RJN-96)
- Class: Keeper - 14 coastal buoy tenders of 1995-1999
- Displacement: 845 tons full load
- Dimensions: 175 x 36 x 8 ft
- Machinery: 2 Caterpillar 3508 diesel engines 1,710 bhp; 2 Z-drives
- Speed: 12 knots
- Complement: 1+17
- Builder: Marinette Marine, Marinette WI
- Keel Laid:
- Launched: 14 Oct 1995
- Commissioned: 11 Apr 1997
- Notes: Lead tender of class named for lighthouse keepers. Idawallwey Zorda Lewis was a lighthouse keeper who in 1858, at the age of 16, single-handedly saved four small boys. Originally 28 tenders were planned. The ships are fitted with 10-ton capacity cranes and have limited ice-breaking capacity
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