U.S.C.G.L. Relief
WLV-605
1969
(Pharos 30)
- Class: - 2 lightships of 1949
- Displacement: 617 tons light
- Dimensions: 158 x 30 x 11 ft
- Machinery: Atlas Imperial diesel, 550 shp, 1 shaft
- Speed: 10.7 knots
- Complement:
- Builder: Rice Brothers, East Boothbay, ME
- Laid down: 1 Mar 1949
- Launched: 4 May 1950
- Acquired: 15 Feb 1951
- Out of service: 1 Jan 1976
- Notes: Originally designated WAL-605; reclassified in 1965. Assigned to the Overfalls (DE) station, 1951-60 and Blunts Reef (CA) 1960-69. From 1969-75 she was the Relief for the West Coast (the ship that would relieve other lightships at different stations when they needed overhaul). Currently a museum ship at Jack London Square, Oakland, CA
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