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May 2, 2024 07:21:56   #
Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
 
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Different kind of light house. Sent to me by U.S. Marshals. Hope you enjoy.

United States lightship Columbia (WLV-604)

Commissioned in 1951, Columbia was the fourth and final lightship stationed at the mouth of the Columbia River. Built by Rice Brothers Shipyard in Boothbay, Maine, Columbia was launched with her sister-ship, Relief (WLV-605). The new WLV-604 replaced the aging vessel LV-93, which had been in service on the Columbia River since 1939. From 1892 until 1979, the Columbia River lightships guided vessels across the Columbia River Bar and an area known as the Graveyard of the Pacific. Columbia was the final lightship to be decommissioned on the U.S. West coast. She was replaced by an automated navigational buoy soon after. The buoy has since been retired
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A proud ship! God bless the United States Coast Guard.

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May 2, 2024 07:58:16   #
Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina
 
Big dog wrote:
A proud ship! God bless the United States Coast Guard.



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