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USCGC Mayfair
ex-USLHT Pansy



Call sign (1920):
George - Vice - Mike - Watch

Call sign (1933):
William - William - Dog - William
Lighthouse Tender:

  • Built in 1878 by Baird and Huston, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Commissioned USLHT Pansy in May 1878
  • Sold 29 January 1933 to Christen O. Johnson of West New Brighton, NY for use as the passenger vessel Mayfair
  • Acquired 8 May 1942 from Guy H. Moon of Jersey City, NJ
  • Commission USCGC Mayfair 13 May 1942
  • Decommissioned 31 August 1942 and transferred to the Maritime Commission for return to her owner
  • Remained in service as a passenger excursion vessel into the early 1980s
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 454 t.
    1920 - 314 t.
    1934 - 302 t.
  • Length 152'
    1920 - 147'
    1933 - 152'
    1934 - 145'
  • Beam 25'
  • Draft 7' 11"
    1920 - 11'
    1934 - 10.4'
  • Complement: 21 (1910)
    1933 - 22
    1934 - Seven
  • Speed 8 kts.
    1945 - 9 kts.
  • Propulsion: One return tubular coal-fired boiler, two 250hp independent steam engines, two shafts.
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