U.S. Coast Guard Lightships
& Those of the U.S. Lighthouse Service
VESSEL DESIGNATION: LV 67
YEAR BUILT: 1897
BUILT AT: Portland (OR)
BUILDER: Wolf & Zwicker Iron Works
APPROPRIATION: $77, 000
CONTRACT PRICE: $69,750
SISTER VESSELS: None
DESIGN: Steam screw; composite hull, (steel sheathed with wood); 2 steel
masts with spencers; stack amidships; lantern houses on deck
LENGTH: 122'7"(loa); BEAM: 28'6"; DRAFT: 13'; TONNAGE: 450displ (depth)
PROPULSION: Steam- 200 IEP, (details not found)
ILLUMINATING APPARATUS: 2 electrically powered lanterns at each masthead as built; later converted to oil operation for the remainder of her service
FOG SIGNAL: 12" steam chime whistle; hand operated bell
CONSTRUCTION NOTES - MODIFICATIONS - EQUIPMENT CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS:
1900: May 8, Illuminating apparatus converted from electric to oil
operation-
1910: Equipped with submarine bell signal-
1921: Equipped with radio
STATION ASSIGNMENTS:
1897-1898: Columbia River (OR)
1898-1905: Umatilla Reef (WA)
1905-1906: Columbia River (OR)
1906-1930: Umatilla Reef (WA)
(1897-1898: Temporarily used to mark Columbia River while LV 50 being
repaired)
(1905-1906: Withdrawn temporarily from Umatilla and used to mark Columbia
River while LV 50 undergoing extensive repairs following her second
grounding)
HISTORICAL NOTES:
Construction started 1895 but contract forfeited Nov 12, 1896 when
original contractor failed to perform. Bids re-advertised and vessel
completed Aug 10, 1897-
1897: Sep 9, placed on Columbia River "temporarily" to relieve LV
50 for extensive hull repairs-
1897: Nov 17 & Dec 11, broke adrift losing 2 anchors and 300 fathoms
chain; off station "several days" in each case-
1898: Jan 25, withdrawn from Columbia River (replaced by LV 50) and was
returned to builder to "remedy certain defects"-
1898: May 22, placed on Umatilla Reef (WA); Aug 4, broke adrift, remained on
station using harbor anchor; new mushroom & chain delivered by tender
May 25-
1899: Nov 17-Dec 14, broke adrift and repositioned by tender-
1900: May 18, withdrawn, station being marked by lighted buoy marked
"Lightship Moorings"; while under repair, illuminating apparatus
was converted from electric to oil operation in Aug; returned to station Sep
6; Oct 23-Nov 16, broke adrift and brought up in Neah Bay (WA)
More notes: LV 67-
1901: Jan 10-28, broke adrift and brought up at Port Angeles. then taken
to Seattle for repairs-
1903: Reported as showing a fixed white light from both mastheads-
1905: Jul 19, relieved (by LV 76) and towed to Seattle for repairs-
1905: Oct 25-Oct 9 1906, "temporarily placed" on Columbia River
(OR) during period when LV 50 had been again blown ashore and was undergoing
repair-
1906: Nov 2, resumed station on Umatilla Reef, remaining assigned to that
station until 1930 when she was laid up
RETIRED FROM LIGHTSHIP DUTY: 1930, AGE: 33
SUBSEQUENT DISPOSITION: Sold 1930
OFFICERS: LV 67
1897-1903: Charles Hastorf, Master
1903-1917: Cyrus Karr, Master
?-1914: William Tobin, Mate
1914: A L Lofstrom, Mate
1914-1915: Samuel Atkinson, Mate
1915-1917: Erik H Lindman, Mate
1917-1930: Erik H Lindman, Master
1917: Gustave H Howe, Mate
1918-1921: Andrew G Anderson, Mate
1921-1925: Jacob Nielsen, Mate
1925-1930: Ole J Lilleoren, Mate
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