AMARANTH (1892, Lighthouse Tender)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
AMARANTH
Also known as:
SOUTH WIND
Year of Build:
1892
Construction and Ownership
Built at:
Cleveland, OH
Vessel Type:
Lighthouse Tender
Hull Materials:
Steel
Number of Decks:
2
Hull Number:
14
Builder Name:
Cleveland Ship Building Co.
Original Owner and Location:
United States Lighthouse Service, Detroit, MI
Power
Engine Type:
For-and-Aft Compound
Propulsion Notes:
Engine from Cleveland Ship Building Co; 880hp.
Hull Dimensions
Length:
147.3'
Beam:
27.7'
Depth:
13.6'
Tonnage (gross):
743.72
Tonnage (net):
488.27
History
Chronology:

1891, Dec 18 Launched Cleveland, OH.

1915 Transferred from Lighthouse Service to U.S. Coast Guard.

1946 Owned Commerce Lines Inc. Grand Haven; rebuilt as package freighter (US258181).

1949 Rebuilt & renamed SOUTH WIND; re-powered with 12-cylinder GM diesel engine built 1943; 900 hp; employed in Carribean.

1954 Removed from documentation & laid up Whitehall, MI.

1960 Owned Frank Smith, New York City; registered Muskegon, MI.

Notes
From the Collection of:
C. Patrick Labadie
Sources:
American Bureau of Shipping
Donald V. Baut
Edward J. Dowling Collection, University of Detroit - Mercy
William MacDonald Collection, Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit
Newspaper Clippings
H. G. Runge Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
Contact
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AMARANTH (1892, Lighthouse Tender)