USLHT Camellia
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This article is about the lighthouse tender and World War I patrol vessel. For the American Civil War gunboat, see USS Camelia (1862).
USLHT Camellia was a lighthouse tender in commission in the fleet of the United States Lighthouse Service from 1911 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1939, and – as USCGC Camellia (WAGL-206) – in the fleet of the United States Coast Guard from 1939 to 1947. During World War I she briefly saw war service with the United States Army in 1917 before serving as the United States Navy patrol vessel USS Camellia from 1917 to 1919. She also saw service in World War II under U.S. Navy control while in the Coast Guard fleet. After the conclusion of her United States Government career, she operated for decades in the service of the Dominican Navy as Capotillo (FB 101).
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USLHT Camellia unloading supplies at Cape St. George Light on St. George Island on the Gulf coast of Florida. | |
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United States Lighthouse Service | |
Name | USLHT Camellia |
Namesake | Camellia, a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae |
Builder | Racine Boat Manufacturing Company, Muskegon, Michigan |
Completed | 1911 |
Commissioned | 13 July 1911 |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Army 11 April 1917 |
Acquired | 1 July 1919 (from U.S. Navy) |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard 1 July 1939 |
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United States Army | |
Name | Camellia |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 11 April 1917 (from U.S. Lighthouse Service) |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 1 July 1917 |
History | |
United States Navy | |
Name | USS Camellia |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 1 July 1917 (from U.S. Army) |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Lighthouse Service 1 July 1919 |
History | |
United States Coast Guard | |
Name | USCGC Cedar (WAGL-207) |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 1 July 1939 (from U.S. Lighthouse Service) |
Decommissioned | 18 August 1947 |
Reclassified | WAGL-206 in 1942 |
Fate | Transferred to the Dominican Republic 1949 |
History | |
Dominican Republic | |
Name | Capotillo (FB 101) |
Acquired | 1949 |
Reclassified | Service Craft No. 1 |
Fate | Extant 1980s |
General characteristics | |
Type | Lighthouse tender |
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Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.5 m) |
Draft | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
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Speed | 9 knots |
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