Belle, 1863 (USLHS)

Nov. 5, 2020
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Belle, 1863


Builder: ?, St. Joseph, Michigan

Length: 88'

Beam: 21' 3"

Draft: 6'

Displacement: 115 tons

Cost:

Launched: Purchased in 1863

Commissioned: 1863

Decommissioned: 10 July 1874

Disposition: Sold

Rig: Schooner

Machinery: None

Performance:

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Complement: 

Armament: None


Tender History:

The schooner Belle Stevens was built in 1861 and was purchased by the Lighthouse Board and named simply Belle.  She was stationed in the 11th Lighthouse District.  She also transported materials for the construction of Spectacle Reef Light.

While serving as an engineering tender, she ran aground on 10 November 1873, sustaining serious damage.  She was sold on 10 July 1874.

She was the last sailing tender to operate on the Great Lakes.


Sources:

Cutter History File.  USCG Historian's Office, USCG HQ, Washington, D.C.

Douglas Peterson.  United States Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939. Annapolis: Eastwind Publishing, 2000.