Lightning, 1931

Feb. 7, 2021
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Lightning, 1931


Built: Vineyard Shipbuilding, Milford, DE

Cost:  Unknown

Machinery: Compound-expansion steam, 18" and 38" x 26" stroke

Top Speed: Unknown

Length: 110'

Beam: 24' 6"

Draft: 13' 7"

Displacement: 397 tons

Launched: 1920

Commissioned: 7 January 1932

Disposition: Sold 30 January 1935

Complement: Unknown

Armament: Unknown


Cutter History:

A harbor cutter transferred from the U.S. Shipping Board, Lightning was stationed at New York City. Note: This vessel is listed as 94 feet in length in earlier Coast Guard registers.


Sources:

Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935.  Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.

U.S. Coast Guard.  Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933.  Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint).